calumni (the u.p. college of arts and letters and its alumni)

bukal, the newsletter for the college of arts and letters and its alumni was launched at the april 14 alumni homecoming or hali-kal! the maiden issue featured the college, the different departments, their activities, and concerns.

bukal is at once the bukluran ng kal at alumni and the bulletin of cal and its alumni.

the bukal logo is a symbolic five-petalled lotus with a nurturing crystal spring, symbolizing the college and its five centers of excellence-departments as fountainhead of arts and letters.

calendar

december 3-8: bukal (bukloran ng kal at alumni) week

        december 3-7 bookal festival

                    exhibit of rare books and national artists’ works

                            at the u.p. main library and cal library

                   bookay-bookay (bargain books) at the faculty center gallery

        december 8 morn to noon calumni homecoming and reunion at the hardin ng

                                mga diwata: testimonial program and luncheon, with raffle draw

        december 8 afternoon to evening writers’ night, first book award

december 10-14: kal week

        december 10 parade and opening rites

        december 10-12 kalampagan (or showtime for the departments and student orgs)
        december 13 bukal follies (featuring philippine regional cultural shows)

        december 14 kal christmas party

dateline: march 12, 2007, 2:30 p.m. the u.p. women will take center stage at the faculty center conference hall again. on its fifth year, this celebration of the u.p. women affirms and asserts our various roles, endeavors, and accomplishments in the university and in the bigger society out there.

thru brief presentations from different colleges,centers, and departments, we have showcased talents, or shared chievements in research, extension work, publication, and the like.

this years’ celebration takes greater significance as we honor not only more women at the helm of the autonomous units, together with our first woman president, and more women leaders in the university, but also the best of the u.p. female, the embodiment of the hope of the u.p. women, the brilliance and achievement she can be. we shall be toasting the u.p. woman. then listen to herstory. herstory as administrator (from the artist cum teacher chancellor of the open university, dr. grace j. alfonso), as teacher (from metrobank awardee and gawad chancellor priscelina legasto), as multi-awarded artist (teatrong mulat founder, playwright and university professor, amelia l. bonifacio), as national scientist (marine biologist dr. lourdes cruz), as no nonsense government official (chair of the commission on human rights purificacion quisumbing), as business tycoon ( natasha and other businesses owner, prof. victoria hardiolin) and as summa scholar (the prodigy graduating summa cum laude in physics, mikaela irene fudolig).

please come to honor (the u.p. woman) and be honored.