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.
