UPD Geography Receives 2017 Gawad Pangulo for Excellence in Public Services

The Department of Geography received the 2017 Gawad Pangulo Award for  Excellence in Public Services. The Award seeks to recognize outstanding public service initiatives of various units of the UP System that exhibit compassion (malasakit) to different publics.

The Department continually undertakes extension activities, especially as part of its Midyear Term course Geography 192: Field Methods in Geography. For more information on past projects, click here.

Geography Field School Awarded as UP Diliman's Best Extension Program of Degree Granting Units

(L-R) Vice Chancellor Fidel Nemenzo, Department of Geography's  Faculty Members Profs. Ony Martinez, Jake Rom Cadag, Darlene Occena-Gutierrez, University Research Associate Kevin Nicole Vega, CSSP Dean  Grace Aguiling-Dalisay, Chancellor Michael Tan. Photo: UPDate Diliman and UP Diliman Information Office 

Geography Field School has been recognized as the best extension program of degree granting units in the Parangal para sa Programang Pang-Ekstensiyon awarding ceremonies held last May 17, 2016 at the Malcolm Hall, UP College of Law. 

                                        Dr. Darlene Occena-Gutierrez presenting her acceptance speech

The Department's Field School Program was presented by Dr. Darlene Occeña-Gutierrez in the 3^rd UPD Extension Colloquium held last April 29, 2016, along with fellow finalists for degree granting programs Buklod Bohol of the Asian Institute of Tourism, Project Kapnayan of the Institute of Chemistry and finalists for non-degree granting extension programs KaSaMa Teachers Online Community of NISMED, Salinan and Ugnayan sa First Read Project, both of which are of Sentro ng Wikang Filipino.

With fellow awardees

Geography Field School or Geography 192 is a course-based extension program offered by the department every summer/mid-year term. It allows Geography faculty and undergraduate students to support the development planning processes at provincial, municipal and community levels. It fulfills the goals of service learning of enhancing academic learning among students and faculty while extending assistance to communities in a professional manner.

The event is also featured in UPDate Diliman. Photos in this article were from the Diliman Information Office.