YTRiP is…

• An alternative education initiative of volunteer professionals that presents Philippine culture and history, volunteerism, and sustainable development in the language of today’s Filipino.
• An information and experience campaign that hopes to spread awareness and interest in all things Filipino: literature, art, travel, environment, people and sites.
• A youth-led movement that encourages and promotes domestic tourism and budget travel as means for Filipinos to experience and learn about culture, people, and places.
• A group of professionals, teachers, travelers, artists, writers, and bums who have banded together by a common love: the Philippines and nation-building.
• A people-linking project that hopes to have people of common interests to link together, and people from various backgrounds and stature to meet and learn from each other.

So the question is not WHY? But WHY NOT? Visit their website for more details.

Happy 1st Birthday to my youngest son!

Atty. Hermogenes Decano, Dean of UPang’s College of Law and Bar Review Director, said this is the biggest group of bar passers in the university’s history.

The new lawyers are Attys. Michael G. De la Vega of Urbiztondo; Marian Estrella C. Servito of Dagupan City; Ludy A. Palarca of San Fernando, La Union; Michael G. Columbres of San Jacinto; Emma De Luna of Lingayen; Leoncio M. Pausamos of San Fabian; Purisima M. Reyes of Sta. Barbara; Maria Luisa Serafica; Elizabeth C. Tugade, Fidel C. de Vera; Florante C. Natividad; Oscar A. Corpuz, Teodora S. Cerdan; Alta Grace N. Briones, Marc Raymund Biason, Russel A. Barroga and Alona V. Alegria, all UPang graduates.

The five new lawyers who took their bar review classes at the UPang Bar Review Center were Brenda G. Ico and Jonathan R. Lomboy of San Carlos City, Virgen Milagrosa University Foundation; Michael B. Manuel of Binmaley, University of the East; and Edwin C. Siapco of Mangaldan, Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University.

Bar review classes for this year will start on April 23 at the air-conditioned rooms of the University of Pangasinan. The reviewers of the center are composed of prominent justices, judges, deans, authors and veteran bar reviewers from Manila colleges and universities.

Dr. Blas Fernandez Rayos, Sr.

Founder, University of Pangasinan

1. Frugality and Simplicity
He practiced restraint in the acquisition and resourceful use
of  earthly possessions in order to achieve lasting and more
fulfilling goals. This is exemplified by his simple living.
2. Integrity
His inner sense of "wholeness" is derived from his honesty
and consistent uprightness of character.
3. Unconditional assistance for the
    uplift of the plight of the poor
His advocacy for the poor is centered on the improvement of
their lives through education and work ethics. He gave with
joy and without condition.
4. Persistent pursuit of
            •           excellence in academics
             •          sustainable development
             •          a life based on sound principles His life exuded excellence. He encouraged and nurtured
others to live with the same excellence in their endeavors.
5. Deep reverence for ancestors
He valued strong family ties, respect for elders
and treated others like part of the family.

The Alternative Learning Stream Rationale

As a fitting response to CHED’s thrust on access, the University of Pangasinan pursues the implementation of the Alternative Learning Stream (ALS). The program caters to one of the university’s goals, i.e., “to make available to all learners broader and expanded ACCESS to opportunities to responsive, relevant learning and incomes…”

Even as the university maintains its regular/main stream program, it does not lose sight of the fact that there are still many individuals craving to earn a college degree but are unable to “chase their dream” because of the situation they are thrown into. Most of these are regularly reporting for work; others are self-employed and a few have perhaps given up the idea of attending school because they have matured and find it ridiculous to join the very young minds who are in the regular program. The scenario is not exclusive of Filipinos but is also true to some foreigners. In other words, the ALS Program addresses a significant number of prospective learners in this country and elsewhere. To these people who are desirous to “drink from the proverbial cup of knowledge”, the Alternative Learning Stream Program of the University of Pangasinan is being made available. The ALS likewise caters to learners in the regular program who may wish to finish a degree within a shorter period.

The ALS Components

Under the Alternative Learning Stream are four program components, namely: the Expanded Tertiary Education Equivalency and Accreditation Program (ETEEAP), the Equivalent Credits for Professional Learning Experiences (EC-PLEX) Program, the Technology-Based Education Program (TBEP), and the Competent Performance Recognition
(CPR) Program.

The ETEEAP. The ETEEAP, created by Executive Order 330 is an educational assessment scheme which recognizes the knowledge, skills, and prior learning obtained by individuals from non-formal and formal education experiences by establishing equivalency competence standards and a comprehensive assessment system employing written test, skills demonstrations, and other competency-based evaluation. At present, the ETEEAP offered by the university caters to a few undergraduate courses only such as Liberal Arts, Nursing, Midwifery, Civil Engineering, Commerce, and Education.

The EC-PLEX. This program offers an alternate route to experienced and mature individuals toward their formal higher education qualifications (university degrees) through awarding academic credits for professional learning experiences from work, community including volunteer experiences and other informal and non-formal learning. Awarded credits enable the individual to be exempted from subjects within the course he/she is enrolled in.

The TBEP. This is a modification of the EC-PLEX Program, which allows students to enroll and get instruction through the Internet. Just like in the EC-PLEX, however, TBEP enrollees are required to appear in the university at certain scheduled dates for assessment/enhancement purposes.

The CPR. This is a program-based mobility and/or progression mechanism that allows both admitted and/or enrolled university students across year levels to obtain exemptions from subjects, or from course work equivalent to at least one (1) semester within the program they seek to obtain a university degree. Exemptions are obtained and subsequently, credits are awarded, after each student completes and successfully passes a competency-based assessment of claimed learning outcomes in the subject or group of subjects listed in his/her program of study. Through the CPR the student gains advanced standing on his/her respective degree program.

ALS Application Requirements

ALS applicants/enrollees (except CPR applicants) are to submit the following application requirements to the Director for Alternative Learning Stream:

1. Birth Certificate
2. High School Diploma
3. Official Transcript of Records for College Work
4. Marriage Contract (if female)
5. Employment Record (if any)
6. Performance Evaluation Report
7. Proof of
a. Awards received
b. Professional organization membership
c. Voluntarism, Consultancy, Extension Service
d. Continuing Professional Education
8. Endorsement from applicant’s immediate superior (if employed) or Certification of Competency from an authorized agency
9. A properly accomplished and notarized ALS Application Form.

 The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announces that 19,712 out of 40,147 passed the Nurse Licensure Examination given by the Board of Nursing in the cities of Manila, Baguio, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Davao, Iloilo, Legazpi, Lucena, Tacloban, Tuguegarao and Zamboanga last December 2006. The results of examination with respect to four (4) examinees were withheld pending final determination of their liabilities under the rules and regulations governing licensure examinations.
Furthermore, the Board of Nursing, cognizant of the impact of the calamity situation in Bicol region during the examination period, after due consideration, decided to nullify the results of those who failed and allow them to take the June 2007 Nurse Licensure Examination anew. Similarly, the retakers from the June 2006 examination from Bicol region who failed this December 2006 shall be allowed to take Tests III and V this June 2007 ONLY.

The members of the Board of Nursing are Carmencita M. Abaquin, Chairman; Leonila A. Faire, Betty F. Merritt, Perla G. Po and Marco Antonio C. Sto.Tomas.
The schedule of registration of successful examinees in alphabetical order will be announced later. Those who will register are required to bring the following: duly accomplished Oath Form or Panunumpa ng Propesyonal, current Community Tax Certificate (cedula), 2 pieces passport size picture (colored with white background and complete nametag), 1 piece 1" x 1" picture (colored with white background and complete nametag), 2 sets of metered documentary stamps, and 1 short brown envelope with name and profession; and to pay the Initial Registration Fee of P600 and Annual Registration Fee of P450 for 2007-2010. Successful examinees should personally register and sign in the Roster of Registered Professionals.
The oath taking ceremony of the successful examinees in the said examination as well as the previous ones who have not taken their Oath of Professional will be held before the Board on Sunday, February 4, 2007 at 8:00 o'clock in the morning for surnames starting with A - J; and 1:00 o'clock in the afternoon for surnames starting with K - Z, at the Cuneta Astrodome, Derham Park, Pasay City. All must come in their white gala uniform, nurses cap, white duty shoes, without earrings, hair not touching the collar and without corsage.
Tickets will be available starting Tuesday, January 16, 2007 at the Ground Floor of PRC - Main Building, Sampaloc, Manila.
The successful examinees in the Nurse Licensure Examination who garnered the ten (10) highest places are the following:

Complete List of Passers—->