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UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES

UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES DILIMAN

Quezon City

Quezon City

OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

OFFICE OF THE CHANCELLOR

The “5th Paliwanagan sa UP Diliman,” OVCRD Colloquium, which will be held on 20
January 2014, deserves nothing less than the UP Diliman community’s maximum
support and congratulations!

Greetings to all our dear colleagues!

The undersigned, likewise, extends unequivocal support and wholehearted
congratulations, most especially, to the UPD’s Office of the Vice Chancellor for
Research and Development (OVCRD), for having successfully organized this timely
exercise.

Now on its 5th run, Paliwanagan sa UP Diliman has become a major event that
gathers together the different constituents and members of the University in the
spirit of genuine collegiality, collaboration, and community. It is not only an occasion
for productive sharing of research and creative outputs and exchange of ideas
but it is also an affirmation of our common vision of contributing to the advancement
of our discipline and serving our people.

This auspicious event augurs well, not only for the Deans, unit heads, researchers
and other creative workers, who have combined their talents and efforts to make this
Colloquium possible, but also, for the students, faculty and academic staff members,
who will benefit immensely from the sharing of lessons and experiences that will
surely ensue. This academic exercise is a solid testament to the UPD’s oft-proven
distinct leadership in the fields of higher education and national development.
Essentially, the 5th Paliwanagan sa UP Diliman aims to promote research and
development within the University and to facilitate the dissemination and application
of practical knowledge to the whole UP community - its primary stakeholders.
Assuredly, the event will be extending and sharing its academic and scholarly fruits
to the rest of its stakeholders – Philippine society’s economic and political leaders,
and its ordinary citizens – for them to use as instruments for unselfish public service
and as tools for informed decision-making.

This year’s Colloquium highlights the research initiatives and creative work of our
colleagues from eleven units. The presentations will engage us in diverse but
interconnected topics and issues that are relevant to our work as academics and
our individual as well as institutional involvement in nation-building. This time, too,
the Colloquium will highlight the process of research and development from
proposal writing to utilization.
Paliwanagan, as the name suggests, brings us the light of knowledge in our
undertakings and provides a venue for us to enlighten each other with our
individual and collective contributions to research and development. To this end,
I wish the success of this fifth Colloquium and may we all share this light of
knowledge.

I, therefore, invite and exhort everyone, who is genuinely concerned with our society’s
inclusive growth and development, to continue nurturing our devoted researchers,
scientists, scholars and artists. After all, they possess the power to influence nationallevel initiatives, break new grounds, and implement socially-relevant research and
creative work programs.
This power, coupled with our University’s unpretentious ideals of Honor and
Excellence, shall further serve the best interests of our countrymen.

Prof. CAESAR A. SALOMA, PhD
Chancellor
University of the Philippines Diliman

Again, my best wishes and congratulations! I wish all participants good luck and
enjoy the Colloquium!
Padayon, UP researchers and creative workers! Padayon, UP! Padayon, Pilipinas!

ALFREDO E. PASCUAL
President
University of the Philippines
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