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OFFICE OFTHESECRETARY OF THE UNIVERSITY AND OF THE BOARDOFREGENTS

2February 2015 Memorandum No.LADLL^-15^-05

For : All Vice Presidents All Chancellors The Dean, UP Cebu

Subject : Summary of Decisions of the Board of Regents at its 1305^th RegularMeeting held on 29January 2015

Please be informed of the attached Summary of Decisions of the Board of Regents at its 1305^th Regular Meeting ^{held on} 29 January 2015,

for your appropriate action. The said summary shall be uploaded in the official OSU website: osu.^up.edu.ph.

The Chancellors and the Dean of UP Cebu shall please see

to

it that copies of the said summary and ^pertinent attachments are furnished to all units

/

person concerned .

Thank youvery muchfor yourattention

.

LILIAN A.

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Prof

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LILIAN A. DE LAS^LLAGAS, Ph.D.

Secretary of the BoardofRegents

Cc: Office of the President Boardof Regents

1305 BOARD OF REGENTS MEETING 29 JANUARY 2015 , 9 : 00 a . m .

BOR Room, View Deck (4^thFloor), QuezonHall UPDilimanCampus, QuezonCity

SUMMARY OF DECISIONS ( As of 2 February 2015)

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NOTE: THE CHANCELLORS WILL PLEASE SEE TO IT THAT COPIES OF THE 1305th SUMMARY ^OF DECISIONS AND PERTINENT ATTACHMENTS ARE FURNISHED TO ALL UNITS/PERSONS CONCERNED

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I. MATTERS

ARISING

FROM

THE

PREVIOUS MINUTES ITEM

NO. ^AGENDAITEM BOARD ACTION

1 Implementation Plan of the Proposed Establishment of a UP Los Banos College of AgricultureCampus in Mindanao

(Presented to the Board by UPLB Chancellor Fernando C. Sanchez,Jr.)

•

^The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the University of the Philippines System and the Anfio Management and Investment Corporation (ANFLOCOR) is in the agenda under Matters for Confirmation of the Board(ItemNo.28)

The Board NOTED the presentation of the plan but will wait for the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between UP and Anflocor before takingaction.

2 Implementation Plan of the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between the University of the Philippines and the Smart Communications, Inc.

for Provision of Wireless Communications Connectivityin VariousUPCampusesSystem (The Board approved the MOA with Smart at its 1301^st meeting on 29 September 2014 and reconfirmed it at its 1303^rdmeeting on 26 November 2014.)

APPROVED

3 Updates on the Strategic Initiatives

(Presented to the Board by UP President Alfredo E. Pascual)

NOTED

II .

^MATTERS

FOR

APPROVAL

OF THE BOARD

ITEM

NO. AGENDA ITEM BOARD ACTION

GENERAL GOVERNANCE

Appointment ofUniversity Officials

4 Appointment of Asst. Prof^. Florentino C^. Monsalud as Director, Agricultural Systems Cluster (ASC), College of Agriculture,UPLosBanos

APPROVED

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ITEM

NO. AGENDA ITEM BOARD ACTION

ACADEMIC MATTERS

5 Proposal to Provide Financial Incentive for Filing an Inventionor CopyrightDisclosure

APPROVED 6 Proposed OrganizationalTransfer of theTechnology

Transferand Business DevelopmentOffice (TTBDO) to the Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs(OVPAA)

APPROVED

7 Establishment of the Soy and Tess Medina Professorial Chair in Computer Science, at the College of Engineering,UP Diliman

DEFERRED pending rationalization of the guidelines for professorialchairs 8 Establishment of Two (2) The Vicente and Juanita

Hao Chin Professorial Chair in Engineering ^{at the} CollegeofEngineering,UP Diliman

DEFERRED ^pending rationalization of the guidelines for professorialchairs 9 Establishment of the Nelinda Untalan Sajor

Professorial Chair, at the College of Nursing, UP Manila

DEFERRED pending rationalization of the guidelines for professorial chairs 10 Request of the UP Diliman Council (UC)

Committee on Student Admissions, Progress, and Graduation (CSAPG) for the Waiver of Enrolment of Residency,in Favor oftheFollowingStudents:

1

.

Mr.YOUNGHWA SEO 2

.

^Mr

.

DUYOUNG YANG

APPROVED

FISCAL MATTERS

11 Re-alignment of UP System’s 1282^nd Reprogrammed Funds Allotted for the Doctoral Studies / Fellowship Program from Personal Services (PS) to Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses ^(MOOE) in the amount of EIGHTEEN MILLION PESOS ONLY ⁽P18,000,000.00) as Certified Available by the System Accounting Office

APPROVED

12 Utilization of a Portion of the UP Open University’s Endowment Fund,Sourced fromInterest Earnings of UPOU’s Investments, in the Amount of P30,000^,000.00

APPROVED

13 Proposed Investment Management Agreement or a Trust Agreement with the Development Bank of the PhilippinesandtheLandBankof thePhilippines

APPROVED

14 Grant of Cash Award in the Amount of P10,000.00 Each to Employees oftheOfficeof Admissions(OA)

APPROVED

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ITEM

NO. AGENDAITEM BOARDACTION

ADMINISTRATlVEMATTERS

15 Recommendation for the Promotion of UP President Alfredo E. Pascual FROM SG 31-^{6 TO 32}-⁶ bv Virtue of His Being a Recipient of the 2014 PresidentialLingkod BayanAward

APPROVED

16 Request for Waiver of the 5-year Service Requirement under the Financial Assistance Program for Hospitalization Expenses (FAPHE), in Favor of Mr. JOHN GABRIEL PELIAS, College of Science,UP Diliman

APPROVED

17 Request of UP Baguio ^that the Two (2) Librarian Section Heads be Entitled to the Same Honoraria Given tothe College Librarians

APPROVED

18 Requestof Temporary WaiverofFaculty Tenure Rulein Favor of the Following:

UPLos Banos

Asst. Prof. MARK LEXTER D^. DE LARA, Assistant Professor 2, College of Arts and Sciences, effective 1 January 2015 until 31July 2015

Asst^. Prof^. MAICA KRIZNA A. GAVINA, Assistant Professor 2^, College of Arts and Sciences, effective 14 November 2014 until 31 July 2015

Asst. Prof. BALTAZAR P. VILLACRUSIS, Assistant Professor 1, College of Arts and Sciences, effective 1 January 2015 until 31^July2015

UPCebu

Asst. Prof. MAY CHRISTINA G. BUGASH, Assistant Professor 1, Social Sciences Cluster^, effective 1 June 2013 until19 June 2013

Asst. Prof. MAE CLAIRE G. JABINES, Assistant Professor 1, Social Sciences Cluster, effective 1 June 2013 until 19 June 2013

Asst. Prof. HAZEL A. TRAPERO, Assistant Professor 1, Social Sciences Cluster, effectivel November2013until 5 February 2014

APPROVED

1305 BOARD OF REGENTS MEETING 29 JANUARY 2015 ^, 9 : 00 a . m .

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ITEM

NO. AGENDA ITEM BOARD ACTION

19 Appointment ofFaculty:

TransfertoPermanent Status UP Los Banos

Asst. Prof. MAICA KRIZNA A^. GAVINA, Assistant Professor 2, College of Arts and Sciences, effective 29January 2015

Asst^. Prof. MARIE ABELYN C. KWE, Assistant Professor 1, College of Arts and Sciences, effective 29 January 2015

Asst. Prof. NOAHLYN C. MARANAN, Assistant Professor 1, College of Arts and Sciences, effective 29 January 2015

Asst^. Prof. ARVIN B. VISTA, Assistant Professor ^4, College of Economics and Management,effective 29 January 2015

UP Manila

Asst. Prof

.

CLARINDA L. BERJA, Assistant Professor 6, College of Arts and Sciences, effective 29January 2015

Assoc^. Prof. MA. CONCEPCION ^{L. CRUZ,} Associate Professor 4 (Part^-time), College of Medicine,effective29January 2015

Asst. Prof^. CHRISTOPHER JAY T. ROBIDILLO, Assistant Professor 1, College of Arts and Sciences, effective 29 January 2015

UP Visavas

Asst. Prof^. HAROLD M^. MONTECLARO, Assistant Professor 3, College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences,effective29 January 2015

APPROVED

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ITEM

NO. AGENDAITEM BOARD ACTION

20 AppointmentofFaculty:

Extension of Appointment Beyond ^Compulsory Retirement Age of 65

UP Diliman

Assoc^,Prof. CANDIDO A^. CABRIDO, JR., Associate Professor^7, School of Urban andRegional Planning, effective 3May2015 until 30 June 2015

Prof. ALEXANDER C. CORTEZ, Professor 3, College ofArts and Letters,effective 6 October2014 until31December2014

Prof. CRISTOPHER STONEWALL P. ESPINA, Professor 6, College of Architecture, effective 21 November 2014 until 31July 2015

Prof. GILDA C. RIVERO, Professor 12, College of Science, effective 28 February 2015 until 31 July 2015

UP LosBanos

Prof^. GLORIA LUZ M. NELSON^, Professor 4, College of Arts and Sciences^, effective 13 February 2015 until 31July2015

APPROVED

III

.

MATTERS

FOR

CONFIRMATION

^OF

THE BOARD

ITEM

NO. AGENDA ITEM BOARD ACTION

21 Ad Interim Appointment of Prof. LUIS G. SISON as Director, Technology Transfer and Business Development Office, Office of the Vice President for Academic ^Affairs, UP System, effective 1 January 2015 to serve at the pleasure of the Vice President forAcademic ^Affairs

CONFIRMED

22 Ad Interim Appointment of Assoc

.

Prof. MARY DELIA G. TOMACRUZ as Assistant Vice President for Research and Development Resource Management^, Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs, UP System, effective 1 January 2015 to serve at the pleasure of the Vice President forAcademic ^Affairs

CONFIRMED

1305 BOARD OF REGENTS MEETING 29 JANUARY 2015 , 9 : 00 a . m .

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ITEM

NO. AGENDAITEM BOARD ACTION

23 Ad Interim Appointment of Assoc. Prof. AARON JOSEPH L. VILLARAZA as ^Deputy Director, Office of the International Linkages, Office of the Vice President forAcademic Affairs,UP System, effective 1 January 2015 to serve at the pleasure of the Vice PresidentforAcademic Affairs

CONFIRMED

24 Appointment as UP Scientists Effective CY 2014 - 2016 andCY 2015-2017

(The lists of UP Scientists to be released to concernedoffices)

CONFIRMED

25 Graduation Ad Referendum of Mr^. JOSE CARLOS S^. TAYAGfor theDegreeof Doctor ofMedicineasof the First Semester AY 2014^-2015

CONFIRMED

26 Memorandum of Understanding between the University of the Philippines System and the Manila Electric Company (MERALCO)

Project: Facility and technical upgrade of the lecture hall located at Room 120 of the Electrical and Electronics Engineering Institute Building in UP Diliman, with naming rights ^to the lecture hall, subjectto UP’srulesand policieson namingrights^. Amount: MERALCO will ^donate Four Million Pesos (P4,000,000.00)

CONFIRMED

27 Memorandum of Agreement between the University of the Philippines System and Office of the Solicitor General

Project: Constitution ofthe UP Task Force to handle U.P.cases

CONFIRMED

28 Memorandum of Understanding between the University of the Philippines System and the Anflo Management and Investment Corporation (ANFLOCOR)

Project: Proposed establishment of a UP ^Los Banos College of Agriculture Campus in Mindanao through a donation in favour of the ^{University of a portion of} ANFLOCOR’s landholding at Panabo ^City, Davao DelNorte.

CONFIRMED

1305 BOARD OF REGENTS MEETING 29 JANUARY 2015 , 9:00 a . m .

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ITEM

NO. AGENDA ITEM ^BOARDACTION

29 Contract of Services between ^the University of the Philippines System and the Board of Investments (BOI)

Project: For the Procurement of Services (Strengthening of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) System of the Board of Investments(BOI)

Amount: BOIshall pay UPthe amount ofOne Million Four Hundred Four Thousand Pesos (P1,404,000.00⁾

CONFIRMED

30 Memorandum of Agreement between the University of the Philippines Diliman and the National Commissionon IndigenousPeoples(NCIP)

Project: Conduct of Mandatory Continuing Legal Education(MCLE) Seminar

Implementing Unit: UP LawCenter Amount: P220,000.00for a maximumof

One Hundred (100) participants, an additional P2,500.00 per NCIP lawyer-participant and P5,000.00 per non^-NCIP lawyer-participant in excessofmaximumnumber ofparticipants

CONFIRMED

31 Memorandum of Agreement between the University of the Philippines Diliman and the Universite Catholique DeLouvain (UCL), Louvain,Belgium Project:AcademicCooperation

CONFIRMED

32 Memorandum of Agreement between the University of the Philippines Diliman and the Department of Energy(DOE)

Project:Project FeasibilityStudy Preparation Course Implementing Unit: UP Institute for Small Scale Industries (UPISSI)

Amount: DOE shall pay UP ISSI the amount of Three Hundred Thousand Pesos (P300,000.00) as contract fee

CONFIRMED

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ITEM

NO. AGENDA ITEM BOARD ACTION

33 Memorandum of Agreement on the National R & D Program for Natural Rubber Processing and Rubber Manufacturing between the University of the Philippines Diliman and the Philippine Rubber IndustriesAssociation,Inc^.(PRIA)

Project: Rubber Project 3: Enhancing and Increasing LocalContent in Rubber

for Motorcycle Tire Application

Roleof UP: Provide technical assistance andtraining

CONFIRMED

34 Memorandum of Agreement between the University ofthe Philippines Diliman andtheNational Museum Project: Academic Cooperation

CONFIRMED

35 Memorandum of Acceptance of “Nihongo Partners^” for the Japan Foundation, Nihongo Partners Program between the University of the Philippines Diliman and theJapanFoundation

Project: Cooperation on promotion and support for Japanese Language Education and People-^to-

People Exchanges

CONFIRMED

36 Memorandum of Understanding between the University of the Philippines Diliman and the Queensland University of Technology

Project: AcademicCooperation

CONFIRMED

37 Memorandum of Understanding ^between the University of the Philippines Diliman and the Chiang MaiUniversity (CMU)

Project: Academic Cooperation in Education and Research

CONFIRMED

38 Memorandum ng Kasunduan sa pagitan ng Unibersidad ng Pilipinas Diliman at ni Dr. Clemen C.

Aquino

Project: KwentongBayan:

Pagbabalangkas ng mga ^Piling Usapin Kaugnay ng Kapaligiran,Kapaniwalaan,at Kaunlaran(KB-KKK⁾ Amount: P216,000.00 (from UP Endowment Fund for ResearchonWika)

CONFIRMED

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IV

.

MATTERS

FOR INFORMATION OF THE

BOARD

ITEM

NO. AGENDAITEM BOARD ACTION

39 Request for Changes in the Academic Calendar for Second Semester, 2014^-2015 of UP Manila Due to Suspension of Classes brought about by the Papal VisitofPope Francis

NOTED

40 Deed of Donation between the University of the Philippines (Donee) through the UP Engineering Research and Development Foundation^, Inc. (UPERDFI) and lldefonso Medina and Teresita Calupitan-Medina(Donors)

DEFERRED

41 Deed of Donation between the University of the Philippines (Donee) through the UP Engineering Research and Development Foundation, Inc. (UPERDFI) and the Borland Development Corporation

DEFERRED

42 Deed of Donation between the University of the Philippines (Donee) through the UP Foundation, Inc. andDr. EnriqueSajor(Donor)

DEFERRED

V.

OTHER

MATTERS ITEM

NO

.

^{AGENDA ITEM} BOARD ACTION

43 Request of UP Diliman to Purchase Eighteen (18) Motor Vehicles for its Various Units in the Total Aggregate Amount of Thirteen Million One Hundred Thousand Pesos(P13,100,000.00)

APPROVED

44 Request of UP College of Law to Purchase Four (4) Motor Vehicles for the Use of the Law Complex in thetotalamountof P4,990,000.00

APPROVED

45 Draft Contract of Lease ⁽Renewal) Between the University of the Philippines and the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS)

APPROVED

46 Request of UP Los Banos for Authority ^to Use 69.9998 Hectare Area as Special Economic Zone for at least^Twenty-five (25) years

APPROVED

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ITEM

NO

.

AGENDA ITEM BOARD ACTION

47 Nominees for the Vacancy in the UP Board of Regents to be Recommended by the Board of Regents to the Philippine President^, in order of priority:

1. Retired Ambassador WillyC.Gaa 2^. Dr. Georgina R. Encanto

3. Atty. FedericoR. Agcaoili

APPROVED

48 Request of President Alfredo E. Pascual for Authority to Travel to Hangzhou, China from 26-27 March 2015 to Attend ^{the 4th ASEM} Rectors’ Conference(ARC4)

APPROVED

CERTIFIEDCORRECT:

cfiMTSa ^{L £}

Prof. LILIAN A

.

DE LAS LLAGAS, Ph.D.

Secretaryof the Boardof^Regents