This Tuesday, April 22, 2025, marks the 55th and latest annual observance of Earth Day, a globally commemorated and celebrated event conceived to drum up invaluable support among all citizens for protecting the environment worldwide.

Earth Day is all about the various ways that we as individuals, communities and nations can do our part in even small but many, consistent and continuous ways to help preserve our precious planet. While this year’s Earth Day theme, “Our Power, Our Planet,” is said to be a call for worldwide electricity generation from renewable sources, such as wind and solar, to triple by 2030, it can also be interpreted to mean that the power to save the planet resides in each and every one of us!

On campus alone, we can already do our part by disposing litter properly, walking instead of taking the elevator, reducing our consumption of single-use plastics, and many more.

All told, we in UE join the rest of the world in protecting and sustaining this planet that we call home.

Happy Earth Day, Warriors!

Image by UE SHS Manila-ICT student Christine Nathalie Dela Vega

On the eve of this year’s UE Alumni Grand Reunion, the UE Alumni Association, Inc. (UEAAI) invites all UE alumni and everyone in the UE community to the UE Alumni Golf Tournament 2024!

This exciting daytime event will take place this Friday, November 15, 2024, at the prestigious Valley Golf and Country Club in Antipolo, Rizal.

Join us for a day of friendly competition, camaraderie, and networking with fellow alumni. Whether you’re an experienced golfer or a beginner, this tournament promises to be a memorable experience!

Don’t miss this opportunity to reconnect with old friends, make new ones, and enjoy a fantastic day of golf. Your participation will also support the Alumni Association’s initiatives and scholarships.

Please register via 

See you there, Warrior Golfers!

As the Filipino nation prepares for the 2025 midterm elections, the University of the UUֱ�� has formalized its support of the broadcast giant GMA Network in the latter’s efforts at “delivering the biggest and most comprehensive election coverage” through its Eleksyon 2025 program.

This endeavor was formally initiated with a Partnerships Launch ceremony held on Monday, November 11, 2024, 11 a.m.—a.k.a. 11.11.11—at the GMA Network Center in Quezon City.

Per GMA’s news release, this “powerful alliance of more than 50 partners brings together leading organizations in the fields of telecommunications, media, technology, education, business, law, and public service, uniting to provide Filipinos with comprehensive, timely, and accurate information.”

During the Eleksyon 2025 Partnerships Launch and Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) Signing, GMA Network President and CEO Gilberto R. Duavit Jr. highlighted the critical role of each partner organization in upholding electoral integrity and fostering transparency.

“As a coalition of the most trusted organizations in our respective fields, we come together once again to deliver an election coverage that is not only the most comprehensive, but also conforms to the highest standards of honesty and integrity, in a manner beyond reproach. Together, we are here to ensure that every Filipino, whether in urban cities or remote places in the archipelago, or anywhere across the globe, has access to information that is comprehensive, timely, and accurate in order to make objective and empowered decisions at the polls,” said Mr. Duavit.

In time for the partnerships launch, GMA also unveiled its election advocacy campaign “Dapat Totoo,” emphasizing the fight against misinformation and disinformation to help guide voters this 2025 midterm elections.

Joining Mr. Duavit in representing GMA Network in the Eleksyon 2025 Partnerships Launch were officials of GMA, the Commission on Elections (COMELEC), universities and colleges in Metro Manila as well as Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao, officers and representatives from the telecommunications industry, election watchdogs and civic organizations, other media; legal, business, and socio-civic groups.

Representing the University of the UUֱ�� was UE President and Chief Academic Officer, Dr. Zosimo M. Battad.

Also part of GMA’s MOA signing event was the official launch of the song “Panata sa Bayan” for Eleksyon 2025, through a music video featuring a select roster of Sparkle GMA Artist Center singers.

Last August 30, GMA Network and almost 60 partners from media organizations, academic institutions, and COMELEC convened in a landmark event dubbed “Panata Kontra-Fake News Covenant Signing” to form the largest partnership in the fight against disinformation. The event, which was inspired by the Kapuso Network’s “Panata Kontra-Fake News” campaign, had Marketing and University Relations Department Director Edilberto B. Sulat Jr. as UE representative.

The Eleksyon 2025 news release further states that “Over the years, GMA Network has been at the forefront of delivering the most comprehensive election coverage, providing reliable and in-depth information to keep the public informed and engaged in the democratic process.

“Together with its election partners, GMA Network is committed to delivering comprehensive Eleksyon 2025 coverage across all platforms, ensuring the Filipino public has access to accurate information and is empowered to make informed choices during one of the most important events of Philippine history,” the report concluded.

The Eleksyon 2025 launch acknowledged each of the signatories, including President Battad, and concluded with photo and video captures of the signatories, including the group shot here, where President Battad is seen at the back, third from right.

Here’s to a successful and meaningful Eleksyon 2025, Warrior Voters!

This is to inform everyone in the UE community of the new kickoff dates for this year’s Christmas celebration per campus…

November 18, 2024 (Monday), for UE Manila
November 19, 2024 (Tuesday), for UE Caloocan

The kickoff activities per campus are the Thanksgiving Mass, the judging of the Belen-making Competition, and the Lighting of the Campus Christmas Tree.

Save the dates, Warriors, for…. UUֱ��’s Christmastime!

The University of the UUֱ�� will be hosting ‘TRUE ICON: Talks, Research, Understanding and Exchange International Conference’, which will be held on November 6, 2024 (Wednesday), from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., at UE Caloocan.

UE has organized and is hosting this international conference through its Colleges of Arts and Sciences-Caloocan and -Manila, Colleges of Business Administration-Caloocan and -Manila, Colleges of Engineering-Caloocan and -Manila, and College of Fine Arts, Architecture and Design, Graduate School, Office of Extension and Community Outreach-Caloocan and -Manila, and Office of Research Coordination. This UE undertaking is in cooperation primarily with Thailand’s Maejo University, Japan’s Soka University, Indonesia’s Universitas Bunda Mulia (UBM) and Universitas Multimedia Nusantara (UMN), and Cambodia’s University of Kratie.

TRUE ICON will feature talks by prestigious researchers from different parts of the world shedding understanding in light of their respective expertise, with the aim of seeing an exchange of calls to action and reactions from the audience.

The conference was conceived at gathering interested researchers, experts, educators, and students from all over the country and the world to establish an avenue for research presentation, discussion, and publication.

This international conference covers these disciplines:

1. Accountancy and Business Administration
2. Applied Linguistics
3. Biological, Earth, Environmental, and Natural Sciences
4. Computer and Information Technology
5. Education
6. Engineering
7. Fine Arts, Architecture, and Design
8. Health and other Medical Sciences
9. Philosophy, Humanities, and Social Sciences
10. Tourism

The conference objectives are the following:

1. To gather local and international studies qualified under the disciplines enumerated above unified by one timely theme to be presented through a conference;
2. To market the University of the UUֱ�� within the country;
3. To promote the University of the UUֱ�� in the international level;
4. To strengthen ties with other educational institutions abroad to be tagged as co-convenors;
5. To generate publications; and
6. To later establish an organization that would uphold the aims of international conference.

The TRUE ICON 2024 theme is “Adapting to the Changing Landscape toward the Post-Pandemic Era”. This theme is meant to encompass a wide range of interconnected scopes, highlighting the resilience, innovation, and transformation of societies in response to the challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic. It calls for a renewed commitment on many aspects of life and the need for continuous adaptation and forward thinking, to build a more sustainable and inclusive future in the aftermath of the global health crisis.

The pandemic sparked a profound transformation in many disciplines and, thus, will cover timely subjects including the following, but not limited to:

• Artificial Intelligence and Technological Advancement
• Social and Economic Implications to the Labor Force
• Hybrid Learning (Education)
• Global Pandemic and Covid-19
• The Entertainment Industry
• The Power of Social Media
• Digital Media
• Environmental Issues

The morning session of TRUE ICON will be held at the Multipurpose Hall or MPH 3 of the Dr. Lucio C. Tan Building.

The welcome message by UE President and Chief Academic Officer Zosimo M. Battad will be followed by the keynote talk by Dr. Bert J. Tuga, the President of Philippine Normal University.

Five consecutive plenary talks will follow, to be delivered by:

1. Dr. Ichiro Sugimoto, the Dean of the Faculty of International Liberal Arts at Soka University
2. Dr. Daniel Susilo of Universitas Bunda Mulia (online)
3. Dr. Liza G. Battad, Executive Director of the Department of Agriculture-Philippine Carabao Center
4. Dr. Lydia R. Leonardo, the Director of the UE Office of Research Coordination, and
5. Dr. Rex P. Bringula of the UE College of Computer Studies and Systems

TRUE ICON’s morning session will be capped by the closing remarks to be delivered by Dr. Felipe R. Alcala Jr., the UE CAS Caloocan College Secretary who is the Chair of the 2024 conference’s organizing committee.

The conference’s afternoon session will be held at the Tan Yan Kee Academic Building, starting with parallel, concurrent research paper presentations on the building’s eighth and ninth floors. This will be followed by an understanding-and-exchange session by way of artistic and creative exhibitions at the Chua King Ha Galleries, on the fifth floor of the TYK Academic Building.

The 15-member TRUE ICON organizing committee is chaired by UE CAS Caloocan Dean Michelle H. Concepcion, with UE Caloocan Chancellor Victor R. Macam Jr. as Adviser.

Interested participants within and beyond the UE community are invited to register by scanning the QR code seen in the announcement poster or by clicking on the Sign Up button on the event’s official Facebook page: <>. Inquiries may be relayed via email to <trueicon2024@ue.edu.ph>.

Thank you and see you all there, TRUE ICONs!