Angeles University Foundation

AUF to honor Timor foreign affairs minister

Angeles University Foundation will confer the Distinguished University Medal of Honor upon Timore-Lesteâ��s foreign affairs minister Zacaria A. Da Costa on March 19, 2010 at the AUF St. Ceciliaâ��s Auditorium in Angeles City, it was announced by AUF president Atty. Joseph Emmanuel L. Angeles.

Da Costa is being honored in recognition of his courage and deep sense of nationalism exemplified by his active involvement in the National Council of Timorese Resistance (CNRT) Political Committee that led to the liberation of Timor-Leste from foreign occupation in 1999, and in commendation of his staunch advocacy of freedom and democracy when he served as Timor-Leste�s Permanent Representative to the European Union and International Organizations in Geneva from 1985 to 2000; and Vice President and Head of the International Relations Department of the Timorese Democratic Union from 1993-2000.

Da Costa is also widely acknowledged for his active participation in poverty alleviation efforts in his capacity as National Vice President of the Timor-Leste Red Cross and through his heavy involvement in non-governmental organizations, cultural and sports associations and for being part of the UNESCO National Commission of Timor-Leste. He will be in the country to strengthen diplomatic relations between Timor-Leste and the Philippines which testament his passion to promote peace and harmony in the Asian region.

AUF is currently home to 36 Timorese students pursuing degree programs in business, information technology, engineering and education.

The Distinguished University Medal of Honor is the highest form of recognition which AUF confers upon individuals who have displayed sterling leadership qualities, integrity and commitment to duty, in their service to the community and its disadvantaged sectors. Past recipients include Canadian Ambassador Robert Collete in 2002; then Senator and now Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in 1993; Dr. Ang Thian Soo of ATS Singapore in 1993; Senator Manuel A. Roxas II in 2000; Dr. Daisaku Ikeda of Sokka Gakkai University, Japan in 1999; Dr. Young Seek Choue of Kyung Hee University, Korea in 2003; Japanese Ambassador Makoto Katsura in 2009, and a host of other deserving recipients from the diplomatic corps, government, business and education sectors.

AUF Repertory Theater to stage Spring Awakening

The Repertory Theater of Angeles University Foundation will end its Fifth Theater Season with the rock musical â��Spring Awakeningâ�� for a three-week run at the AUF St. Ceciliaâ��s Auditorium, Angeles City starting on February 24, 2010, it was announced by AUF Repertory Resident Director Tony Mabesa.Professor Mabesa directs the musical with Nelson Sese as musical director; Voltaire de Jesus, lighting designer; Eric Pineda, costume designer; Via Antonio, choreographer; and Mel Roxas as technical director and set designer. Spring Awakening is based on the original 1891 German play by the same name by Frank Wedekind. The play follows a group of teenagers through their sexual awakening in a provincial, repressive German town in the 1980s. Deprived of parental guidance through the metamorphosis from adolescence into adulthood, the children struggle with puberty and natural instincts, exploring on their own, and suffer unhappy consequences. Steven Sater (books and lyrics) and Duncan Sheik (music) won the 2007 Best Musical Tony Award on Broadway for their version of Spring Awakening. The rock music score and choreography give the play an uplift to the formal 19th century dialogue that reflects the inner turmoil teenagers progress through this life-changing phase of life. Two themes flow at odds throughout the play: sex and the discovery of it against a restrictive, if not repressive, societal framework run by their elders.

The play poignantly underscores the need to reduce the suffering of youth through education and dialogue between the generations and eliminating the â��left behindâ�� tragedy of our youth by embracing children for who they are.

Spring Awakening the Musical opened on Broadway in 2006 and in Manila in 2009. This beautiful musical about the yearnings and awakenings of the youth is enjoying productions all over the world. The AUF Repertory version has a talented all-student cast, guided by professional theater practitioners.

Tickets are available now, 150 per seat; group rates are also available. For more information, please call Ardellen at 625-2888 (local 746) or Sarah at 625-2888 (local 747).

Photo release - Chinese exhibit

The Confucius Institute at Angeles University Foundation (CI-AUF) recently opened its week-long Experience China Exhibit at SM City Clark staged in the observance of the Chinese New Year. The ceremonial cutting of the ribbon was led by Angeles City Mayor Francis â��Blueboyâ�� Nepomuceno. He is assisted by (l-r) CI-AUF Philippine director Dr. Lourdes T. Nepomuceno, AUF president Atty. Joseph Emmanuel L. Angeles, AC Filipino-Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry president Freddie So, Metro Angeles Chamber of Commerce and Industry president Marco Nepomuceno, and CI-AUF Chinese Director Zhang Shifang.

Confucius Institute at AUF to celebrate Chinese new year

The Confucius Institute at Angeles University Foundation is staging a weeklong celebration of the Chinese new year from February 8-13, 2010 in partnership with SM City Clark, it was announced by AUF president Atty. Joseph Emmanuel L. Angeles.

Dubbed Experience China 2010, the event kicks off with the opening of exhibits on February 8 at the SM City Clark Entrance Lobby which will feature unique interactive and electronic learning tools for mall goers to experience. On-the-spot tea-making, calligraphy and Chinese cooking will also be demonstrated. Famous Chinese symbols, images and art pieces will also be on display. A photo-me section with the Peking Opera as backdrop is another major attraction of the exhibit.

A cultural extravaganza by the AUF Performing Arts and Fujian Normal University (FNU) faculty members will cap the weeklong celebration on February 13 with a repertoire of love songs around the world, and traditional Chinese songs and dances.

The Confucius Institute at AUF was established last January in partnership with FNU and the Office of Chinese Language International (Hanban) to promote Chinese language, culture and arts, and to strengthen AUFâ��s institutional capacity to engage in inter-cultural activities with contemporary China .

To date, Hanban has established 282 Confucius Institutes in 88 countries around the world. Home universities include the University of California â�� Los Angeles ( USA ), University of Sheffield (UK), Waseda University ( Japan ), University of Auckland ( New Zealand ), Chulalangkorn University ( Thailand ), Nanyang Technological University ( Singapore ), University of Vienna ( Austria ), etc.

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PGMA at AUF

President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo toured the Angeles University Foundation Information Technology Center (AUF-ITTC) as part of her Cyber Corridor Roadshow, on February 1, it was announced by AUF president Atty. Joseph Emmanuel L. Angeles.

AUFMC opens Kidney Transplant Center

Photo release- Confucius Institute-AUF

President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Hanban Director-General Dr. Xu Lin ( 2nd left) and Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines H.E. Liu Jianchao led the inauguration of the Confucius Institute at Angeles University Foundation on January 15 in Angeles City; (l-r) Fujian Normal University President Dr. Huang Hansheng, AUF Chairman and San Fernando Pampanga Archbishop Paciano B. Aniceto, D.D., Commission on Higher Education Chairman Emmanuel Y. Angeles, Philippine Special Envoy to China Francis Chua, and Sec. Edgardo Pamintuan.

AUF to inaugurate Confucius Institute

CHED holds research confab

The national and regional officers of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), together with the regional directors of the CHED Zonal Research Centers (ZRCs), recently convened for the National Conference on Research in Higher Education (NCRHE) at the Royal Mandaya Hotel in Davao City.

With the theme Empowering HEIs in Research for Global Competitiveness the said conference aimed at research utilization, dissemination, networking, monitoring of past efforts, and providing directions to create a community of researchers aiming for the improvement of their competitiveness.

As the ZRC for Central Luzon, Angeles University Foundation was represented by Dr. Roberto Pagulayan, Ms Sherry Mendoza, Mr. Arnold Bucud and Ms. Nell Rodriguez . Dr. Evelyn Labastilla from the Tarlac State University, Dr. Rene Reyes and Dr. Rufino Borjal both from the CLSU-CHED Program Cluster Implementor also participated.

The Best Paper Award was given to the paper entitled â��Conchological and anatomical studies of selected Philippine cone snailsâ�� that was published in the international journal Vita Malacologica. It was co-authored by Dr. Zenaida Baoanan of U.P. Baguio, Dr. Dan Lagunzad of U.P. Diliman, Dr. Lourdes Cruz of U.P. Diliman, and Dr. Pagulayan of AUF.