The College of Governance and Public Policy (CGPP), in partnership with the Philippine Councilors League Legislative Academy (PCL-LA), recently conducted a four-day National Governance Forum on Public Sector Reforms and Innovations at the University of Makati. Held last February 21-24, the forum gathered more than 700 local elected officials nationwide.

Two students from the College of Education (COE) recently won at the 11^th Tiangco Literary Awards, an annual competition established in honor of Cesar S. Tiango who was the founding principal of Muntinlupa National High School. John Manuel B. Padre, a fourth year BSE-Math student bagged the first place in the Sofia Rivera de Bunye Memorial Prize for Essay and first place in the Victorial Rivera Bunye Memorial Prize for Fiction. This is Padre’s second consecutive win for the essay category. Jonathan B. Dellova, a third-year BEED-ECE student won second

Samahang Pugad Lawin (SPL), the official student organization of the Bachelor in Secondary Education major in Social Studies under the College of Education, facilitated a gift-giving project last January 5, 2018 at Barangay West Rembo, Makati City. The gift-giving project was able to distribute thirty strollers to thirty children of the recipient barangay.

Vice President for Academic Affairs, Dr. Elyxzur C. Ramos, CESE was recently inducted as a new, and youngest, member of the Society of Fellows in Supply Management last February 22, 2018 at Okada Manila. Membership in SOFSM is exclusively by invitation extended to professionals which have exhibited exemplary performance and accomplishments in their field of expertise. With VPAA X Ramos’ extensive experience and achievements in the field of education, he was invited by SOFSM to be a member.

Students from the University of Makati’s College of Arts and Letters received Honorable Mention Awards for Best Animation and Best Documentary at the 1st ASEANnale Film and Multimedia Competition held at the University of the Philippines - Diliman from February 28 to March 2, 2018, the competition was participated in by students and faculty members from member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) which includes Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Cambodia, Myanmar, Brunei, and Lao PDR.