Girls Rule - Dr. Emerlinda Roman is UP's 1st Woman President

...so that's why the pillars at Quezon Hall are salmon pink? ;-p

(from http://www.up.edu.ph) "ON JULY 21, at 2 p.m., the University of the Philippines will celebrate the formal investiture of President Emerlinda R. Roman, the first ever woman president of the University of the Philippines at the University Theater in UP Diliman. Roman, who holds a Ph.D. in Business Administration from the University of the Philippines, has thrice been the Chancellor of UP Diliman, the University’s flagship campus. The event will also mark the launching of her UP Plan (2005-2011): “The UP: A National University in the 21st Century,” an aggressive strategy aimed at strengthening the UP’s status as a “world-class” university.

Roman served as UP Diliman Chancellor in 1991-1993, in 1999-2002, and in 2002-2004. Under her various administrations she established the Diliman Interactive Learning Center (DILC), the Center for International Studies (CIS), the Computerized Registration System (CRS), and the Research Dissemination Grant Fund in UP Diliman, which bolstered international publication and presentation of papers by UP faculty."

...etc., etc... Tomorrow faculty members will be joining in a procession for the investiture ceremonies the new president. even now students are already asking if classes will be suspended tomorrow--im not yet sure so i can answer their texts yet. my classes are at 10am, 1pm, and 2:30pm and so inevitably i would need to cancel some of these classes should i be required to attend the investiture at the UP theatre.

okay lang naman yun, after all, this is UP history in the making. yun nga lang, i have a couple of problems:

1. no classes also on monday because of GMA's State of the Nation Address, so that means i will have two straight suspended classes: no choice ngayon, i need to schedule make-up classes... sorry na lang for my students :(
2. wala akong magic UP alampay, better known as the graduation "sablay"... which all faculty are supposed to wear during the procession. wala ako nito kasi... hindi kasi ako gumradweyt, eh... joke! actually i didn't join the graduation procession anymore when i finished college because at the time, i was working na and was assigned to cebu so hassle na makipagpilahan pa sa UP para lang mag-march.

what i really want to do is have class (wow, mabait at masipag na teacher... CHARING!) kasi my compre exams for my masters are on august 14 and i plan to have the weeks before august 14 totally FREE so i can really review. i want to have the classes NOW para by august, i can cancel some classes to review. but if buildings are gonna be closed tomorrow at UP, no way ako makakapagturo kahit gustuhin ko bukas...

hayyyyy siya... will just see what happens tomorrow... im gonna leave for UP at 8am tomorrow so im gonna decide what to do at 7:30am. and like i say, tomorrow is always too far off.