ANNOUNCEMENT

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The search for the new dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine of UP Los Baños is on.  Nominations will be accepted by the search committee beginning Tuesday, Aug. 24 until Wednesday, Sept. 1,  2010 after Dr. Conrado A. Valdez, the current CVM dean, whose term will expire on Sept. 30,  has presented the plans, programs, problems and priorities for the college and the expectations of the next dean.

The nominee must possess the following minimum qualifications:

• Commitment to academic freedom and the values and ideals of the University
• Distinction or outstanding academic credentials in the nominee's chosen field of expertise which should be along the lines of the college's disciplines or fields.
• Filipino citizen
• Leadership qualities and administrative or managerial capability
• Must be willing to serve.
• Must consider resource generation an important function of the position.

The nominee need not be a faculty member at the time of his/her nomination, however, should he/she be appointed, he/she must have a faculty appointment.

Kindly submit nominations with a duly signed letter containing the justification for the nomination, and 3-page summary of the nominees' curriculum vitae to the Members of the Search Committee, as follows:

Dr. ENRICO P. SUPANGCO
Vice-Chancellor for Research and Extension,
and Chair of the Search Committee

OVCRE
3rd Floor, UPLB Main Library Building
Tel. No. 536-2354

Dr. Cesar C. Sevilla
Member, ADSC-CA
Tel. No. 536-3426

Dr. Arnold R. Elepaño
Member, IAE-CEAT
Tel. No. 536-8745

Dr. Ida F. Dalmacio
Member, UP President's Representative
IBS-CAS
Tel. No. 536-3368

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The University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) has carved its solid reputation as a premier learning institution in the country and Asia. For years now, it has kept the lead in generating diverse breakthroughs in crop production, crop protection, plant and animal breeding, postharvest technologies, food processing, biotechnology, forestry, agricultural engineering and veterinary medicine.

This website seeks to ensure efficient conduct of research and judicious use of resources in the university and includes information, administrative procedures and guidelines for its research activities. This is an online reference for administrators, scientists, research staff, as well as for agencies and institutions whose funding make research in UPLB possible.

Users of this portal will find useful and updated information on UPLB's research, development and extension activities, its resources, and outputs.

Information on the Office of the Vice-Chancellor for Research and Extension, the overseer of all RDE activities are also presented.You can get to know more of the people behind the management of RDE in the university.

Users can freely access the different guidelines and protocols being practiced in the university in terms of conducting research and extension. There is also information on how research staff are developed in terms of capability, how they are awarded and given recognition, and how their research outputs are promoted and protected for use of the public.

With this portal, users can connect with us. People can get in touch with research and extension coordinators of the various UPLB units. Researchers and extensionists can subscribe to our mailing list and download various documents. There are many links to online resources, such as search engines for open access journals which will be periodically updated.

UPLB faculty and staff can check out our schedules here in the office and get to know when the short training courses will be held during the summers.