MANILA, Philippines – To honor the graduates and to welcome new students, the University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU), in cooperation with UPOU Alumni Foundation Inc., will hold the second Grand Sunduan on Friday, May 8. The event will start at 8 a.m. at the UPOU Headquarters, Los Baños, Laguna. Sunduan is a Filipino term derived from the root word sundo, which means to fetch or to pick up.
The Grand Sunduan Day will feature a menagerie of activities for the incoming freshmen, continuing students, the graduating class, and the alumni. Aside from the usual orientation program and distribution of materials, the graduating and continuing students will welcome the freshmen to the exciting and challenging world of distance learning. The graduating class will be greeted and saluted by the alumni as they embark on a new life journey, armed with their UPOU degrees.
UPOU Chancellor Grace Javier Alfonso said that the Grand Sunduan is an event where everyone will have the chance to interact with each other and an opportunity to foster camaraderie with representatives of their alma mater, classmates, faculty, tutors, and friends. It will be an event that will make student life of UPOU distance learners more enriching and memorable. For inquiries regarding the Grand Sunduan, new and continuing students may call (049) 536-6001 to 6006, local 101 or e-mail registrar@upou.edu.ph. UPOU alumni may call (049) 536-6001 to 6006 local 710 or e-mail zandro.rapadas@up.edu.ph / upouafi@gmail.com / luisa.gelisan@ upou.edu.ph.