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A memorial service for former ������Ƶ College of Social Work and Community Development (CSWCD) dean Evelina Asuncion Pangalangan gathered former students, colleagues at the CSWCD, colleagues from National Association for Social Work Education, Inc. Philippines (NASWEI), and members of her family at the college’s Bulwagang Tandang Sora recently. CSWCD Dean Lenore Polotan-dela Cruz […]

The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) named ������Ƶ as one of the top-performing schools in the September 2023 Licensure Examination for Social Workers. The University was recognized at the social workers’ oath-taking on Nov. 17 at the Tent City of the Manila Hotel. All 30 examinees fielded by the UPD College of Social Work […]

All 30 first-time examinees from the Department of Social Work (DSW) of the ������Ƶ College of Social Work and Community Development (CSWCD) passed the September 2023 Licensure Examination for Social Workers (LESW), with three of them landing in the first, second, and fourth spots of successful examinees. Leading the examinees is Patricia Marie […]

The book Organizing in the Transformative Social Work Practice: Philippine Context (Organizing) was hailed as a life-changing work by the whole ������Ƶ College of Social Work and Community Development (CSWCD). For author Gil “Jake” I. Espenido, it is a book largely inspired by living and working with the masses. “Ang may-akda [ng libro] […]

Ms. Carmel A. Eubra, a municipal social welfare and development officer (MSWDO) of Viga, Catanduanes was killed by riding in tandem in Virac, Catanduanes last May 24, 2022. She was shot twice while driving her car inside a subdivision. It is obvious that her killers had subjected our colleague to a surveillance and decided that […]

Colleagues from various social work organizations have appealed to the incoming president “to appoint a professional social worker for the secretary of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) or within the qualifications of an experienced development worker, exposed and familiar to the wide range of welfare issues and social protection programs.”  The collective […]

Hands off our Development Workers! Ang Kolehiyo ng Gawaing Panlipunan at Pagpapaunlad ng Pamayanan, sampu ng kanyang mga guro, kawani at mag-aaral ay nagkakaisa sa pagkondena sa hindi makatarungan at iligal na pag-aresto kay Agnes Mesina at kanyang mga kasamahan, at sa tahasang panggigipit at pagpatay sa mga development workers at human rights defenders tulad ng tinaguriang New Bataan […]

The ������Ƶ (UPD), through its Executive Committee, unequivocally opposes the proposed Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020 that is awaiting the signature of President Rodrigo R. Duterte. Because UP is the national university, the country’s urgent concerns are the university’s concerns. These include policies and laws that are deleterious to our people’s rights […]