The Offices of the Sectoral Regents of the University of the Philippines held a “Di Nagbabago ang Damdamin” homecoming for past and incumbent Student, Faculty, and Staff Regents of the University on October 12, 2023 at the Atencio-Libunao Hall, UP Diliman, Quezon City.
This is the first time a reunion of the sectoral regents is organized. More than 30 of them are able to attend the reunion.
Incumbent UP President Angelo Jimenez attended the homecoming both as guest of honor and as Student Regent in 1992, just as UP Cebu Chancellor Leo Malagar was in 1996-1997. The first Faculty Regent and later 18th UP President, Francisco Nemenzo, was also in attendance.
Based on the offices’ presentation, there have been 37 student regents and 27 faculty regents since the students’ and the faculty’s representation in the BOR institutionalized by Executive Order No. 204, s. 1987 of President Corazon Aquino. There have been seven staff regents since the post was created through Republic Act 9500 or the New UP Charter of 2008. The regents represent their constituents in the highest governing and decision-making body of the University, the Board of Regents (BOR), under a principle of democratic governance. They uphold the values of consultation, academic freedom, and respect for human rights in making decisions for the University, according to incumbent Faculty Regent Carl Marc Ramota.
Some of the UP faculty regents headed by the first UP Faculty Regent and 18th UP President Francisco Nemenzo, with Administrative Officer Corazon Arcena of the Offices of the Sectoral Regents, during the first-ever homecoming and reunion of past and present UP sectoral regents held on October 12, 2023 at Atencio-Libunao Hall, UP Diliman.
All but one of the UP staff regents, including the first UP Staff Regent Clodualdo Cabrera, with long-time Offices of the Sectoral Regents administrative staff members Corazon Arcena and Toto Cumpio, during the first-ever homecoming and reunion of past and present UP sectoral regents held on October 12, 2023 at Atencio-Libunao Hall, UP Diliman.
Some of the UP student regents—with 1992 Student Regent and incumbent UP President Angelo Jimenez; and 2017 UP Student Regent, UP Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs, and UP Office of Student Development Services Director Ma. Shari Niña Oliquino— with long-time Offices of the Sectoral Regents administrative staff members Corazon Arcena and Toto Cumpio, during the first-ever homecoming and reunion of past and present UP sectoral regents held on October 12, 2023 at Atencio-Libunao Hall, UP Diliman.
Incumbents Student Regent Sofia Jan Trinidad, Faculty Regent Carl Marc Ramota, and Staff Regent Victoria Belegal, with National Chair of the Katipunan ng mga Sangguniang Mag-aaral sa UP or KASAMA sa UP and program host Franz Andrew Ronquillo, sing the last lines of the “UP Naming Mahal” with raised left fists during the first-ever homecoming and reunion of past and present UP sectoral regents held on October 12, 2023 at Atencio-Libunao Hall, UP Diliman.
Student Regent in 1992 and UP President Angelo Jimenez and Student Regent in 1989 Gonzalo Bongolan sing the last lines of the “UP Naming Mahal” with raised fists during the first-ever homecoming and reunion of past and present UP sectoral regents held on October 12, 2023 at Atencio-Libunao Hall, UP Diliman.
