19 Aug
Susie Carpena (30 Mar – 3 Apr 2014) went to Japan (Osaka, Kyoto, Nara, and Kobe) with friend Dina Sanchez, balae of U.P. Pres. Pascual (with her in last photo, taken in Kobe, in front of the former residence of Germany’s ambassador to Japan), to enjoy the beauty of the country’s “sakura” among other things.
Osaka
Osaka
Osaka
3 Apr
Odie Ilag’s second death anniversary
January 13, 2014
Photos c/o Ruben and Cora Villareal
16 Aug
Lina Briones and Susie Carpena (6th and 7th from the left, front row standing; the young lady next to Susie is also from the Philippines) at the Palace Square, St. Petersburg, Russia (the building behind them is the Winter Palace)
Lina Briones and Susie Carpena in Moscow, Russia (in the background is the Red Square)
Susie Carpena and Lina Briones at the Kremlin (Moscow)
1 Feb
Class 60 Marie Villegas with Pitoy Moreno on her Wedding Day
The bride with her father, Dr. Valente Villegas, our Professor in Animal Husbandry courses
The bride with her groom, Angel Mangahas
Angel and Marie Mangahas during their Golden Wedding Anniversary, 26 Jan 2013
21 Jan
Photos taken January 9, 2013
Photos submitted by RL Villareal
15 Nov
Class 60 Joins 2012 Loyalty Day Celebration;
Two Receive Outstanding Alumni Awards
Members of UPCA Class 60 joined the 2012 Loyalty Day Celebration to manifest their continuing solidarity and attachment with their Alma Mater.
Two class members — Jose ‘Pepe” D. Cruz and Maximino “Max” G. Villanueva received recognition during the Alumni Awards night on 9 October 2012. Continue reading
15 Nov
After the traditional Loyalty Day parade, the alumni proceeded to the new spacious Copeland gym for lunch and fellowship.
The celebrating alumni classes (ending with 2 and 7) presented skits and dances. This year’s golden jubilarians BSA Class 62 presented a dance number complete with canes and hats for the men and cabaret style skirts for the ladies.
Among the BSA Class 62 members, we remember seeing Tony Perez, Ellen Bautista, Billy Gualberto, Tony Frio and Annie Labadan, Albert Chiongbian, Jimmy Lagdameo, Precy Huab, Alice Arejola, Lolit Lim-Vega, Renato Gonzales and Sammy Mancebo.
Seated (L-R): Offie, Lina, and Mely.
Standing (L-R): Roger, Emil, Ruben and Cora Villareal.
27 members of 2012 Golden Jubilarians. Do you recall some of them?
Photos Courtesy of Cora Villareal
15 Nov
Emil and Ruben led the delegation from the Class ’60.
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15 Nov
In the latter part of October 9, 2012, various alumni, officials, and visitors huddled the Copeland Gymnasium for the Alumni Homecoming and Awards Night. This year’s theme is “UPLB: Handa sa Pagbabago ng Panahon at Kapaligiran.”
Some members of the Class ’60 were able to attend while two of its members were given an award (see related story).
Awardees from the Class ’60. Maximino G. Villanueva and Jose ‘Pepe’ D. Cruz.
Class ’60 Emil, Pepe, Max, and Ruben with Romulo G. Davide (BSA ’57) [ 2nd from right] who was given the 2012 Special UPLBAA Presidential Award.
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14 Nov
Classmates Emil Javier and Bert Coronel are now full time farmers — Emil with his vegetables in his two farms in Puypuy, Bay and Masiit, Calauan and Bert in his tree orchard in Calauan.
The members of the class were treated to a quick visit to Emil’s farms and a leisurely native lunch salo-salo in Bert’s farm.
Emil grows a number of vegetables in rotation with rice. He grows ampalaya (bitter gourd) patola and upo in trellises; chilli pepper and tomatoes in raised beds with plastic mulch; sweet corn and glutinous corn and watermelon, cantaloupe, honey dew and squash.
According to Classmate Emil, he is trying to prove two things — 1) that he can raise 3-4 crops on the same piece of land in one year, and 2) that he can make money from the effort.
Alma Javier, Emil’s spouse and treasurer, is confident her spouse will make good on the first objective but has yet to see promising signs on the second, bottom line objective.
SAY SQUASH. (Standing L-R): Selly dela Paz, Waldy, Cora, Kits, Linda, Pete, Ruben, Regalado, Ely, Lina, Alma, Yolanda, Lina Ventura, Suzie, Precy Villaroya, Mely, Offie, and Rosa. (Seated L-R): Emil, Roger, and Rick.
14 Nov
Though retired many years over, members of UPCA Class 60 continue to contribute their share in community, profession and nation building.
As President Emil remarked in the installation of the bird bath cum stone marker in the Sam Trelease/Emma Sarepta-Yule minipark, members of Class 60 belong to the TVH generation — trying very hard to excel and be of added value (even in the twilight of their years).
The perfect example of this perseverance and persistence is the Los Banos Gawad Kalinga housing project which was spearheaded by classmate Ruben Villareal and his spouse Cora. To date the Los Banos GK project has built 238 houses for as many indigent families who were persuaded to leave their dismal and perilous lodgings along the PNR railroad tracks and the creeks on the eastern slopes of Mount Makiling.
Ruben and Cora brought the Class 60 visitors to the GK site and saw for themselves the small but decent houses, the livelihood community center and the airy, well-designed chapel.
L-R: Cora, Ruben, Regalado, Alma, Emil, Kits, Precy, Suzie, Lina, Linda, Yolly, Ely, Pete, and Waldy.
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14 Nov
We planted a new row of seedlings at the rear of the new Copeland Gym to add to our growing collection of native fruit trees.
Classmate Bert Coronel provided the following new seedlings:
Among those who planted seedlings were:
Selly SP-dela Paz planted a seedling in memory of classmate Ning dela Paz
L-R: Yolly, Suzie, Bert, Ely Alma, Emil, Lina, and Ruben
The Class ’60 was joined by Selly dela Paz, wife of Ning dela Paz.
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14 Nov
The Class ‘60 visited the Pegaraw Monument gracing the front of the now UPLB Administration and Library Building last October 9, 2012. The monument is among the iconic projects of the Class (see related story).
Front Row (L-R): Lina Ventura, Lina Ilag, Mely, Kits, Alma, Emil and Ruben.
Back Row (L-R): Ely, Suzie, Levy, Roger, Yolly, Rosa, Bert, and Regalado.
14 Nov
The Sam Trelease/Emma Sarepta Yule minipark featuring the Old Humanities department portal is a continuing project of Class 60. This year we added a birdbath cum stone marker to attract birds (and people) to the minipark.
On the stone marker we inscribed the following quote from the UPCA hymn which all of us have learned to sing with feeling about our Alma Mater:
…There is no place more charming, blest with God’s most bounteous gifts.
Dean L.B. Uichanco 1919
UPCA Hymn
Architect Professor Susan Aquino-Ong of the Department of Horticulture who had been helping Class 60 in our landscaping projects pro-bono, suggested that we make the Trelease/Yule minipark a repository of shade-loving indigenous ornamentals.
Classmate Rose Niduaza started the initiative by donating several plants from her garden.
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11 Oct
Maximino G. Villanueva and Jose DJ. Cruz both BSA ’60 during the 94th Loyalty Day and Alumni Homecoming Awards Night
The Outstanding UPLB Alumni Award
Outstanding Alumnus for Enterprise Development and Corporate Governance
Jose D. Cruz, BS Agriculture, 1960
For his significant contribution to Philippine Agriculture with his active involvement and leadership in various trade and professional organizations; the promotion of safe and judicious use and handling of crop protection products through the Crop Protection Association of the Philippines; the institutional strengthening of the Pest Management Council of the Philippines; and his entrepreneurial spirit and corporate leadership in the handling of an agrochemical business. (94th UPLB Loyalty Day Yearbook, 2012) (See life story)
College of Engineering and Agro-Industrial Technology
Maximino G. Villanueva
BS Agriculture
Major in Agricultural Engineering, 1960
Distinguised Alumnus for Electrical Engineering Education
For his significant contribution in the design, institution and administration of the BS Electrical Engineering (EE) curricular program in UPLB; for being a dedicated teacher and prolific EE writer on “Manual of Introductory Electrical Engineering”, 13 tutorial modules in EE, “Training Manual in Farm Electric Motors”, AENG 170 syllabus; revised AENG 70 manual, designed and fabricated teaching aids in AENG 171 and AENg 230; and a hardworking instrument specialist who proposed the establishment of Instrumentation Center in UPLB. (See life story)
Site of the UPCA 2010 Golden Jubilarians 
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