Courtesy Call of the Embassy of Kenya on UP Diliman
The meeting explored potential areas of Kenya–UP Diliman cooperation, particularly in academic exchange, research, tourism, technology and engineering, and cultural and arts initiatives. Both sides discussed opportunities for institutional collaboration, with UP Diliman’s relevant academic units and international and cultural offices participating in the exploratory discussion.
Galma M. Boru, EBS, non-resident ambassador of the Republic of Kenya to the Philippines, and Jackson Nyagaka Onkoba, Kenyan deputy head of mission, paid a courtesy call to UP Diliman (UPD) Chancellor Edgardo Carlo L. Vistan II on Jan. 16 at the UP Board of Regents Room.
Boru and Onkoba, accompanied by Godfrey Okumu, a Kenyan lecturer at the College of Human Kinetics, had an exploratory discussion with Vistan and expressed the Kenya government’s interest for a possible academic and cultural collaboration with UPD.
Also present at the meeting were Ma. Joy V. Abrenica, dean of the UPD School of Economics; Shirley V. Guevara, dean of the UPD College of Home Economics; Maria Criselda G. Badilla, PhD of the UPD Asian Institute of Tourism; Eric Augustus Tingatinga, associate dean for alumni of the UPD College of Engineering; Carlene Perpetua Pilar-Arceo, director of the UPD Office for International Linakges; and Monica Fides Amada W. Santos, director of the UPD Office for Initiatives in Culture and the Arts.
Boru and Onkoba, accompanied by Godfrey Okumu, a Kenyan lecturer at the College of Human Kinetics, had an exploratory discussion with Vistan and expressed the Kenya government’s interest for a possible academic and cultural collaboration with UPD.
Also present at the meeting were Ma. Joy V. Abrenica, dean of the UPD School of Economics; Shirley V. Guevara, dean of the UPD College of Home Economics; Maria Criselda G. Badilla, PhD of the UPD Asian Institute of Tourism; Eric Augustus Tingatinga, associate dean for alumni of the UPD College of Engineering; Carlene Perpetua Pilar-Arceo, director of the UPD Office for International Linakges; and Monica Fides Amada W. Santos, director of the UPD Office for Initiatives in Culture and the Arts.
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