Department of Chemical Engineering

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ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE UPLB-INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CENTER

We would like to inform you that starting January 25, 2010, Monday, ITC will be imposing a strict regulation regarding accessing websites with high bandwidth consumption during office hours (8:00-12:00 and 1:00-5:00). The purpose of this regulation is to ensure fair and efficient use of the Internet bandwidth inside the university. With this, ITC has identified 93 high-bandwidth sites. Some of which are the following:

Facebook.com
Plurk.com
Youtube.com
Multiply.com
Friendster.com
and other file sharing and streaming sites

Accessing high-bandwidth sites is still possible provided that a letter of request addressed to the ITC OIC Director would be submitted. The letter should indicate the following information:

Your Office/Unit
Website(s) to access
Nature/Purpose of use/access
Day(s) and Time(s) of access
Duration of access

For questions and clarifications, kindly send your concerns to itc@uplb.edu.ph.

Photos by JMMTengco

The board of examiners for chemical engineering administered the licensure exam from November 3 to 5, 2009 in Manila and Cebu. UPLB ranked as the TOP PERFORMING SCHOOL, with 20 or more examinees. Of the 62 graduates of the department who took the exam, 52 passed with one landing at 10th place, Alvin Valdeabella. The national passing rate is 53% (324 out of 612) for the November 2009 licensure exam. Upon registration, the successful examinees will take their oath as professional chemical engineers and as new members of the Philippine Institute of Chemical Engineers on December 17 , 2009 at the Centennial Hall, Manila Hotel.
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