UPAA to Host Social Events for Visiting UPCN Faculty

Dean Josefina Angeles Tuazon and seven members of the UP College of Nursing faculty will be arriving on March 17, 2009 to attend the Pacific Institute in Nursing (PIN) Conference organized by the University of Hawaii School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene. The PIN Conference will be held at the Waikiki Marriott on March 18-20. This conference is an offshoot of the linkage between UPCN and UH which resulted in the UPCN’s 1st Asia Pacific Conference on Nursing Research last September 3-5, 2008 held in Manila. Dean Tuazon will be one of the speakers in the PIN conference. It is sponsored by the Herbert M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine. Its co-sponsors are the Filipino Nurses Organization of Hawaii and the UH School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene.


Accompanying Dean Tuazon are faculty members, Cora Anonuevo, Araceli Balabagno, Luz Barbara Dones, Efrelyn Iellamo, Lydia Manahan, Bethel Villarta and Sheila Bonito; and PhD student, Pearl Cuevas.


The nursing alums of UPAA-H have been coordinating with the sponsors of the conference to ensure that the UPCN faculty trip objectives are met, including an introduction to Oahu. While Dean Tuazon is a repeat visitor to the island, the other faculty members are makahikis. Honorable Lillian Ramirez-Uy, retired Family Court Judge and UPCN alumna, will host a dinner for the group at the Waialae Country Club. It will be also be attended by nursing alums on island and Dr. Lyndy Aquino, Director of the UH Philippine Studies Center. Lyndy recently donated funds for a professorial chair to UPCN in honor of her mother who was a UP-PGH School of Nursing pioneer.


UPAA BOD and advisers are planning a potluck picnic with the UPCN faculty on Sunday, March 22 @ Picnic Area #29, 4-8 pm, at Ala Moana Beach Park. The site is across from the concession stand located towards the Diamond Head end of the park. Look for the UPAA banner. For food assignments, unless given specific assignment by Debs, please bring food according to the first letter of your last name: A-F: Starch; G-L: Main dish; M-R: Side dish; and S-Z: Dessert. Please email divina@hawaii.edu for more information.