NEWS AND UPDATES
NEWS AND UPDATES
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UP CHK Receives NCDA Partners' Award
The UP College of Human Kinetics (UP CHK) was recently recognized with a Certificate of Appreciation from the National Council on Disability Affairs (NCDA) during the Partners' Awards Recognition 2025. The ceremony, known as the Pinnacle event, was held on December 1, 2025, at the Manila Prince Hotel. The college was represented by Dr. Alberto Dimarucut, Asst. Prof. Camille Castro-Mante, and Asst. Prof. Lisa Moti.
UP CHK and Boundless Possibilities Foundation Inc. Partner to Promote Inclusive Sports Programs
On November 20, 2025, a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) was signed between Boundless Possibilities Foundation Inc., represented by Managing Trustee Josephine Palomares on behalf of the Quezon City Gentle Giants Club of Special Olympics Pilipinas, and the UP College of Human Kinetics, represented by Dean Marla Frances T. Mallari, PhD, at the UP Varsity Training Center.
[New Publication] The cultural basis of elite sport systems: an Institutional Logics Perspective
[New Publication] The cultural basis of elite sport systems: an Institutional Logics Perspective
The book chapter written by Associate Dean Ralph Ramos and Professor Veerle De Bosscher is now out and available in the newly released Handbook on Sport and Culture (Edward Elgar, 2025).
Ramos and De Bosscher looked into the cultural foundations of elite sport systems using the Institutional Logics Perspective. They explained how globalisation and commercialisation make sport practices more similar across countries, while unique cultural, social, and historical contexts keep them distinct.
By studying how different institutions—the state, market, professions, corporations, and communities—interact, they showed how these forces shape elite sport policies and practices. They also presented a framework that connects these institutional influences with the key factors behind successful sport systems.
The book chapter highlights the need for sport policies that consider cultural differences and encourages more research on how culture affects elite sport systems.
You can read the chapter through the following links:
Link to Chapter: Handbook on Sport and Culture
Dimarucut, Pereña, represent CHK in WADF Event
Associate Professors Alberto L. Dimarucut and Lalaine Juarez Pereña undertook a certification seminar/training in Poland and are now licensed World Artistic Dance Federation (WADF) International Adjudicators. They were joined by other dance teachers from Poland, USA and France.
Dimarucut and Pereña were invited to participate in the International WADF Academy Dance Teachers’, Choreographers’ Education Program in Sweden and was awarded the Certificate of International Master Dance Teacher. This very first World Artistic Dance Congress was attended by dance teachers from Sweden, Russia, Hungary, Italy, Kazakhstan, Romania, China, Belgium, Poland, Greece, South Africa, Serbia, Seychelles, Czech Republic, North Macedonia, USA, Botswana and England.
CHK Receives New Computers
CHK Receives New Computers
The UP CHK receives 2 new desktop computers and printers from Atty. Alberto Agra of Team Agra through the UPCHK Foundation, Inc. last October 6, 2025. The new computers and printer will be deployed at the CHK Library to bolster its delivery of online library resources and services. Atty. Agra, also the president of the Pilipinas Obstacle Sports Federation (POSF), also previously donated through the POSF, equipment for the obstacle course sports which has been offered as a PE class beginning 1st semester of the academic year 2025 to 2026.
CHK Holds First UP System PE Summit
CHK Holds First UP System PE Summit
The UP College of Human Kinetics - Department of Physical Education held its first ever Physical Education Summit last October 4, 2025 at the Institute for Small-Scale Industries. Titled the "1UP1PE: University of the Philippines Education Summit", the event gathered faculty of the physical education programs of all UP constituent universities to share innovations and strategies, identify challenges and solutions to the delivery of PE courses, and to propose and push the UP administration to adopt the 1 is to 1 credit loading for PE courses.
CHK Faculty Presents Papers in APCCSID
CHK Faculty Presents Papers in APCCSID
Faculty representatives from the UP CHK presented their papers at the The Asia-Pacific Conference on Curriculum Studies and Instructional Design (APCCSID) last September 26-28 2025 at the Crowne Plaza Manila. With the conference theme of “Curriculum Studies in a VUCAD² World: From the Asia-Pacific Perspectives.”, assistant Professor Marvin Luis C. Sabado presented his paper entitled "Situational Analysis for the UP College of Human Kinetics BPE Curriculum; and Assistant Professors Delmark A. Aseron and Cate Jessie Ann T. Yleana presented their paper "Bridging the Gap: Aligning Physical Education Curricula with Industry Demands".
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