The Iuvenis Orbis Geological Fraternity (IOGF) wrapped up the second semester of Academic Year 2024 with showings of academic excellence and leadership from both experts in the field and UP NIGS students alike.
UP Geology Merit Award (UPGMA)
Bannering IOGF’s events is the return of the UP Geology Merit Award (UPGMA). Conceptualized in 2001, the UPGMA is a cash award program for UP NIGS students who distinguish themselves in their academic achievements, leadership qualities, and service to the community and the science of geology. It is a joint partnership of the faculty of UP NIGS and Iuvenis Orbis, Incorporated and aims to prepare UP NIGS students to become future leaders in society and in the professional world.
The awardees during the UPGMA awarding ceremony
The announcement pub for the awarding ceremony.
This academic year, six students were officially named awardees of the UPGMA during a recognition ceremony held last May 31, 2024 at the UP NIGS Multipurpose Room. They are as follows:
Undergraduate
Cediño, Leandro Ceasar A.
Sumaden, Mark B.
Graduate
Tablizo, Meyrick U.
Calvelo, Joeven Austine S.
Nawanao, Lyndon Jr. P.
Balanial, Nikko M.
NIGS Lecture Series
IOGF also saw the successful conduct of two more NIGS Lecture Series during the month of May. The NIGS Lecture Series is conducted by the fraternity in partnership with UP NIGS as a way to better connect experts in the field of geology with geology students and enthusiasts alike in a classroom setting through academic talks.
On May 6, the 60th NIGS Lecture Series featured several talks from faculty members and researchers of the Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Institute of Marine Science and Technology, Shandong University. These talks included:
“Mantle plume in the curved subduction system in Southeast Asia” by Dr. Xiao-Long Huang;
“Variability in geochemical recycling processes in subduction zone” by Dr. Yang Yu;
“Heavy Mo isotope composition of northern Bataan adakites, Philippines: Evidence for fore-arc subduction erosion?” by Dr. Hai-Quan Liu; and
"Using distal tephrostratigraphic approaches to better understand Asian explosive volcanism” by Dr. Xuanyu Chen.
Meanwhile, the 61st NIGS Lecture Series on May 14 featured lectures from Dr. Akane Ito on “Critical metals geochemistry in nickel laterite deposits under tropical climates” and Dr. James C. Peyton Jones on “Embedded Systems, IoT, and Remote Monitoring & Control for Water Resource Applications.”
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