Courtesy visit of Fr. George Abraham Thadathil, SDB

Fr. George Abraham Thadathil, SDB, global coordinator of the Salesian Institutions of Higher Education, met with University of the Philippines President Angelo Jimenez, March 13, to discuss potential collaboration between UP and Salesian universities in Latin and Central America, Africa, and South and Southeast Asia. 

Key points discussed were: proposals for partnerships with Salesian institutions in Papua New Guinea and East Timor on faculty development and curriculum enhancement, plans for online meetings and possible institutional visits by delegates to UP, and the exploration of joint research ventures.

Jimenez and Thadathil were joined in the meeting by the following UP officials: Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs (Faculty Development) Ian Kendrich Fontanilla; Office of International Linkages OIC and Deputy Director Gino Angelo Velasco; Dean Joel Javiniar of the UP Diliman College of Education; Dean Carmen Bettina Bulaong of the UPD College of Architecture; Associate Professor Miguel Blázquez-Carretero of the UPD Department of European Languages; and Assistant Professor Dennis Quilala of the UPD Department of Political Science.

The Salesians of Don Bosco, formally known as the Society of St. Francis de Sales, is a Roman Catholic congregation founded in 1859 by Italian priest and educator St. John Bosco to serve disadvantaged and migrant youth. The congregation is now active in more than 130 countries across five continents — operating youth centers, schools and universities, vocational institutes, parishes, and various social programs for migrants and refugees and other marginalized communities.