IYANAH CAMILLE BRUCAL - The Office of the Student Regent (OSR) formally opened the nomination for the next UP Student Regent (SR) last April 10, 2012; Nomination is open until April 23, 2012, and a General Assembly of Student Councils (GASC) for the Student Regent Selection will be convened on May 22-23, 2012.
According to the Codified Rules for Student Regent Selection (CRSRS) as approved last April 1, 2012, students, groups and organizations from colleges within the UP System are entitled to nominate legitimate students within the UP System through nomination and acceptance forms available at the Office of the Student Regent, respective student councils and the official website (http://upstudentregent.weebly.com).
Legitimate nominees are students who: (1) are currently enrolled in the University, (2) with accumulated residency of at least one year, including periods of residence, and/or, leave of absence (LOA), (3) Filipino citizen, (4) With track record reflective of his/her commitment to serve the students and (5) not have been found guilty of gross misconduct in the University or any criminal offense involving moral turpitude.
The student-based SR selection undergoes three stages of deliberation: forms submitted individually are forwarded to college student councils; college search committee (CSC) nominations are then forwarded to the University Search Committee (USC) and USC nominations are submitted to the OSR for system-wide deliberation. The GASC is organized to finally select the SR among the nominees.
CSC deliberations are scheduled on April 24-30, 2012, with protest resolutions to be submitted on May 1-7, 2012 and USC deliberations are on May 8-14, 2012, protest resolutions to be submitted on May 15-21, 2012.
As provided in Republic Act 9500, or the UP Charter of 2008, the main task of the SR, the sole student representative to the UP Board of Regents is mainly to represent the students during monthly BOR meetings. The BOR oversees UP’s governance. It directs the physical creation and maintenance of the University system, approves academic programs and the graduation of students and grant of honors, decides on disciplinary cases inside the University, appoints faculty members and officials, fixes tuition and other school charges, et al.
The incumbent SR Maria Kristina "Krissy" Conti will end her term on June 3, 2012; all proceedings of the OSR shall be taken over by the selected SR.
Download SR Selection 2012 Primer and Timetable.