UP Alumni Engineers meet at the Manila Polo Club in preparation for the Nov. 7 UPAE Homecoming with industry leaders, life long buddies attending. Shown above are (front row) Roger Murga, Magdaleno Alabarracin, College of Engineering Dean Aura Matias, UPAE President Lilit Tumbocon, UPAE Vice President Levy Espiritu, UPAE Executive Director Elise del Rosario, Ramon Sigesmundo. Also in the photo is Sid Consunji.

The second UPAE fellowship night for the year was held last October 23, 2015 at the Turf Room of Manila Polo Club. The by-invitation-only event targeted engineering alumni owners and CEOs of companies, regular CoE donors, entrepreneurs, as well as well-known high-net-worth alumni.

Invitees started to troop in at 6 pm and by 7:15 pm, Dante Briones, UPAE VP-External, began his welcome remarks, followed by VP-Internal Levy Espiritu who talked about the Study Now Pay Later program and the philosophy behind. UPAE president Lilit Tumbocon then came on to talk about How You Can Help. Dean Aura Matias talked about improving throughput during her term. She was followed by UPERDFI’s Tito Aliga who talked about UPERDFI’s Faculty Development Program.

Pledge forms prepared by UPAE Executive Director Elise del Rosario were then handed out and the pledging through direct donation and bulk raffle sale started, facilitated by Dante, Lilit, and Levy. Lilit tugged at the attendees’ heartstrings by recalling actual quotes and individual story bites from the first seven SNPL applicants who went through the interview process.

Pledges received that night, some of which already included checks, included:

• Myrna R. Dela Paz: One year study grant (P60,000) for one student
• Antonio C. Dela Paz: One year study grant (P60,000) for one student
• Ramon Segismundo: One year study grant (P60,000) for one student
• Claudio B. Altura: One year study grant (P60,000) for one student
• Antonio Ostrea: One year study grant (P60,000) for one student
• Beta Epsilon mid 70’s: One year study grant (P60,000) for one student
• Melito Ricafrente of Fluid Tech: One year study grant (P60,000) for one student
• James F. Porter Jr.: 3 year study grant (total P180,000) for one student
• Renato Jiao for Globe Telecom: One year study grant total (180,000.00) for 3 students
• Abraham Co: 66 tickets (P120,000.00)
• Rogelio I. Robang in behalf of TA Foundation, Inc.: 66 tickets (P120,000.00)
• Edgardo C. Cruz: 66 tickets (P120,000.00)
• Oronox Dev’t Corp care of Dante Briones & Noel Tempongko: 66 tickets (P120,000.00)
• Ramon Alberto Nolido: 66 tickets (P120,000.00)
• Chico & Riza Mantaring: 66 tickets (P120,000.00)
• Manuel Frondoso 4 bundles of 66 tickets each (P480,000.00)

Capping the pledges was the guarantee of both Mag Albarracin and Sid Consunji to each donate P1M each year starting 2016 for the next five years, for a total of P10M.