In its 1375th meeting held 10 November 2022, the UP Board of Regents appointed Associate Professor Maria Regina Lucia M. Lizares, Ph.D. as the Dean of the Cesar E.A. Virata School of Business.

Dr. Lizares will serve as the 15th Dean of the VSB.

Thirty (30) graduates of the UP Virata School of Business successfully hurdled the October 2022 Certified Public Accountants Licensure Examination. The new CPAs are from the BS Business Administration and Accountancy Classes of 2020, 2021, and 2022.

Over-all, the school registered a passing rate of 88.29%, with 30 passers out of 34 examinees. The Professional Regulation Commission announced that there are 1,722 new CPAs out of 6,665 examinees, or a national passing rate of 25.84%.

Among the new CPAs from UP VSB, four (4) were recognized as topnotchers: Lorenz D. Nalica (6th place), Angelica D. Igna (7th place), Keith Daniel A. Dee (8th place), and Loudette Remirose C. Tejada (8th place).

The successful examinees will formally take their oath later this year.

Congratulations to our new CPAs!

Professor Carlos C. Bautista, PhD., has been appointed as Officer-in-Charge of the Cesar E.A. Virata School of Business by UP Diliman Chancellor Fidel R. Nemenzo. Dr. Bautista's appointment is from October 11, 2022 onwards, until the appointment of a new Dean.

The Nomination Committee for the 2022 Deanship of the UP Cesar EA Virata School of Business invites everyone to the Virtual Public Forum: Nominees' Presentation of Vision and Plans for the School on Monday, 12 September at 9:30 AM. All attendees are required to pre-register through this link: https://tinyurl.com/22VSBDeanForum.

Questions to the nominees can be sent in advance through: https://tinyurl.com/22VSBDeanQA.

The nominees are as follows:

1. Dr. Erik Paolo S. Capistrano - Department of Business Administration

2. Dr. Dave DG. Centeno - Department of Business Administration

3. Dr. Maria Regina Lucia M. Lizares - Department of Business Administration

The nominees' vision, plans, and CV can be accessed here: https://tinyurl.com/22VSBDeanDocs.

For consultation sessions on 19 September, please email Raquel Avante at rmavante1@up.edu.ph.

The Philippine Management Review is now accepting papers for consideration to its 2023 (Volume 30) edition.

The PMR is the official peer-reviewed journal of the University of the Philippines Cesar E.A. Virata School of Business, and is currently indexed in Proquest's ABI/INFORM Collection.

Please be guided by the following dates for this round of call for papers:

• 1 August 2022: Call for Papers

• 15 January 2023: Deadline for paper submission

• January 2023 – April 2023: Review process

• May 2023: Issuance of acceptance letters

• June 2023: Expected date of publication

All submissions should be emailed to the Editor, Prof. Erik Paolo S. Capistrano, at escapistrano@up.edu.ph.

You can visit our website at https://pmr.upd.edu.ph/index.php/pmr to download our past editions and for more details regarding the journal.

Please feel free to disseminate the attached call for papers and the publicity materials to your own academic and professional networks who might be interested to submit as well.

[UPDATED/REVISED ANNOUNCEMENT] Associate Professor Debbie Chua Bun Pho, PhD., has been appointed as Officer-in-Charge of the Cesar E.A. Virata School of Business by UP Diliman Chancellor Fidel R. Nemenzo. Dr. Chua Bun Pho's appointment is from May 2, 2022 onwards, until further notice by the Office of the Chancellor.

This appointment supersedes the previous announcement designating UP Diliman Vice-Chancellor Payongayong as OIC of the School.

Our dear friend and colleague Professor Gerardo Agulto Jr. passed away on March 10, 2022. Gerry taught graduate and undergraduate courses until his retirement in 2012 and was the MBA program director from 1992 to 2001. We will miss him and offer our condolences to his family and loved ones.