Wednesday, July 22, 2009

UE Knights 1st Invitational Golf Tournament on

The UE Knights, Inc. (UEKI) will hold its First Invitational Golf Tournament on Thursday, July 30, at the West Teeing Ground of the Wack-Wack Golf and Country Club in Mandaluyong City; registration starts at 9 a.m.; tee-off time is at 10 a.m.

Aimed to raise funds for the UEKI social projects, an information technology company led by the visionary Cezar T. Quiambao, Stradcom President and CEO Stradcom sponsors this golf tournament.

The tourney’s awarding will take place right after the game. Awards to vie for are: UEKI 1st Invitational Golf Tournament Overall Champion, Low Gross; and the different championships - 1st Runners Up, 2nd Runners Up, and 3rd Runners Up, respectively, in the Class A, Class B and Class C categories.

All interested golfers are welcome to play, while UEKI non-golfer-members are enjoined to participate in this event. Dinner will be served and fabulous prizes will be raffled off as the tournament attendees dine.

For more info, please contact Aileen at the UE Alumni Association, Inc. Secretariat, tel. nos. 735-8557; 735-5471 loc. 310; or UEKI Secretary General LTC Renato S. Chan, tel. nos. 734-9597 and 313-0746, CP:0917-5402-143.

Monday, July 20, 2009

UE Alumna Appointed to PRC Board of Dentistry

She was UECD’s Continuing Dental Education Chairman from 1999 to 2005, the Prosthodontic Section Head from 1995 to 2000, and UE Dental Faculty Club President from 2002 to 2003.
The UE alumna turned new Member of the PRC Board of Dentistry had Postgraduate Residency Training in Combined Prosthodontics at the New York University College of Dentistry, USA, Fellowship Training in Implant and Maxillofacial Prosthetic Dentistry at the First Department of Prosthetic Dentistry, Aichi Gakuin University, Japan and was an exchange student at the University of Umea School of Dentistry, Sweden.

She remains the Chairman for Continuing Dental Education of the Philippine Prosthodontic Society, a position she holds since 1995. A Fellow of Pierre Fauchard Academy, she is also a member of the of the Philippine Dental Association Speaker’s Bureau and a Dental Affiliate of St. Luke’s Medical Center’s Dentistry Department. From 2000 to 2001, she was the President of Rotary Anns-Rotary Club of Balintawak.

Dr. Garcia is the latest in a long line of top UE Dentistry alumni who became PRC Board of Dentistry Members. The UE alumni among former Board of Dentistry members include Dr. Luis F. Orosa, Dr. Claro Rayos Del Sol, Dr. Athena B. Alcazaren, Dr. Antonio A. Baldemor, Dr. Norma Reyes-Ayap, Dr. Ma. Teresa De Jesus Amador and Dr. Leonor M. Tripon-Rosero—all of whom became Board of Dentistry Chairpersons.
Dr. Garcia will serve as PRC Board of Dentistry Member until August 15, 2012.