Ofelia Gelvezon Tequi Exhibit Held at UP Diliman
Ofelia Gelvezon Tequi’s work is currently being exhibited at the Atelyer, Bulwagan ng Dangal, Gonzalez Hall at UP Diliman. An internationally renowned painter and printmaker, Ofelia Tequi earned both a BA in Fine Arts and a BA in English from the University of the Philippines. She currently resides in France. The exhibit will be open...
Daughter and Son of Sigma Deltans Perform
Isabella Du Graf is an award-winning jazz vocalist and has performed with artists such as Minoru Ozone and Bobby McFerrin. Among her awards are the Best Alto Jazz Vocalist at the Lionel Hamption Jazz Festival (2005) and the Ella Fitzgerald Outstanding Vocalist Award at the Essentially Jazz Competition (Lincoln Center, NYC, 2006). She recorded her...
UPAA Alumni Awards 2012 – General Information and Guidelines
Download the Application form here. UPAA Alumni Awards 2012 – General Information and Guidelines Nominations are now open for the annual UPAA Alumni Awards, the recipients of whom will be honored during the 2012 UP-UPAA General Faculty-Alumni Homecoming and Reunion in June. To read in full or to download the nomination form, click here. The...
Lyca Benitez-Brown ’71 at two U.S. Film Festivals
One of our multi-talented and productive sisters has done it again. Lyca Benitez-Brown ’71 was writer, director, and producer of “Dance of My Life,” a 75-minute documentary about the first Filipina Carnival Queen in Brazil. The docu was shot in Sao Paulo (Brazil), the Philippines, France, New York, and Connecticut with an international cast and...
SDPAA Board Induction (2011-2013)
The new SDPAA board was inducted at Metro Club, Rockwell. Outgoing President Ligaya Tankeh lead President Yolanda Bello Pajaro and her team in taking their oaths.
Bim with Pnoy
Consuelo “Bim” Almonte met Philippine President Benigno Aquino, Jr. by chance while the President was smoking outside the lobby of the UN North Lounge. Security was tight that day as US President Obama was also at the UN. Bim still managed to engage President Aquino in conversation and introduced herself as having served the Pakistan...
Nancy Reyes Lumen ’72
Nancy Reyes Lumen’72 Nancy Reyes-Lumen (Sigma Delta Phi 1972) graduated from UP in 1974 with a degree in Hotel and Restaurant Management. As a member Reyes family of Aristocrat fame, Nancy was trained hands-on by the family Matriarch, Aling Asiang, on the basics of classic Filipino cooking, Reyes-style – practical and “nam-nam”! Editor-in-chief of COOK...
Lola Glo turns 100
The SDPAA celebrated founder Gloria Lucero Monzon 33′s 100 birthday which coincided with the UP Sigma Delta Phi Sorority’s 77th anniversary. 70th Jubilee | 75th Jubilee | 94th Birthday | 99th Birthday | Art ala Carte | With the Resident (10/9/10) 70th Jubilee 75th Jubilee 94th Jubilee 99th Jubilee Art ala Carte With Residents (10/9/10)...
UPAA Awards
Cynthia Hedreyda received an Outstanding Alumnus award from the UPAA for her work in microbiology and biotechnology.
General Membership Meeting
On February 2, 2010, alumnae Sigma Deltans attended a general membership meeting during which their were updates from then President Ligaya Tankeh. Newly inducted Zeta Chapter batch 2010 introduced themselves to the body. February 2, 2010
Barako the Big Bean
CHIT JUAN’73 GARNERS TOP AWARD AT GINTONG AKLAT AWARDS Pacita “Chit” Juan, CEO of Figaro Coffee and Sigma Delta Phi batch 1973, wins top awards at the Trade Books category of the Gintong Aklat Award for her latest coffee table book, “Barako:The Big Bean”. Gintong Aklat Awards 2006 was chaired by Jose Maria Policarpio, and...
