CAPES WEEK 2024: ENGINEERED TO EXCEL
Last October 15-18, UP Career Assistance Program for Engineering Students celebrated its 33rd year of service and excellence through its flagship event, CAPES Week 2024. This week-long celebration provides new and exciting career planning opportunities while also showcasing UP CAPES’ progress in providing service to the student body for the past 33 years.
On October 15, a Ribbon-cutting ceremony was held to kickstart the event. Analog Devices Incorporated (ADI) held a talk to introduce their company as the official co-presenter of CAPES Week 2024. In line with this, a Grand Pakain was also organized for the event opening’s attendees to entice the participants on the more exciting career opportunities to come for the rest of the event.
CAPES Week 2024 Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at Melchor Hall Lobby
To show how far UP CAPES has come in service to the engineering students of UP Diliman, the CAPES Week exhibit was organized in the Melchor Hall lobby from October 15-18. The exhibit contains different informative and interactive displays which highlights what UP CAPES does and the integral part it plays in providing better career opportunities for the engineering students of UP Diliman. This exhibit also unveils the new and improved campaign branding of UP CAPES for this academic year: Engineered To Excel.
Formally concluding the event is a back-to-back Campaign Talk and Career Talk. To delve deep on UP CAPES’ new campaign #EngineeredToExcel, speakers from UP CAPES discussed the campaign’s importance and its relevance to what UP CAPES has in store for everyone for the rest of the year. The discussion was followed by a company talk by the official co-presenter of CAPES Week 2024, Analog Devices Inc. (ADI). As one of the leading multinational companies specializing in design and manufacturing of semiconductors, the talk’s speaker discussed different company opportunities currently available at ADI which may help advance the future career of the engineering students. The talk highlighted different career possibilities and how the participants may navigate potential challenges ahead of time.
UP CAPES' President Erwin Ray Gerona shares what UP CAPES is all about in the Campaign Talk (Left). Analog Devices Inc. (ADI) representative Mr. Darryl Aldrin Dioquino for the Co-presenter Talk (Right).
Participants at the Campaign Talk and Co-presenter Talk for CAPES Week 2024
CAPES Week 2024 serves as an introduction to what UP CAPES has in store for everyone for its upcoming events. Highlighting the new slogan #EngineeredToExcel, everyone will soon know its relevance and what it means for the future of UP CAPES as we further unveil more potential career opportunities for the engineering community.
As a final note, Ma Roxette Rojas, one of the Project Managers for this year's CAPES Week, discusses her experience in managing this event, "CAPES Week was the opening event that showcased the organization’s lineup of activities for the year. As one of the project managers, I really wanted it to be more intriguing, impactful, and memorable to anyone who encounters it, especially to the College of Engineering students. Making that vision come to life took a lot of careful planning and creativity, but it wouldn’t have been possible without all the combined efforts of the CAPES Week Team and the EBD. Their hard work turned our ideas into something we could all be proud of – a showstopper exhibit I was truly proud of. Overall, it was a challenging yet fun and fulfilling experience."
Written by: Cesar Ian Neri & Jay Anthon Villanueva