UNO-R joined this year’s Gawad Kalinga Bayanihan week spearheaded by the Secular Augustinian Recollect Fraternity (SARF). Feeding program , story telling ,health teaching, mangrove planting & clean up drive were activities managed by SARF in different places in Bacolod . The visited areas & the assigned heads are: Brgy.4 – Mr.Ferdinand Concepcion; Brgy. 28 – Mr.Lino Sumbillo & Mr.Mariano Antenor; Brgy.39 – Mr. Fritz Palma; Brgy.40 – Mrs. Dianne Concepcion; and Brgy. Alijis and Banago – Mr. Ferdinand & Dianne Concepcion; Libertad Market(Clean Up) – Dr.Carmenda Leonoras & Mangrove planting – Ms.Myrna Baynosa. The activities was also participated by the faculty, staff and students of Colleges of Education, Nursing and Allied Health Sciences, Criminal Justice Education, Fray Luis de Leon Library, and NSTP. With the passage of a Bacolod City Ordinance, Gawad Kalinga Week will be observed every first week of October. (Angelica Javellana, BSMC II with data from Mr. Bong Concepcion)

UNO-R and Universitas Galuh Launch COIL Focused on “English for International Classrooms”
October 23, 2026
The University of Negros Occidental – Recoletos (UNO-R) in Bacolod City, Philippines, and Universitas Galuh (UNIGAL) in West Java, Indonesia, have officially launched a Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL)

UNO-R Launches Recoletos-DARCO Learning Hub
October 23, 2026
On October 19, 2026, the Dalayapan Agrarian Reform Cooperative (DARCO) community gathered in Barangay Caduha-an, Cadiz City, for the blessing of the Recoletos-DARCO Learning Hub.

UNO-R Education Students Launch International Teaching Journey with SIAP Orientation for Darasamutr School, Thailand
October 12, 2026
BACOLOD CITY, PHILIPPINES — Student teachers from the College of Education at the University of Negros Occidental – Recoletos (UNO-R) took a major step toward globalizing