About

Official logo of UP Variates, Inc.

The University of the Philippines Variates is a duly recognized socio-academic organization in UP Diliman. The organization is the brain child of the exuberant and vibrant minds of Romeo Sayson, Ruel Algas, and Richard Tan and was founded twenty years ago in September 8, 1989. We cater to the students of the School of Statistics. We aim to shape our members into well-rounded individuals geared to face the challenges of the future.

UP Variates, Inc. '13-'14 Members

History
The University of the Philippines Variates, better known as the U.P. Variates is a socio-academic organization which was established in 1989.

The University of the Philippines Variates started out as a result of the need of another college-based organization in the Statistical Center (the former name of the School of Statistics). It was summer of that year when three Statistics majors, Romeo Sayson II, Richard Tan, and Ruel Algas (the Triumvirate) put their minds to work, and together formed the basic foundations of the U.P. Variates.

Early in the opening of the Academic Year 1989-1990, twenty-six other Statistics majors, from freshmen to seniors, joined the Triumvirate to officially establish the U.P. Variates on August 1, 1989. Eventually, this group of individuals with a common goal was duly recognized by the Statistical Center as a bonafide Statistics majors’ organization. After the election of the first set of officers of the organization (the Executive Board), and after the ratification of its constitution, College Secretary Josefina V. Almeda and Dr. Ana Maria Tabunda signed the University of the Philippines Variates’ Certificate of Recognition in September 8.

The founding members of the organization worked on organizational matters for the rest of the semester. With Richard Tan at the helm as its first elected president, the organization started slowly to finally gain basic stability. The first recruitment activity was in the second semester with the Prime Movers as the first batch of applicants.

24th Anniversary
The University of the Philippines Variates, like so many other things, started from nothing but an idea, the idea that academics is not the only thing that is important in life, that social awareness and action was just as important. This small idea was nurtured by a group of like-minded individuals, and eventually it grew to be something great.

Twenty years have passed since the establishment of our organization. Surely, a lot of things have changed, but the core values of the organization have not. The pursuit of academic excellence is still there. The spirit of social service is still there. The drive to serve is still there.

That is what we celebrate every year during the anniversary. We celebrate the continuing effort of like-minded individuals in creating a better society, in changing the world, even in little ways with small ideas.

The Theme
This year’s theme is Formidable @ 24