Colleges and Universities

[Francis20]

wow. UST looks huge. Honestly, when I was in high school, I planned to go to UST for my college. but things have changed. sayang.

[renell]

Originally Posted by thomasian

Nothing has changed in the Gymnasium.

that's a shame. actually francis, that was a shame too what happened?

[Francis20]

i was a bit scrared, when my classmate told me that entrance exam for UST is a bit difficult on the vocabulary part. so yun...i never bothered to take entrance na sa USTE. so nag peyups na lang me. mas mura. well actually, UST and UP have same tuition fee rates. the only difference is...UP is subsidized by the government, and students pay off only 15% of the tuition fee.

[jbkayaker12]

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[mhe-ann]

I've been inside the Central Library...maganda rin and very organized (sabihin pa bang library kung magulo ).

[XetraDAX]

astig yung first picture! parang european university. haha!

[apiong]

- the new concrete carpark is now at Phase-2 (planned as a 3-level structure, 3rd level on hold at the moment)... as I remember, its is planned to have an eventual capacity of 1000+ vehicles

- some of you might have noticed the electronic billboard at main gate fronting Espana Blvd... it was finished late last year... can't vouch for its quality though (seems to only handle well text messages, as video and pictures gets pixelated and blurred if you ask me...)

- the UST Coop Bldg. is currently being demolished (the cooperative actually got evicted, as stated in the notice around the site) to make way for a new UST Student Center building... as I remember, all student-services based offices and facilities will transfer there eventually (Security Bank, Post Office, Health Service, etc...)

- good news for students (and future ones as well)... a great number of rooms have been upgraded to "multimedia rooms" equipped with an IBM laptop computer, podium with amplifier & speakers, and an LCD projector hung in the center of the room!

some speculative plans below... take note, I just heard them from other people myself, so take this with a grain of salt...

- UST Main Bldg. is envisioned to become a fully administrative office and museum... colleges inside are planned to transfer elsewhere (pharmacy, science, civil law)... development of the UST Sta. Rosa campus will aid in this account...

- UST's Sta. Rosa campus is planned to have its hospital operational there in a couple of years or even sooner (Medicine is probably one of the first colleges to transfer/expand there)... with operations going full swing by UST's quadcentennial (400 years) in 2011

- there is still a plan to build an I.T. building/center, problem is where...

[JudeD]

Hoy Francis, anong peyups "na lang"!?

Found out recently from the Jefa De Estudios of the Instituto Cervantes that they're opening something like an Aula Cervantes in the new UST building this year.

[bustero]

One really nice campus is UP LB, really nice, it's got everything. Huge Academic oval, lawn, requisite old building with ghosts of americans killed and intered in Japanese time, suicide bridge, huge trees everywhere with forest, and if you include HS for the Performing Arts, Fantastic setting for a concert.

[renell]

yeah bustero francis, who studied there provided us with some pics of quite a cool uni.

[weirdo]

sad nga e kasi magtransfer na ang Instituto Cervantes sa kalaw. wah. sabagay mas marami nang reasons ngayon para magpunta sa kalaw. at lapit na sa archives.

[whyte]

CENTRAL PHILIPPINE UNIVERSITY - ILOILO
http://www.cpu.edu.ph/tour/index.htm
sister school of SILLIMAN UNIVERSITY

[whyte]

CENTRAL PHILIPPINE UNIVERISTY - ILOILO CITY

The Univ. Church, the Parsonage (to its LEFT) and Kindergarten Area,to its right)

[mhe-ann]

ganda naman. parang ang lamig-lamig jan.

[Miguel]

Ah, so that is Central Philippine University. The current Silliman president, Pres. Agustin Pulido, used to be the university president there for 25 years. Actually CPU is one of the top 10 schools in the country on that 1994-1998 CHED-PRC report with the highest overall passing rates in all of its courses offered. It is one of the many underrated excellent universities in the country who does not always hug the media spotlight. Congratulations on your Centennial Anniversary.

[tyronne]

ang ganda nga! lots of greens

[Francis20]

hoy JudeD, joke ko lang yun. hehe...siyempre, Peyups was my first choice. Ganda nga ng campus @ bustero. was there the previous week. makiki seat in sana ako. kaso parang diyahe, muka na akong matanda, parang totoy pa yung mga nakita kong students. still, green pa rin...taas pa rin ng mga puno.
parang me similarities ang UPLB at CPU Ilo-ilo. mukang American din ang nag design. With those buildings, at yung street lined with Royal Palms, sarap ng pakiramdam pag nanjan. Hehe...

[whyte]

Pres. Pulido just "jumped" seats. The current CPU president, Atty Juanito Acanto, used to be the dean of the college of law and a former politician.It is during his term that most of the physical improvements have been made.

Henry Luce donated a library to CPU as well as he donated ? to silliman. Though the picture doesn't quite justify the library size, it is one of the biggest in the country.

MIGUEL
THANKS yup. its CPU'S CENTENNIAL celebs this year and the fun started last january with a motorcade across panay and a foot parade in the city of iloilo.

The univeristy church remains one of my fave buildings in the university.

[JudeD]

I have some relatives from Iloilo who went to CPU. Fortunately for them, naka-graduate na sila before CAP started having problems. I think a lot of CPU students are under CAP, has this affected the University?

By the way, CEU's Makati campus (it's along Buendia, near the Makati post office) is set to open this June. They're using the same color and sculptural motifs as the Mendiola campus to renovate the facade.

Actually, I like the Instituto's new location since it's closer to Luneta (and also where I live, hehe) and not as crowded as the current one. Kulang nga lang yata sa parking.

[weirdo]

nakita ko ung design ng bagong instituto sa diaryo. ang ganda.