| 词条 | University of Santo Tomas–Legazpi |
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| name = University of Santo Tomas–Legazpi | native_name = Pamantasang Santo Tomas sa Legazpi | image_name = | image_size = | caption = | former_names = Legazpi Junior Colleges (1948-1952) Legazpi College (1952-1968) {{small|Aquinas University of Legazpi}} (1968-2017) | motto = Vita Veritatis Et Amoris Ex Gratitudine {{small|(Latin)}} | mottoeng = A Life of Truth and of Love Out of Gratitude | type = Private Roman Catholic Research Non-profit Coeducational Basic and Higher education institution | established = June 8, 1948 | founder = {{small|Don Buenaventura de Erquiaga}} | religious_affiliation = Roman Catholic (Dominican} | academic_affiliations = IFCU PAGE ACUP CEAP ICUSTA ASEACCU | head_label = Rector-President | head = Rev. Fr. Ernesto M. Arceo, O.P., STL, Ph.D. | vice-president = Susana C. Cabredo, Ed.D. {{small|(VP for Academic Affairs)}} Fr. Edwin A. Lao, O.P., MM {{small|(VP for Administration & Finance)}} Fr. Felix Legaspi III, O.P. {{small|(VP for Religious Affairs)}} | principal = Ma.Christi B. Muñoz, {{small|M.A.Ed.}} {{small|(Principal - Basic Education Department)}} | city = Rawis, Legazpi City | province = Albay | country = Philippines | campus = Main Urban 32 hectares Rawis, Legazpi City | free_label = Alma Mater song | free = UST-Legazpi Hymn | colors = {{Color box|yellow|border=darkgray}} Yellow {{Color box|white|border=darkgray}} White {{Color box|black|border=darkgray}} Black | nickname = Thomasian | website = http://www.aq.edu.ph | logo = | logo_size = | footnotes = }} The University of Santo Tomas–Legazpi (UST–Legazpi),[1] formerly Aquinas University of Legazpi (AUL), is a Catholic University in Legazpi City, Philippines run and owned by the Dominican Fathers/Order of Preachers (OP). It was founded by Don Buenaventura de Erquiaga in 1948 as Legazpi Junior Colleges; the name subsequently changed to Legazpi College, and it became a university in 1968.[2] UST-Legazpi, despite its name, is an autonomous university in its own right, separate from the University of Santo Tomas in Manila. HistoryFoundationLegazpi Junior Colleges, the forerunner of Aquinas University of Legazpi, was founded on June 8, 1948. Its founder, a Basque, Don Buenaventura de Erquiaga (April 24, 1896 – October 22, 1959), established the institution as an expression of his gratitude to the place and the people who generously “built” him up. From the onset till 1965, Don Buenaventura was assisted by a succession of presidents: Ramon C. Fernandez (1948–1957) and Bienvenido N. Santos (1957–1958); then after he resigned to join the faculty of the Iowa State University, Iowa, US, by Margarito M. Delgado (ca. 1961-1963), and Dr. Manuel Lacuesta (ca. 1963-1965).[3] In 1952, its name was changed to Legazpi College. The educational institution offered elementary, secondary, vocational, tertiary and graduate curricula. Its science laboratory was considered as one of the best in the entire Bicol Region. An Institute of Research was founded to conduct experiments on local plants’ problems and the possibilities of developing local resources particularly the coconut and abaca products for industrial use. In the decades to come, these pioneering research efforts would move into production.[3] TransitionMetamorphosis, though without an equivalent term in Bicol, best described this period of change. On July 1, 1965, the administration of Legazpi College was passed on to the Dominican Fathers. Rev. Fr. Ramon C. Salinas, O.P., became the College’s first Rector. Classrooms and library space were increased to meet the needs of a growing population: enrollment in the College of Business Administration increased by 20 percent; College of Education by 27 percent; and College of Engineering by 18 percent. In 1967, the College of Nursing was opened. The increase in enrollment could be attributed to the Bicolanos’ clamor for a Dominican brand of education. On March 7, 1966, the College Administrators, local and regional luminaries and guests witnessed the laying of the cornerstone of Legazpi College’s first building in an expansive 32 hectare site in Rawis, some two kilometers from the old campus at the Legazpi Port District. By 1968 three new buildings were completed.[3]ElevationThis is the period of rapid increase in the number of enrollees, new course offerings, sprouting of new buildings in a new expansive campus, capped by the elevation of status of the college to full-fledged University, the first Catholic educational institution to earn the status in this part of Luzon. On March 8, 1968, the Secretary of Education, Hon. Carlos P. Romulo, elevated the College to the status of a University. On August 30, 1968, Hon. Onofre D. Corpus, acting Secretary of Education, signed the University Charter. Legazpi College became known as Aquinas University of Legazpi. The investiture of the first Rector and President of the new University, Father Salinas, was held on February 3, 1969, amidst pageantry and color, attended by local, national, and foreign dignitaries. Father Salinas was Rector of Legazpi College from 1965 until the college was elevated to University status. Six Rectors and Presidents succeeded him: Rev. Fr. Dr. Manuel T. Piñon, O.P. (1978–1984); Rev. Fr. Dr. Pedro V. Salgado, O.P. (1985–1988); Rev. Fr. Dr. Patricio A. Apa, O.P. (1988–1992); Rev. Fr. Dr. Orlando C. Aceron, O.P. (1992–1995); Rev. Fr. Dr. Virgilio A. Ojoy, O.P. (1995–1999); and Rev. Fr. Dr. Ramonclaro G. Mendez, O.P. (1999–2011, three terms).[3] The University soon earned the recognition as the center of learning in Southern Luzon, chosen as one of the five Regional Science Teaching Centers in the Philippines by the Science Education Program of the Philippines with the assistance of the National Science Development Board, the UNICEF, and the Science Education Center of the University of the Philippines.[3] The Aquinas University Bureau of Small Scale Industries opened in 1973 the short-term, non-degree ladder-type course on Abacacraft Technology and Management. The course is offered to train selected out-of-school youth the necessary skills for the handicraft industry in the Bicol Region. The Bureau reopened on February 5, 1977at the Plaza Arcade building in Peñaranda St., Legazpi City. The objectives of the new office are the following: to offer short-term non-degree – ladder type courses on abacacraft management and technology and also mini courses on general management with emphasis on small-scale industries; to engage in the manufacture, purchase and marketing of fiber-craft products; to provide advisory services to those interested in putting up a small-scale handicraft business; and to conduct continuing research studies for small-scale handicraft owners in order to assist them minimize their problems on the operational activities of their business.[3] In 1975, Aquinas University acquired Legazpi Medical Center. With this acquisition, the Legazpi Medical Center became an integral part of the Aquinas University system. The name of the medical center was changed to Aquinas University Hospital (now UST-Legazpi Hospital) [3] Aquinas University joined numerous national and international federations of colleges and universities such as the Philippine Association of Graduate Education, Association of Catholic Universities of the Philippines (ACUP), Catholic Educational Association of the Philippines (CEAP), and the International Federation of Catholic Universities (IFCU). The University is also a member of the International Council of the Universities of St. Thomas Aquinas (ICUSTA); the Association of Southeast and East Asian Catholic Colleges and Universities (ASEACCU).[3] The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) named the University as one of the country’s Center of Excellence in Teacher Education in 1996.[3] ExpansionBuilding on the foundations of his competent predecessors, Fr. Mendez has brought the University on an even more solid footing, able to sustain its development in the most challenging and in the best of times. Aquinians, like the people of Albay and Bicol, are tempered by the climate and the environment. Natural calamities are common occurrences in this part of the Philippines. The University’s students, teachers, employees, and administrators extended help as volunteers during emergencies wrought by the periodic eruption of Mt. Mayon (1968, 1978, 1984, 1993, 1999–2001, and 2006), and recurrent typhoons, the most destructive of which occurred in 1952 (Trix), 1970 (Sening or Joan), 1987 (Sisang or Nina), and 2006 (Reming or Durian). When their help are needed, Aquinian volunteers rise up to reach out and provide first aid, distribute relief goods, provide comfort, and light up hope especially to the unserved and the underserved in far flung areas of the province. This advocacy for the marginalized has brought the University to the very doorsteps of those that need the most—Aquinians built typhoon-proof public school classrooms, surveyed water resources, fabricated low-cost water filters, immersed in rural villages, and conceptualized a community college to help youth who cannot afford private education acquire livelihood skills.[3] While the administration of Fr. Salinas saw the laying of cornerstones of the three main buildings in the Rawis Campus, the term of Fr. Mendez witnessed the decades-old dreams fulfilled: a permanent convent for the St. Raymund of Peñafort, the imposing AQ Chapel, and the cavernous AQ Dome. The Daragang Magayon Hall was transferred to a more spacious, this time air-conditioned, venue. Classrooms were added and laboratories were upgraded. Engineering, Architecture, and Fine Arts classes are now held in a new building, the two-storey Fra Angelico. Since its acquisition in 1975, the Aquinas University Hospital has served as the base hospital of the University’s college of Nursing, the recent vertical expansion of which altered the skyline of the Albay District and provided the most up-to-date holistic care to its patients. With a tastefully designed and executed facelift, the façade of the Professional Schools building along Peñaranda Street now provides a welcome addition to the revitalization of the City’s downtown area.[3] Despite severe damage Bagyong Reming wrought to its physical plant facilities, the University, like the Phoenix, rose from the ruins. The former Science High School main building has never been as presentable as it is today. The three main buildings, St. Thomas, St. Dominic, and St. Albert the Great now boast a fresh coat of paint. Renovations and upgrading of other buildings, e.g., the former COCOFED buildings, are gradually carried out. Now, the campuses once again epitomize the cool, neat home that is Aquinas University of Legazpi. As a dynamic center of learning, the University continuously endeavors and proactively adapts measures to meet the growing challenges of the globalization of education. Aquinas University Integrated Schools or AQUI (secondary level) has two curricula, one for Science High School (SHS), and the other for the Special Program in the Arts (SPA). The University’s Professional Schools comprise the College of Law, Graduate School, and the Center for Continuing Education. The College of Business Management and Accountancy; College of Arts, Sciences and Education; College of Engineering, Architecture and Fine Arts; and College of Health Sciences comprise the University’s tertiary level.[3] The AQ Labor Management Council has been a national finalist in the 2005 Search for Outstanding LMC for Industrial Peace, reflecting the harmonious labor-management relations in the University.[3] Established in 2002, the Aquinas University Foundation, Inc. (AQFI) has incubated various sustainable enterprises growing and producing indigenous and environment-friendly products, in the process helping reach out and bring employment to otherwise idle hands used to years of seasonal jobs in the rural areas. The AQFI now has about 300 hectares devoted to reestablishing abaca as a top grosser for Albay and Bikol. The AQFI has also invested in coconut coir production and a system of deriving income from initiated and supported cooperative projects.[3] Aquinas University of Legazpi is now not merely confined to the boundaries of its campuses in Rawis and Legazpi Port District and environs. During the term of the incumbent Rector and President, the University has acquired properties to serve its institutional, educational, and development thrusts. “Bahay ni Kuya” in Albay District is now a Life Coaching and Wellness Center which is a timely response to the periodic calamities that visit the Region. The Kyama Building near the downtown district now houses the AQ Pharmacy, a ‘botika ng bayan’ that dispenses low cost medicine. The Kyama Building also hosts the AQFI. The Holy Trinity Convent in Sunrise Subdivision houses the Dominican Sisters. The “Bahay ni Julius” in Tagontong, Taysan is being developed for future use. Estates in Banquerohan and Anislag are in the acquisition stage. The AQFI has earmarked these estates as relocation sites for some 800 to 900 families displaced by super typhoon Reming. The University has even reached the southern shores of Mindanao, with a farm in Tagum City and a house in Bajada, Davao City.[3] Culture and the arts are cultivated since the inception of the University; in fact, one of Legazpi College’s presidents was a writer of national and international renown. Of late, the promotion of the rich culture of Albay has found new impetus. Rokyaw as an annual cultural event has been recognized by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts. Home-grown stage production Kantada ni Daragang Magayon has toured the country.[3] IntegrationUST Rector Fr. Herminio Dagohoy, O.P. approved the renaming of Aquinas University of Legazpi to University of Santo Tomas - Legazpi after the decision was made by the UST Council of Regents in December 2016. An application for a change of name is also pending approval with the Securities and Exchange Commission to take effect in Academic Year 2017-18.[4] The old Aquinas University will retain the original composition of its Board of Trustees including administrative and fiscal independence from UST in Manila. Patron saintsSt. Thomas AquinasSt. Thomas Aquinas is the patron saint of University of Santo Tomas–Legazpi, and to whom the university was named after. Notable alumni
During his first two terms as UST rector, he became president of the Association of Catholic Universities of the Philippines and the International Association of Universities of St, Thomas. He was the founding president of the Network of Dominican Schools/ Colleges and Universities in the Philippines in 1995, more popularly known as DOMNET which now has a total membership of more than 100 schools. He was chair of the Organizing Committee of the International Youth Forum for the World Youth Day in January 1995 hosted by UST. In 2004, he was personally chosen by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to chair the Commission on Higher Education which cut short his stint as rector of the Colegio de San Juan de Letran-Calamba. When he returned to the academe, he went back to serve UST as Assistant to the Rector for Research and Development and later as Vice Rector for Finance. In September 2007, he accepted the assignment of the Acting Rector of the University, until his formal installation in June 2008.[5]
He graduated Valedictorian of the Aquinas Science Oriented High School Class of 2000. Among the awards he received during his high school graduation are the Gerry Roxas Leadership Award, Villar Excellence Award, Don Buenaventura de Erquiaga (Rector and President’s Award), Rotary Club Gold Medal, Leadership Award, Service Award, and PMT Honor and Loyalty Medals. During his three-year stay in Aquinas, he brought honor to Aquinas for having the following achievements:
and he won numerous science and math competitions on local and national levels for the school.
Sister schools
References1. ^{{cite web|last1=Mesias|first1=M|title=AUL now officially UST-Legazpi|url=http://www.aq.edu.ph/index.php?p=main&s=news&taskId=article&id=1223|website=Aquinas University of Legazpi|publisher=Aquinas University of Legazpi|accessdate=22 September 2017}} 2. ^Aquinas University . Accessed 1 October 2008. 3. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 AQuinas University . Accessed 1 October 2008. 4. ^http://www.ust.edu.ph/uwide-news/ust-angelicum-qc-formalize-integration 5. ^http://www.ust.edu.ph/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=599&Itemid=108 External links
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