UL awards team in SIFE World Cup
THE University of Luzon (UL) held a testimonial ceremony and presentation of awards for its team that participated in the Student in Free Enterprise (SIFE) World Cup held i in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Oct. 3 to 5.
The team, representing the Philippines, qualified for the semi-finals of the competition that the University of Regensburg in Germany eventually won.
The awardees include the presenters, Blas Jordan Matias, Lora Thana Santiago, John Eddie Gonzales, Aimee Rose Espinosa, Russel Justin Cruz, Sunny Luigi Prado; project leaders, Jennifer Caragay, Jessie Marie Idos, Prince Ulysses Diaz, Francis Baroma, Robycorahelga Marcos, Maureen Gamboa and Patricia Ayla Marie Geronimo.
The team won the national championship last July 22 through its ARISE (Agenda for Reforms and Initiatives toward Sustainable Economy) Program.
ARISE is composed of Project Save Plus (Sustainable Actions for Viable Entrepreneurship Plus), Project i Care (Intensified Community Actions to Rescue the Earth), Project WELL (Women “Energizement” for Life-long Livelihood) and Project WOW (Wealth on Wonders) Ifugao.
The university also conferred Salamat Po awards to several partners who helped the UL- SIFE team, including Dagupan’s Waste Management Division, university information officer Ryan Ravanzo, the Philippine Information Agency, and Pilipinas SIFE National Program Director Vilma Ocromas.
Dr. Carmelo John Vidal, director for extension services and SIFE adviser, said educational institutions should not be limited to instructions and research but must also have extension programs to help in community development.
University President Mac Arthur Samson Sr. said the achievements of the UL-SIFE illustrate the strength of the university’s extension programs.
Source: http://sundaypunch.prepys.com/archives/2011/10/15/ul-awards-team-in-sife-world-cup/
RP-Korea foster tie thru Youth Exchange Program
Students from the Republic of South Korea visited the University of Luzon and were given the rare opportunity to interact with Luzonians during their brief stay at UL last September 23, as a part of the 2010 RP-Korea Youth Exchange Program. The said visit was conducted to strengthen the affinity between RP and Korea.
The exchange program is a bilateral agreement between the government of South Korea and the Philippines. University of Luzon is one of the three schools from our country chosen by the National Youth Commission (NYC) to forge cultural ties between the youth of the two nations. The schools previously visited by the delegation were the University of Baguio and the Philippine Military Academy at Baguio City.
The Korean delegation was headed by Mr. Kang-Moo Yoon from the Ministry of Gender, Equality, and Family, Youth Policy Division of South Korea. Exchange students who came from various universties in South Korea were: Park Seo-Hyun, Material Science and Engineering student from Yonsei University; Seo Won Jeong, Electronic Engineering-Kyungpook University; Shin Yeon Sun, Electronics and Communications Engineering-Hanyang University ; Won Yong Woong, Physical Education- Kyung Hee University; Lee Saw Hyun, Health Administration-CHA University; Jeon Ji Hye, Geology-Kyungpook University; Jung Chan Hoo, Pharmaceutics- Sungkyunkwan University; choi Sun Hwa, Korean Language and Literature-Myongji University; and Lee Yeon Woo, who also acted as the delegation's translator, English Pedagogy student from Ehwa Women's University.
CHED grants UL Autonomous Status
The University of Luzon, one of the country’s premier universities is granted autonomy as it satisfies the major criteria set by Commission on Higher Education (CHED) long tradition of integrity and untamished reputation, adherence to quality assurance, commitment to public responsibility and accountability as a higher education institution.
With the Autonomous Status, UL will enjoy the following benefits: (1) exemption from the issuance of special order for its graduates, (2) free from regular monitoring and evaluation by CHED, (3) priority in the grants of subsidies and other financial incentives/assistance from the Commission whenever funds are available, (4) privilege to determine and prescribe its curricular programs to achieve global competence, (5) privilege to offer new programs in both undergraduates and graduate levels without securing permit or authority from CHED, except in disciplines that are under moratorium, (6) privilege to establish branch/branches or satellite campus/campuses without securing government authority from CHED, and (7) authority to grant Honoris Causa to deserving personages, per pertinent provisions of existing CHED issuance on conferment of honorary degrees.
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT
My father, Dr. Luis F. Samson, Sr., together with three other pioneering men: Atty. Liberato Ll. Reyna, Sr., Dean Basilio Fernandez and Dean Servillano Romasanta founded the University of Luzon as the Luzon Colleges of Commerce and Business Administration in 1948 which was later renamed as the then Luzon Colleges in the early 1950's as an exponent of Philippine nationalism and culture in this part of the country.Together, they labored tenaciously with an abiding faith and incurable optimism for an educational system which would produce the noblest in the Filipino. They ventured in an educational odyssey believing in the truism that education is deeply rooted in democratic philosophy-that the democratic way of life requires an educated citizenry capable of actively participating in the affairs of the State. The basic foundation of true democracy in this country can only be insured or safeguarded by raising the general level of intelligence of our people.
MESSAGE FROM THE VP OF ACADEMICS AFFAIRS
The University is observing its Diamond Jubilee with the theme, Transformative Leadership in Higher Education: A Celebration of Quality and Excellence, as a shining tribute to fruitful existence in the education of our people. That we have come this far is a testament to the educational leadership and statesmanship of the chief architect of this hallowed institution of higher learning, Dr. Luis F. Samson, Sr., for his energy and vision.
Our enviable track record as an academic institution speaks for itself: the grant of University status in 2002; level II second reaccredited status in 2003 which paved the way for our deregulated status in the same year, awarded by the Philippines Association of Colleges and Universities Commission on Accreditation among the TOP 10 private higher education institutions with the most number of accredited programs (the only provincial private HEI to be accorded such honor and distinction) in 2003 which was duplicated in 2004, this time, earning the same distinction in the category of accredited academic programs and majors - truly a more impressive accomplishment.