Ateneo de Naga University
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| Motto | Primum Regnum Dei ("Seek first the Kingdom of God") |
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| Established | 1940 |
| Type | Private, Jesuit University |
| President | Fr. Joel E. Tabora, S.J. |
| Undergraduates | Approx. 6,100 |
| Location | Naga City, Camarines Sur, Philippines |
| Campus | 7 ha. (Main Campus), 10 ha. (Pacol Campus) |
| Hymn | Ateneo Marching Song |
| Mascot | Golden Knight |
| Website | www.adnu.edu.ph |
The Ateneo de Naga University (AdNU or AdeNU) is a private Catholic university run by the Society of Jesus in Naga City in Bicol Region, Philippines founded in 1940. It offers secondary, undergraduate, and graduate programs. The main campus houses the Graduate School and its six colleges - College of Arts and Sciences, College of Commerce, College of Computer Studies, College of Education, College of Engineering and College of Nursing. The campus in Pacol houses the High School. It is the only university with PAASCU Level III status in the region.
[edit] History of Ateneo de Naga
In 1940, upon the invitation of Bishop (later Archbishop) Pedro P. Santos of Caceres, the Ateneo de Naga was founded as a Jesuit school for boys, with Fr. Francis D. Burns, S.J. as its first Rector. Classes were first held in the building once used by the Camarines Sur Catholic Academy (now the Naga Parochial School) as the construction of a new school building with its facade of four pillars, began. In December 1941 the Jesuit party moved to their new residence on campus. They were preparing to transfer classes to the newly finished structures after the Christmas holidays when the Pacific War broke out on December 8, and the Philippines joined World War II.
The Japanese Imperial Forces came to Naga, imprisoned the Jesuits (except Bro. Sergio Adriatico, S.J., the lone Filipino among them), occupied the Ateneo de Naga, and converted it into the local Fort Santiago. As soon as Philippines became independent in 1946, the high school classes were resumed.
The Ateneo de Naga was granted by the Department of Education full recognition as a standard four-year high school on June 1, 1947. Four days later, the College was opened with 87 male students. The college became co-educational on October 26, 1953 with the admission of five women.
The steady growth of the Ateneo de Naga called for new structures for governance. Thus the original 1940 Articles of Incorporation were amended, and new By-laws were adopted in 1979, transferring the school's highest governing authority to the Board of Trustees, most of whom have been Jesuits.
Economic difficulties during the Martial Law years led to a drop in college enrollment. But as the school marked its Golden Jubilee in 1990, the school was recovering. The Graduate School, which had had a brief existence in the seventies, was revived in 1993.
In 1979, the College and the High School were the first in Camarines Sur to be accredited by the Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools, Colleges, and Universities (PAASCU). They were accredited for the third time in 1992. In 1991 the Department of Education, Culture, and Sports placed the Ateneo de Naga in its list of 18 excellent universities and colleges in the country.
The 1990s was a decade of development. The Ateneo de Naga implemented CORPLAN 2000. The faculty development program allowed faculty members to earn graduate degrees. The endownment fund was established for scholarships and professorial chairs. Standards were upgraded, new programs and courses were offered, and centers and institutes were established. New buildings were also constructed. The decade also saw an increase in enrollment. In 1997 the college was broken into four colleges: Arts and Sciences, Commerce, Education, and Information Technology and Engineering.
The Ateneo de Naga received university status from the Commission on Higher Education on February 20, 1999, with the late Fr. Raul J. Bonoan, S.J. as the first university president.
Fr. Joel E. Tabora, S.J. was installed as the second university president on August 28, 1999.
In the initial months of his months of his administration, Tabora brought together representatives from all sectors of the university to review and streamline Ateneo de Naga's direction for the next ten years, resulting in CORPLAN 2010. CORPLAN 2010 was a working document out of which the University's mission-vision has been, and continues to be translated into action.
The CORPLAN is being executed today. Seven new buildings have been completed on campus among them the Christ the King Church, Xavier Hall, the Arrupe Building, an Engineering Building, and the new Jesuit Residence. The Ateneo de Naga was accredited PAASCU Level III, the only school in the region with such accreditation, on May 14, 2004. This was granted in May 14, 2004, six months after having obtained a Level II re-accreditation status.
On June 23, 2003, the Ateneo de Naga High School moved out of the Main Campus to a new 10-hectare campus in Pacol. For the first time, the High School also admitted 185 girls into its student population. In school year 2004-2005, the university opened the College of Nursing, increasing the total number of its colleges to six.
[edit] Academic Units
- Graduate School
- College of Arts and Sciences
- College of Commerce
- College of Computer Studies
- College of Education
- College of Engineering
- College of Nursing
- High School
[edit] External links
| Jesuit educational institutions in the Philippines |
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| Ateneo de Manila • Ateneo de Zamboanga • Ateneo de Naga • Ateneo de Davao • Xavier / Ateneo de Cagayan |
| Secondary schools: Ateneo de Iloilo - SMCS • Sacred Heart School • Xavier School |
| Defunct institutions: Ateneo de San Pablo • Ateneo de Tuguegarao |
