University of San Carlos

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University of San Carlos

Motto	Scientia Virtus Devotio(Witness to the Word)
Established	1595
Type	Catholic, private
President	Fr. Roderick Salazar, SVD
Location	Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines
Campus	North Campus, South Campus, Talamban Campus, Main Campus
Website	http://www.usc.edu.ph/

The University of San Carlos (USC) in Cebu City is the oldest school in the Philippines and in Asia. It is a Catholic institution of higher learning run by the Society of the Divine Word or SVD. It offers pre-elementary and basic education as well as undergraduate and graduate courses. Further, it offers a broad spectrum of academic programs through its eight colleges. It consists of four campuses located in different areas of metropolitan Cebu – the main campus along P. del Rosario St., the Talamban campus, the north campus, and the south campus.

Contents 1 History 2 Institution 3 Notable alumni and professors 4 References 5 External link

[edit] History

The university traces its origins to the founding of the school Colegio de San Ildefonso, founded in 1595. Colegio de San Ildefonso was founded by the Spanish Jesuits fathers Antonio Sedeno, Pedro Chirino and Antonio Pereira on August 1, 1595. It was closed in 1769 at the expulsion of the Jesuits. In 1783, the initiative of the Bishop Mateo Joaquin de Arevalo opened the Colegio-Seminario de San Carlos. In 1852, the management of the college was entrusted to the Dominican fathers, replaced in 1867 by the Vincentian Fathers then, in 1935, the Societas Verbi Divini or theSociety of the Divine Word (SVD). The Second World War led to the interruption of the courses in 1941 because several buildings suffered various destruction. The reopening of various faculties spread out between 1945 and 1946. The college of San Carlos was granted its university charter in 1948.

The college-seminary of San Carlos became University of San Carlos in 1948. Various faculties have been created at this time, while new buildings were built in parallel. The university is currently chaired by the Father Roderick C. Salazar, Jr. The board of directors (Board of Trustees) is chaired by Jesus N. Alcordo.

The university is the host of the three-day Dalit Bisaya organized by the Kapunongang Bisaya sa Manila.

[edit] Institution

Academic Offerings:

• Graduate School
• Undergraduate Studies

Architecture and Fine Arts

Arts and Sciences

Commerce

Education

Engineering

Law

Nursing

Pharmacy

• Basic Education

[edit] Notable alumni and professors

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• Sergio Osmeña - second president of the Commonwealth of the Philippines
• Michael Francis Acebedo Lopez - member of the appeals committee of the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB), Philippines[1]
• Radel Paredes - a member of the Fine Arts faculty, the lone Filipino juror in the 2006 China-ASEAN Youth Artwork and Creativity Contest (CAYACC 2006) held 9-14 October 2006 in Nanning City, Guanxi Province [2]
• John L. Gokongwei, Jr. - Filipino industrialist and tycoon [3]; founder of JG Summit Holdings, Inc. (JGSHI) and Chairman Emeritus effective January 1, 2002; #34 of Southeast Asia's 40 Richest (2005) [4]
• Mariano Jesus Cuenco † - Representative, 5th district; Philippine Legislature [Senate]; In office as a Senator 1912-1928, 1941-1964.
• Ramon Fernandez - former Philippine Basketball Association or PBA player
• Emilio Mario Osmeña or Lito Osmeña - founder and chairman of PROMDI Party (Probinsya Muna Development Initiative or Provinces First Development Initiative) where he ran for the position of President in the 1998 elections but lost to Joseph Estrada.
• Senator Sergio Osmeña, III - incumbent Senator of the Philippines (1995-present); did not graduate at USC [5]
• Senator John R. Osmeña - Senator of the Philippines [6]
• Congressman Raul del Mar - member Philippine House of Representatives, Representative of the 1st district of Cebu [7]
• Congress Orlando Fua, Jr. - member of Philippine House of Representatives, representative of the lone district of Siquijor [8]
• Congressman Oscar G. Garin - member of Philippine House of Representatives, representative of the 1st district of Iloilo [9]

[edit] References

[edit] External link

• University of San Carlos Official Site