Aldersgate College
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| Motto: | Truth |
| Established: | 1965 |
| Type: | Private |
| President: | Junifen F. Gauuan |
| Location: | Solano, Nueva Vizcaya |
| Colors: | Yellow and Green |
| Website: | [1] |
Aldersgate College is a private college located in Solano, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines.
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[edit] History
Aldersgate College started as a Junior offering Secretarial, Liberal Arts and Education courses, along with two laboratory schools offering elementary and secondary courses. While Aldersgate began in 1965 as a church school under the jurisdiction of the Northern Philippines Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church, it was incorporated in 1970 while starting to send out its first batch of graduates.
In its early and most critical years, the faith and dedication of the following administrators merit special mention: Dana K. Tyson, the first executive dean (1965-70); Rev. Benjamin A. Justo, the first director (1978-80); and Rev. Thelma L. Case, Officer-in-Charge and Trustee.
Today, Aldersgate College prides itself with seven growing colleges: The Graduate School (GS), College of Business and Technology (CBIT), College of Arts, Sciences and Education (CASE), the College of Engineering and Technology (CET), The School of Medical Sciences (SMS), the School of Criminology (SC), and the Aldersgate School of Divinity and Episcopal Area Training Center (ASD-EATC). The academic programs of the CASE, CBIT, the Secondary and Elementary Schools, and the Pre-School are now Level II Accredited Agency, Inc. (ACSC-AAI) and the Federation of Accrediting Agencies in the
[edit] Mission
Aldersgate College, Inc., a non-stock, non-profit, non-sectarian educational corporation relate to the United Methodist Church was organized to evolve a university of high academic standing, which will be devoted to the molding of Christian character, the training of leaders, scientific research, and the strengthening of democratic institutions.
[edit] Vision
Aldersgate College was founded in 1965 by pioneering Methodist lay-leaders led by Mrs. Pilar D. Galima and Mr. Froilan B. Calata. The school was named ALDERSGATE, after the street in London where John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, felt his heart strangely warmed, and realized that salvation can be attained only by the grace of God through faith in Christ.
The Experience at Aldersgate Street was the inspiration of this College, that whoever passes through its portals comes out transformed: morally upright and spiritually awakened- a brave and sagacious leader, with an enlightened mind, a compassionate heart, and able and ready hands.
[edit] Goals
Academic Excellence
Train Students to become academically and professionally competent in the fields of Arts and Letters; Natural and Physical Sciences; Business, Management and Economics; Engineering and Technology; Education; and the Health Sciences.
Social Relevance
Impress norms, values and behaviors that are socially relevant to the human development needs of the majority and the less fortunate and at the same time responsive to the ideals of a democratic society.
Spiritual Nurture
Evolve and inculcate a spiritual knowingness founded on absolute biblical truth and concurrently promoting unity, moral uprightness and dedication to Christian Service.
