Ms. USC Intramurals 2009

Ms. USC Intramurals 2009. See previous post for winners.

USC Cheerdance Competition 2009 - Commerce

USC Cheerdance Competition 2009 - Commerce

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USC Cheerdance Competition 2009 - Engineering

USC Cheerdance Competition 2009 - Engineering

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2009 Cheer Dance Competition, Miss USC Intramurals Winners

2009 Cheer Dance Competition Winners

1st Prize – College of Commerce
2nd Prize – College of Engineering
3rd Prize – College of Nursing

Miss USC Intramurals 2009 Winners

Miss Intramurals – Marie Ann G. Maraon
BSN 3
College of Nursing

1st Runner-Up - Shawna Lovely G. Irizari
BED SPED 1
College of Education

2nd Runner-UP - Katrina Cielo S. Ramirez
BFA – AA 1
College of Architecture and Fine Arts

USC: 3rd Top Performing School of Architecture

The University of San Carlos (USC) is ranked as the third top performing school of Architecture in the Philippines based on the passing percentage of the June 2009 Architecture Licensure Exam. Congrats to the

List of USC's new architects:

Abadilla, Sig dela Cruz
Achas, Kerlan Ceniza
Almendra, Gau Vincent Espinosa
Asis, Rojanie Dian
Castillo, Nicanor II Duarte
Ceniza, Christian Sulad
Chang, Andrei Nicolai Sy
Chu, Maureen Tan
Cordero, Kenneth Bryan Yu
Echivarre, Joffrey Amiga
Fernandez, Peter Ramos
Froilan, Junibe Jr. Amora
Go, Elka Bambi Tee
Gonesto, Raymond Aguirre
Gonzales, Mark Arco
Guidaben, German Janus Niño Sajonia
Jaramillo, Goldamier Padillo
Jayme, Luzcille Bajao
Kilayko, Luis Pascual Arroyo
Lozada, Jose Reynald Abadilla
Pasculado, Janice Mae Briones
Rafanan, Michael Robert Uy
Ramos, Allan Balistoy
Ramos, Eugene Dacanay
Ramosa, Sherwin Obos
Rebosura, Earl Kevin Pueblos
Revilles, Archiel Pulvera
Sagario, Darryl Mayol
Tan, Jefferson Alimango
Tan, Jasper Ian Tan
Tiu, Walter Wesley Uy
Villanueva, Carrie Mirhan

USC Passing Percentage: 16 out of 24 - 67%
National Passing Percentage: 37%

2009 USC Foundation Week

2009 USC Foundation Week
Theme: Poverty and Development: USC’s Challenges, Responses and Contributions
August 23 to 30, 2009

Schedule of activities is here.

Results: Certification Exam for Industrial Engineers

Thirty examinees (50% passing rate) passed the 2009 Industrial Engineering Certification Examination for Certified Industrial Engineers (CIE) given by the Industrial Engineering Certification Board (IECB), the certification arm of the Philippine Institute of Industrial Engineers (PIIE), last May 23.

Top 5 examinees:

1. Armando Radomes Jr. - University of San Carlos - 87%

2. Francis Emmanuel Otadoy - University of San Carlos - 81.17%

3. Christopher Tupaz - Adamson University - 79.71%

4. Precie Daño - University of San Carlos - 78.74%

5. Irish Dakay (University of San Carlos) and Reinevic Ureta - 77.77%

The oath-taking ceremony will be held at 6 p.m. on Aug. 28 at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Makati City.

The PIIE asks all passers to register with the PIIE-IECB Secretariat on or before Aug. 21.

List of Successful Examinees in the 1st Industrial Engineering Certification Examination

* Aguilar, Nicandro III
* Arciaga, Raquel
* Bangcola, Khayr
* Beltran, Maria Alecine
* Bolisay, Florence Margaret
* Bregente, Ma. Zarina Myla
* Curbano, Ryan Jeffrey P.
* Dakay, Irish T.
* Daño, Precie O.
* Furtos, Lilet
* Inciong, Enrique II
* Ladim, George Edrey
* Laxamana, Lynden
* Miravite, Jane Michelle
* Otadoy, Francis Emmanuel C.
* Padilan, Marivic V.
* Panganiban, Charito
* Quiambao, R-Jay
* Radomes, Amando A. Jr.
* Ramos, Charmaine
* Recuerdo, Ciel Marion
* Reyes, Mary Grace
* Santos, Angeline Joy G.
* Santos, Kristoffer
* Sibi, Geraldene
* Tuazon, Mildred N.
* Tuozo, Rex Jayson M.
* Tupaz, Christopher E.
* Ureta, Reinevic L.
* Verano, Rommel

2009 Complete MCLE Lecture Series

The University of San Carlos College of Law, an accredited MCLE provider, and THE INTEGRATED BAR OF THE PHILIPPINES, Cebu City Chapter, cordially invite all lawyers to the 2009 COMPLETE MCLE LECTURE SERIES "Lawyers: C.U.T. above the rest (Challenges, Updates and Trends in the legal profession)."

Venue: Laguna Garden Café, The Terraces, Cebu Business Park, Cebu City

Registration starts at 7:30 a.m.; Seminar proper: 8:00 a.m.- 6 p.m.

Seminar fee: Early bird (up to July 30) & Lifetime Members P5,000.00 only (covering the complete 2009 Lecture Series: 4-day seminar, inclusive of A.M. & P.M. snacks, buffet lunch & seminar kit)

August 1- August 26, 2009 -- P6,000.00
On-site -- P6,500.00

Part 1 or Part 2 only (18 UNITS EACH) P3,000.00 on or before August 26; P3,500.00 thereafter.

EARLY REGISTRATION HIGHLY ENCOURAGED. LIMITED SEATS.

For inquiries, please contact:

USC College of Law at (032) 253-1000 local 170 or 317 or text reservation at 0906-4430039 or email at lawdean@usc.edu.ph. Or visit USC Main Building, Pelaez St., 6000 Cebu City.

You can also visit the IBP CEBU CITY Chapter at (032) 2536713 or email at
tessie_cajegas@yahoo.comor visit us at IBP Bldg., Capitol Compound, Capitol Site, Cebu City.

REGISTRATION IS DONE IN IBP CEBU CITY. Click here for more.

USC: 2009 Search for the CHED Research and Publication (REPUBLICA) Awards

The University of San Carlos has announced the following nominations for the 2009 Search for the CHED Research and Publication (REPUBLICA) Awards:

1. DR. DANILO T. DY (Department of Biology), “Temperature Tolerance of Some Species of Philippine Intertidal Echinoderms” published in The Philippine Scientist, Vol. 44, pp. 105-119, 2007 by the University of San Carlos Publication for Natural Sciences category.

2. DR. RAMON S. DEL FIERRO (Department of Chemistry), “Detection Time of Phentermine in Blood, Urine and Hair of Rats” published in The Philippine Scientist, Vol. 44, pp. 1-11, 2007 by the University of San Carlos Publication for Natural Sciences category.

3. DR. CONCEPCION S. MENDOZA (Department of Chemistry), “Some Metals in Airborne Particulate Matter in Metro Cebu Philippines” published in The Philippine Scientist, Vol. 44, pp. 13-24, 2007 by the University of San Carlos Publication for Natural Sciences category.

4. DR. FISCALINA A. NOLASCO (Department of Sociology-Anthropology), “Women’s Narratives of Past Illness Episodes in Paradise Island, a Philippine Cebuano Community” published in Anthropology and Health Journal, Issue 1 pp. 22-29, 2008 by Syllaba Press for Social Sciences category.

5. DR. HOPE S. YU (Department of Languages and Literature), “Memory, Nostalgia, and the Filipino Diaspora in the Works of Two Filipina Writers” published in Philippine Quarterly of Culture and Society, Vol. 36 No. 3, pp. 103-123, September 2008 by the University of San Carlos Publication for Social Sciences category.

Welcome Address: Fr. Dionisio M. Miranda, SVD

(Following is the Welcome Address delivered by Fr. Dionisio M. Miranda, SVD, STD, University President, during the Conference on Strengthening Governance Through Responsive Citizenship and Innovative Jurisprudence, held at the Albert van Gansewinkel Hall, Law and Graduate Business Building, on Tuesday, 4 August 2009. The conference was co-sponsored by the Michigan State University School of Criminal Justice, Xavier University at Cagayan de Oro City and the University of San Carlos.)

Honourable guests from the School of Criminal Justice and allied academic units of the Michigan State University, organizers from Xavier University – Ateneo de Cagayan, faculty and students of the University of San Carlos, friends from other schools named earlier, representatives from various government institutions, LGUs, NGOs, clergy and media, everyone interested in good governance – Good Morning.

Last week Father Joaquin Bernas, SJ, came to town to hold a conference for C-CIMPEL on Con-Ass. In one of the several attempts to revise the constitutions, he explained, the members of the convention, assuming that the transition to a unicameral legislature was a done deal, failed to provide for the possibility that a bicameral legislature would still be preferred, as in fact is was, by the slimmest margin of one vote. That article provided that any amendment should be decided by a two-thirds vote of Congress. In a unicameral congress the two-thirds was straightforward; in a bicameral Congress the two-thirds became problematic. Was this two-thirds of both houses to be achieved by voting together or separately? In sum the attempt to effect charter change at all costs stumbles on an insoluble obstacle, one left unresolved by a previous constituent assembly through the most embarrassing of reasons: sheer oversight.

Because Congress was stymied, could the judiciary not take cognizance of the problem and offer advice? No, according to the jurists, at least on technical grounds: it is not the function of the judiciary to offer advice on hypothetical issues; its only task is to adjudicate actual controversy, legally defined. For as long as Congress was only threatening to, but had not actually taken any particular action, there was no extant case for the court to hear pre-emptively.

What then? In the open forum I inquired whether the people, through the mechanism of popular recall, could not constitute itself as a party in interest and therewith make representation with the court to rule on what appeared to it as a de facto controversy, only to be given the same response: “No way.” A true impasse indeed.

Tomorrow we will bury Cory Aquino, acknowledged icon of democracy or, alternatively, saint of people power. But the process of changing the dictatorship through people power provoked an intriguing debate that revisited conundrums similar to those of tyrannicide: may one, in the name of the rule of law, violate the same rule so law could prevail? If there is any challenge on which jurisprudence stumbles on inevitably, it is the conflict between the letter of the law and its spirit, or between positive law and natural law in ethics, or between natural law and divine law in moral theology.

Pick any newspaper today and you will find current issues of governance. For example, the Palace’s refusal of the Judicial Bar Council’s list of nominees to fill the vacancies at the Supreme Court, or the dismissal by the Sandiganbayan of the graft cases filed against organizers of the 12th ASEAN Summit in 2007, more popularly known as the lamppost scandal. The former portends a constitutional crisis, the latter invites to outrage and indignation. How can responsive citizenship and innovative jurisprudence assist us here?

In posing rather complex problems to you, I may have rendered myself a poor host by Filipino standards, according to which ideal hospitality requires that we offer our guests every possible effort to make all of them feel at ease and at home. On the other hand I was made to understand that you all came to the university from far and near with only one purpose today: to wrestle with the challenging issues of governance, not from the initiative of state leadership, but through the responses of people who often do not realize the power they wield, and therefore requiring innovative jurisprudence from the experts. If I read academic etiquette correctly this demands that you be served perplexity as appetizers at first bite. That you find plenty to stimulate your legal intelligence is the spirit of the welcome that I offer you to our conference today. Ladies and gentlemen, it is our fervent wish that you enjoy the conference day at the University of San Carlos and find it fruitful. Welcome one and all.

Carolinians, Come Home

We will be celebrating the Grand Alumni Homecoming with the theme “Renewing Dedication, Confirming Loyalty” on Sunday, August 30, 2009 at 2:00 pm at the Cebu Grand Convention Center, Archbishop Reyes Avenue, Cebu City. After toiling for many fruitful years either in the corporate world or personal business ventures, it’s about time to pause, reminisce, relax and have fun in an afternoon and evening of fellowship, great entertainment, dancing, group games, prizes and awards, and other wonderful surprises together with former classmates and teachers from the good old days.

For more information please call Fe or Beth at the USC Alumni Office: 253-5495 or 253-1000 local 129.

USC Memos: August 6, no class

To: The University Community
Through the College Deans/Department Chairs/
Principals/Office Heads/SSC President


A. In memoriam

Corazon Aquino (1933-2009)

On August 01, 2009 Corazon Aquino, the acknowledged icon of democracy in the dying years of the Marcos regime, succumbed to her battle with colon cancer. She was 76.

We do not expect today’s youth to feel towards her as our generation did, which is not to say that they should not appreciate the legacy she left.

This was the widow who united the nation in a non-violent struggle against the dictatorship; providing it a moment of magic the world was to remember as people power. This was the housewife who faced down armed challenges to our fledging democracy, reminding our security forces that they are subject to civilian supremacy. This was the citizen without a hidden agenda to pursue except the good of the nation as she saw fit, whose resolve not to exploit her stewardship for purposes of corruption was only a continuation of her reluctance to assume the same office. This was the President who surrendered power when the time came to do so, affirming the need for leaders to hand over power in a peaceful manner for the sake of institutional order. This was the Christian who made possible the hope that politics can be influenced by prayer, the intercession of the Virgin Mary, and hope in the grace of God. She may not have been the most skillful of administrators nor the most effective of managers; that in no way diminishes her contribution to the country when it was most needed. Ultimately she was the stateswoman who represented the ideals we miss so much in our present brand of politicians. She will be respectfully remembered. Paalam, Tita Cory.

By virtue of Proclamation 1850 President GMA declared a ten - day period of national mourning, that is to say, from August 1 – 10. During that time University of San Carlos will honor her passing by flying the flag on every campus at half-mast.

By virtue of Proclamation 1851, the date of her funeral has been declared as a special non-working holiday. “It is but proper for a grieving people to be given the opportunity to honor and show their respect, appreciation, and gratitude to the beloved former President in their own respective ways”, says President Arroyo. There will be no classes nor work at the University of San Carlos on August 5. You are all encouraged to accompany the nation in returning Cory to the earth, and therewith to her Maker.

B. Charter Day, Province of Cebu

Likewise, August 6, Charter Day of the Province of Cebu, is a free day for all.

FR. DIONISIO M. MIRANDA, SVD MA STD
University President

Honoring of New Pharmacists 2009

USC COLLEGE OF PHARMACY in cooperation with JPPHA-PI CHAPTER & Carolinian Pharmacy Alumni Association (CPhAA)

What: Honoring of New Pharmacists
When: August 8, 2009, 1:00PM -3:00PM
Where: Norton Hall , USC North Campus

P r o g r a m m e

Registration
I. Invocation

II. Philippine National Anthem & USC Hymn

III. Welcome Address - Mrs. Yolanda C. Deliman, R.Ph.
Dean, College of Pharmacy

IV. Inspirational Talk - Fr. Dionisio M. Miranda, SVD
President, University of San Carlos

V. Distribution of Certificates of Merit to the New Carolinian Pharmacists
By Fr. Dionisio M. Miranda, SVD, President, University of San Carlos to be assisted by Fr. Felino B. Javines Jr, SVD, Vice President for Academic Affairs

• June 2009 Pharmacy Board Exam Passers

VII. Intermission Number - 4th yr Pharmacy students

VIII. Awarding of Board Topnotcher - Miss Gay Lorainne C. Cordova, 10th Placer, June 2009 Board Exam

To be awarded by Fr. Dionisio M. Miranda, SVD & Fr. Felino B. Javines, SVD

IX. Response from the 10th placer

X. Updates from Carolinian Pharmacy Alumni Association

XI. Intermission Number - 3rd yr Pharmacy students

XII. Closing Remarks - Miss Micah S. Modequillo
President, Junior Philippine Pharmaceutical Association-Pi Chapter

Picture Taking: 1. New Pharmacists (June 2009)

Emcee: Mrs. Maricar R. Verdida & Miss Marie Loralie A. Tiro, Faculty, College of Pharmacy