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University of the East

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sports association. The university was founded in 1946, the year the Philippines was granted independence from the United States. Notable alumni from the University of the East include Philippine Vice President Noli de Castro, Philippine Basketball Association crowd favorite Robert Jaworski and Pinoy Big Brother, Season 1 winner Nene Tamayo.

History

The history of the University of the East (UE) goes back to September 1946, in a rented room on Dasmariñas St., Manila, where 110 students enrolled in Certified Public Accountant (CPA) review classes. The group of business teachers led by Dr. Francisco T. Dalupan, Sr. that started the sessions made it their objective to help the country, which still reeling from the war. Of the 110 students, four made it to top spots in the 1947 CPA board examinations. Dalupan and his colleagues established the Philippine College of Commerce and Business Administration (PCCBA) along R. Papa St. in Sampaloc, Manila. The PCCBA admitted 350 students in the summer of 1947. The following year, more students enrolled and more academic units were organized, and the PCCBA moved to what is now UE's main campus on Claro M. Recto Avenue. PCCBA alumni performed successfully in the government's accountancy examinations. Because of this success, the government granted the PCCBA permission to establish other colleges, leading to the establishment of the Colleges of Liberal Arts, Business Administration, Dentistry, and the Graduate School of Business Administration. The PCCBA was granted university status on July 3, 1951 and was renamed the University of the East. Dalupan became UE's first President and Chairman of its Board of Trustees. The first members of the Board were Herminigildo B. Reyes, a businessman, scholarm and former Vice President of the University of the Philippines; Santiago F. de la Cruz, a CPA and business executive who later succeeded Dalupan as UE President; Jose L. Torres, a soldier, businessman, and accountant; and Jaime Hernandez, who was former Secretary of Finance. The succeeding years saw the opening of the colleges of Law, Medicine, and Engineering, as well as theGraduate School of Education. The Graduate School later merged with the Graduate School of Business Administration. In June 1954, UE opened a new campus, then known as UE Tech, on a 4.86-hectare lot along Samson Road in Caloocan. UE Caloocan, which is now academically autonomous, is headed by a Chancellor. The new Tan Yan Kee Academic Building houses the Colleges of Arts and Sciences, Business Administration, and Fine Arts, whereas the College of Engineering has its own building. The UE Caloocan grounds have been used for ROTC and CAT instruction since 1986. In 1955, the UE purchased a one-hectare lot along Aurora Boulevard in Quezon City, where it established the College of Medicine. On May 17, 1957, the College was converted into a Foundation and named the UE Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Medical Center (UERMMMC). In 1962 the University acquired a 5,850-square meter lot across UERMMMC. This became the Research Center for Sciences, Humanities, and Culture, which is home to two buildings. One housed the School of Music and Arts and the Ballet School while the other housed the College of Dentistry and research laboratories. The School of Music and Arts, now the College of Fine Arts, moved to the Caloocan campus in 1981. The College of Dentistry moved to the Recto (Manila) campus in school year 1988-1989. Together with the expansion came rapid growth in enrollment. From the original 110 students in 1946, the student population steadily grew each year until 1960, when UE became the first Philippine university have an enrollment of over 60,000. The highest enrollment record was achieved during the first semester of school year 1975-1976, with 67,443 students registered. Today, the body of UE alumni is over 180,000 strong. The economic crisis and recession that hit the Philippines in the 1980s did not spare UE. The devaluation of the peso, rising inflation, the high cost of wages, coupled with faculty, personnel and student strikes affected UE. Enrollment declined. This period intensified into a crisis that almost led to the school's being sold to a foreign religious group. Financial trouble and academic decline continued to burden UE throughout the 1980s. Dr. Isidro D. Cariño, who became UE president in 1984, began applying measures that included personnel reduction, cost-cutting measures, and renting out of school premises and facilities on short-term and long-term leases. UE began offering a ladderized curriculum, a special course for executives, programs from the Institute for Computer Studies and Systems, and scholarships for accounting and engineering students. The lease of facilities enabled UE to hold back tuition fee increase in 1986-1987 and 1987-1988. When Cariño was appointed Secretary of Education of the Philippines in 1990, Panfilo O. Domingo, former President of Philippine National Bank, took over as Chairman of the Board of Trustees and became Chief Executive Officer and Acting President of the University. Domingo immediately worked to cure the financial ills of the University by retiring its short-term debts and instituting fiscal and operational reforms. Within five years, the University's loans were substantially reduced and the long-accumulated operating deficit was eliminated from the books. At the same time, Domingo began a massive rehabilitation of UE's infrastructure and academics. In 1992, Rosalina S. Cajucom, former Treasurer of the Philippines, became UE President. After she retired in mid-1995, Domingo again assumed the presidency until the appointment of Dr. Josefina R. Cortes to the position in 1997. Upon Cortes' retirement in 2003, Mr. Baltazar N. Endriga succeeded her as President. To date, three of UE's Colleges have been re-accredited Level II by the PACUCOA: College of Arts and Sciences-Manila, College of Business Administration-Manila, and College of Dentistry. The College of Education has been accredited Level II. The Bachelor of Science in Computer Science at the College of Computer Studies and Systems has been granted Level I status accreditation.

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