Education

CEBU CITY – The fifth campus of the University of San Jose-Recoletos (USJ-R) is set to rise in Leyte province by 2025. This was confirmed through a groundbreaking ceremony held on November 3, 2023 at Barangay Bantigue, Ormoc City. It was attended by Augustinian Recollect friars, project contractors, USJ-R alumni, and key government officials from…

SAN CARLOS CITY, Negros Occidental —It’s bleeding gold and red as Thomasians celebrate the feast day of the Patron Saint of Studies of the Order of Augustinian Recollects and of Colegio de Sto. Tomas-Recoletos with a Thanksgiving Mass at the iconic Quadrangle of Colegio de Sto. Tomas-Recoletos. Rev. Fr. Joel Dequilla, OAR, Vice-President for Finance…

A graduate of the BS Accountancy program of the University of San Jose-Recoletos ranked first in the September-October 2023 Licensure Examination for Certified Public Accountants (LECPA). Hebban Tawantawan finished with a LECPA rating of 91.17%. He is the third Josenian who secured the Top 1 spot in the said licensure exam. Moreover, he is the…

CANLUBANG, Laguna – Today, October 2, marks a distinctive milestone in the history of San Sebastian College-Recoletos, Canlubang Campus. It is not merely because we, as a community, opened the Rosary Month but a more significant event took place as we celebrated the Groundbreaking of the Church in honor of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel.…

SAN CARLOS, Negros Occidental – September 4, 2023—One Recollect family, indeed. Thomasians turned over cash donations to Colegio de Sta. Rita de San Carlos, Inc. (CSR) amounting to Php 35,000, today. The help for Ritarians was collected during the Feast Day Mass in honor of St. Ezekiel Diaz Moreno (anticipated) last August 18. Thomasians, including…

The Liturgical Yodelers Recoletos (LYRE) was proclaimed as grand champion yesterday in the 13th Huniño organized by Basilica Minore del Sto. Niño de Cebu. This is the first time that the said group participated in the said competition. Huniño — Huni Halad Alang Kang Señor Santo Niño is a liturgical songwriting competition where various groups…

Teambukto wins! After nearly two weeks of in-service training and seminar sessions, Thomasian faculty and staff cap off the preparations for the next school year with a fun and challenging team building activity that also served as warm welcome for newly-hired teachers and employees. Teambukto wiped out the two other teams by clocking in 15:09…

SAN CARLOS CITY, Negros Occidental – One hundred, forty-eight pioneering Thomasian cadets of the Reserved Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) of the National Service Training Program (NSTP) have officially graduated today, May 30, 2023. This is the first batch of Thomasian ROTC cadets.             Maj. Rene P. Piabol, Jr., commandant of the 525th Department of Air…

BACOLOD CITY, Negros Occidental – Andrea Nicole Sumugat is one of the top 1 with a score of 92.20 in the Licensure Examinations for Professional Teachers – Elementary level. She is joined by five others from Mindanao State University, UP – Diliman, Philippine Normal University – Manila, University of Mindanao, and Cebu Technological University –…

                BACOLOD, Negros Occidental – The Commission on Higher Education Regional Office VI recognized the university as Best Implementer- StuFaPs; Best Implementer – Registrar’s Records; and Best Implementer for CHED Memorandum Order No. 6 s. 2022: “Sustaining Flexible Learning in Higher Education.”                 CHED Regional Office VI is celebrating the 3rd National Higher Education Day and CHED’s 29th Founding Anniversary on May 15-19,…