Education | REAP
Nineteen pioneering Thomasian BS in Criminology students passed the week-long intense training held at the campus of Colegio de Sto. Tomas-Recoletos, Inc., and have officially graduated from the Intern Officers’ Training Program today, August 11, 2025. With 14 male and five female officers, these Thomasians are expected to lead the first batch of Thomasian BS in Criminology On-the-Job Trainees (OJT) who will be assigned at the tri-bureau namely, the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) and the Philippine National Police ( PNP), the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA).…
CST-R launches iSupport for students and teachers
San Carlos City, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL–Colegio Sto. Tomas-Recoletos has launched CST-R iSupport, an online student support system that continues to deliver student-teacher services and hold school activities. As an exemplar of transformative Recollect education, iSupport covers the Campus Ministry Office (CMO), the School Clinic, Student Development and Placement Center (SDPC), Student Activity Office, the School Library,…
USJ-R delivers relief goods to coaches
by Jonathan M. Ricardo CEBU CITY–The University of San Jose–Recoletos (USJ-R) distributed a sack of rice and financial assistance to 22 coaches and assistant coaches under the USJ-R Jaguars Sports Program. The beneficiaries are residents from various places within Cebu City, Lapu-lapu City and Minglanilla. The first distribution of goods started last June 17, while…
Josenian educators win at CHED-ASEAN tilt
Five faculty members of the USJ-R School of Education (SED) bagged multiple awards in the recently concluded CHED ASEAN competition for best teaching models in the context of the pandemic. The theme of the competition organized by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) was “Call for Teaching Models in Philippine Schools at the Time of…
Taiwan-based university grants full scholarship to two Josenian IT grads
Two USJ-R graduates of BS Information Technology received a full tuition with stipend masters program scholarship offered by Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology (STUST). They are Bien Grenier Sasing and Ma. Thea Cabral. Both are 2020 graduates. They received their grants in the first quarter of 2020. At present, they are pursuing Master…
Perspectives: CST-R’s holistic approach to Distance Learning Preparations
San Carlos City, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL—How does a Recollect school mitigate the blows of an unprecedented pandemic? After the Philippine government declared lockdown last March 2020 to stop the spread of COVID-19, Colegio de Sto. Tomas-Recoletos has set new goals and new systems to continue educating the Negrense youth at a time of the highly infectious…
USJ-R to use a new intl educational platform for online learning
CEBU CITY–In the first semester of academic year 2020-2021, USJ-R students in the tertiary and graduate school levels including the School of Law will be utilizing a customized Adelante Learning Management System (LMS) powered by Brightspace LMS. Brightspace LMS is a cloud-based software used by millions of students and thousands of K12 schools and higher educational institutions for online…
REAP introduces REAP FORTE
The Recoletos Educational Apostolate in the Philippines (REAP), Province of St. Ezekiel Moreno held its REAP Forte (formation and Teaching) program. REAP Forte is designed to provide a venue for the presentation of the conversation pieces to find the commonalities and points of convergence as regards to academic and formation programs on distance learning; to…
REAP upgrades new educational normal, creates REAP FORTE
San Carlos City, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL–With the goal to upgrade the new educational normal spawned by Covid-19 pandemic, Recoletos Educational Apostolate in the Philippines introduced REAP Forte (Formation and Teaching) Program in a series of web seminar (webinar) involving Recollect administrators and teachers across the country. The series began last July 13 and will end on…
Josenian civil engineering professor qualifies for MEXT, goes to Japan for post-grad studies
Written by Engr. Yuriy Sesican CEBU CITY–Engr. Varie John Orozco, an alumnus and part-time faculty of USJ-R Civil Engineering Department, qualified for the MEXT Scholarship of the Japanese government. MEXT stands for Monbukagakusho (Japan’s Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology). This program is said to be the ‘toughest’ among all Japanese government-subsidized scholarship…
