Education | REAP
Bacolod City—The University of Negros Occidental – Recoletos (UNO-R) community celebrated the feast of St. Nicholas of Tolentino, Patron Saint of UNO-R, on September 10, 2024, at the Oratory of St. Nicholas of Tolentine. A procession (Traslacion ) of the image of St. Nicholas of Tolentine, Patron Saint of poor souls in purgatory, around the campus started at 6:30 am. The members of the community were assigned to different stations on the campus to welcome the image. This was followed by a Concelebrated Mass led by Bacolod Bishop Patricio Buzon, SDB, DD., with Fr. Joel Alve, OAR; Fr. Amadeo Lucero,…
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…
RST opens with new mode of learning
Mira-Nila Homes, QUEZON CITY—Recoletos School of Theology opened its horizon to Online Classes adopting to the new normal due to the dangers of CoViD 19 for the Academic Year 2020-2021. Prof. Mark Joseph T. Calano, PhD of Ateneo de Manila University conducted a seminar workshop on Learning Management System and on the Principles for Online…
CST-R holds Virtual Graduation on cable TV
by Georgene Quilaton-Tambiga San Carlos City, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL–One hundred and seventy-two Thomasians graduated from senior high school through a televised virtual commencement exercise last June 14, 2020 via a local cable television channel. Colegio de Sto. Tomas-Recoletos Batch 2020 is considered the “pandemic graduates.” They are led by rank one student Dionabeth Mamugay who is…
USJ-R Senior High Department releases primer for ‘new normal’ classes
CEBU CITY–With the pandemic in mind, the University of San Jose – Recoletos reimagines the way of providing quality education to its students through flexible learning which works online and offline. This move has been taken in order to adapt to the new normal – a setup where students can continue their formal education while…
