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Post by Tom A. Saiyan on Dec 20, 2015 4:57:35 GMT
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Post by Tom A. Saiyan on Dec 20, 2015 4:58:38 GMT
 Credits to Marvin Gonzales |
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Post by Tom A. Saiyan on Dec 22, 2015 3:59:48 GMT
Paano kaya ito kinuhaan? Drone o sa Tower One?
Credits to Romeo Briton
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Post by Tom A. Saiyan on Apr 12, 2016 1:45:34 GMT
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Post by Tom A. Saiyan on Apr 12, 2016 5:32:41 GMT
Hindi ka magugutom sa USTe...
Food chains sa UST Car park...
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Post by Tom A. Saiyan on Apr 14, 2016 1:47:22 GMT
UST Santa Rosa campus expected to open in 2020, ahead of GenSan
April 11, 2016, 3:48p.m. - FOUR YEARS from now, UST will be able to extend Thomasian education to Santa Rosa, Laguna, the first campus of the University outside Metro Manila, former rector Fr. Herminio Dagohoy, O.P. has bared.
In a wide-ranging interview with the Varsitarian after ending his four-year term as rector, Fr. Dagohoy said the site development plan by the Makati-based TCGI Engineers was submitted to him last March and the construction contract was ready for bidding.
“The site development plan is finished. Actually, it’s ready for bidding but it was caught up with the transition, so it’s up to the Economic Council now to take that up and continue the work we have started,” Fr. Dagohoy said.
“Site development will take over a year, and then the construction of the building will take a year and a half. That would mean 2017 or 2018,” Fr. Dagohoy said. “Plus one year for planning for academic personnel, so that’s 2019, practically just in time for the first batch of K to 12 graduates. So, it will open in 2020.”
New undergraduate programs will be offered in the new campus. “Mga bagong programs ito na ginawa ng Science and Engineering. We are not planning to open new programs here in the España campus [because] we are congested here,” he said.
The construction of the Santa Rosa campus was first announced by Fr. Dagohoy in his Rector’s Report last year.
Mindanao campus
The Santa Rosa campus will open ahead of another planned expansion project, the General Santos Campus in Mindanao, which has stalled due to lack of government permits. The General Santos campus site sits on 82 hectares of agricultural land that needs conversion for institutional use.
The former rector said he was able to secure approval of city officials but at the national level, the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) had yet to approve the permit that would allow further development of the satellite campus.
UST bought the land for P96 million in 1997.
“Plans for the GenSan campus started way back during the time of Fr. Tamerlane Lana … That was 20 years ago. That’s how delayed we are as far as [the] GenSan [campus] is concerned,” Fr. Dagohoy said.
DAR first approved the conversion of the land in 2003 and issued another order in 2008, extending the development period of the site until 2013. The order expired on July 22, 2013, putting the construction of the UST GenSan campus on hold.
In 2013, the General Santos City Council approved the change in the zoning classification of the property to institutional from agricultural through City Ordinance no. 15 s. 2013.
Fr. Dagohoy said the University would have to reassess the programs to be offered in General Santos, citing the “fast-changing educational landscape.”
Documents submitted to the city council indicated that UST planned to offer the following programs: Bachelor in Secondary Education (major in English, Math and Science), Bachelor of Science in Medical Technology, Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy, Bachelor of Science in Accountancy, Bachelor of Science in Entertainment and Multimedia Computing, and Bachelor of Science in Tourism. Jerome P. Villanueva
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Post by Tom A. Saiyan on Apr 14, 2016 2:01:06 GMT
New building to house UST laboratories
April 11, 2016, 3:27p.m. - LABORATORIES will soon be taken out of the Main Building and housed in a new structure near P. Noval Street, former rector Fr. Herminio Dagohoy, O.P. told to the Varsitarian in an exclusive interview.
The soon-to-rise Central Laboratory will house the laboratories of the College of Science, College of Rehabilitation Sciences and Faculty of Pharmacy, and will be opened next academic year.
“The reason is very simple: the [Main Building] is very old,” Fr. Dagohoy said. “ laboratory that uses chemicals can actually compromise the integrity of the building.”
UST’s laboratories are under the Laboratory Equipment and Supplies Office (LESO), headed by Ross Vasquez. The Main Building houses almost all laboratory rooms of UST, specifically on the the second, third and fourth floors.
After the transfer of the laboratories, the vacant spaces will be converted into function rooms.
Fr. Dagohoy said he regretted not being able to finish big-ticket infrastructure projects after the completion of the Buenaventura G. Paredes, O.P. Alumni Center Building and the University Practice Gym last year.
“I was not able to accomplish that not because I don’t like it but because of other factors that are beyond my control,” Fr. Dagohoy said. “So the next rector will just take it up.”
According to a notice outside the new laboratory site, the project, which was handled by Ironcon Builders and Development Corp., started last Sept. 21, 2015 and would be completed on Sept. 14, 2016.
Fr. Dagohoy stepped down as rector a month ahead of schedule last March 31 to give his successor more time to adjust ahead of the K to 12 transition. Vice Rector Fr. Richard Ang, O.P. assumed the post of acting Rector. Jerome P. Villanueva
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Post by Tom A. Saiyan on Apr 14, 2016 2:19:00 GMT
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Post by Tom A. Saiyan on May 6, 2016 1:22:24 GMT
Development of UST GenSan campus gets gov't clearance
May 5, 2016, 8:40p.m. - THE UNIVERSITY has secured government approval to develop its 79-hectare lot in General Santos City in Mindanao into a satellite campus.
In a resolution issued by the Department of Agrarian Reform on May 2, UST was given permission to convert the agricultural lot into an "agri-institutional" area.
The conversion must start within one year upon the receipt of the conversion order, and completed within a non-extendible period of five years. Otherwise a performance bond posted by UST will be forfeited.
The General Santos campus site, four times the size of the Sampaloc campus, sits on agricultural land encompassing Barangays Ligaya and Katangawan.
UST has to secure a permit from the Philippine Coconut Authority before cutting all the coconut trees on the lot, the resolution said.
Early opposition from local officials delayed campus development. DAR first approved the conversion of the land in 2003 and issued another order in 2008, extending the development period of the site until 2013. The order expired on July 22, 2013, putting the construction of the UST GenSan campus on hold. UST bought the land for P96 million in 1997.
In 2013, the General Santos City Council finally approved the change in the zoning classification of the property to institutional from agricultural through City Ordinance no. 15 s. 2013.
UST earlier planned to offer in the GenSan campus programs not available in the main campus, including marine sciences and agriculture courses. Other courses previously eyed were Bachelor in Secondary Education (major in English, Math, and Science), Bachelor of Science in Medical Technology, Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy, Bachelor of Science in Accountancy, Bachelor of Science in Entertainment and Multimedia Computing, and Bachelor of Science in Tourism. Alhex Adrea M. Peralta
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Post by TAS on Sept 1, 2019 5:48:19 GMT
 New 22-storey building to welcome Grade 11 students this August July 12, 2019In August 2019, the new 22-storey Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati Building, by far the tallest of the University’s structures and the first one to have been situated outside the walls of the Sampaloc campus since the end of World War II, will welcome incoming Grade 11 students as its first occupants. The Frassati Building, named after the 20th-century Blessed who is now the Patron of the Senior High School, will feature, among many others, smart classrooms in the tenth to fourteenth floors, a two-storey library, a Chapel, a gym, an auditorium, and computer and science laboratories. These facilities, according to Senior High School Acting Principal Mary Erika N. Bolaños, PhD, will show that the goal of the structure is “the holistic formation of learners,” who are now provided with a home that “connects all members to each other.” For added security, turnstiles activated by tapping one’s identification card will be used. A connecting footbridge will also be opened later in the year to facilitate the safe access of the Senior High School community to the main campus. Multi-colored tables and chairs help make for a smart classroom that facilitates collaboration among students. Each classroom has a podium, whiteboard, and LED TV View of the classroom with its polished concrete floor View of the lift lobby View of the corridor View of the would-be canteen area The Frassati Building (middle) is a 23-storey structure along España Blvd. The Facilities Management Office, led by Director fr. Dexter A. Austria, O.P., SThD (behind podium) and representatives from partner firms According to Facilities Management Office Director Fr. Dexter A. Austria, O.P., among the things to look forward to in the building are the reduction of single-use plastics and containers, as an initial contribution of UST to “promoting a zero-waste environment culture,” in response to efforts for environmental sustainability, such as those echoed in Laudato Si. “We want to start the culture of lessening the waste we produce, so the concessionaires in the Frassati Building will not be distributing utensils and straws, especially single-use plastics. Instead, the students will be using their own metal utensils and straws. In turn, there will also be dishwashing facilities in the building that students can use to clean their utensils.” The fifth floor will be devoted to the school canteen. The building began construction in October 2017, and the topping-off ceremony was held in March 2019. Companies that were involved in the project are Datem, Inc., Casas+Architects, Inc., and Design Coordinates, Inc. In due time, the building will also house the TomasINNO Technology Business Incubation (TBI) Center, the Educational Technology Center, Santo Tomas e-Service Providers, and the Institute of Information and Computing Sciences. Photo Credits: Casas Architects and Engr. Albert Surla, MSc |
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