Atienza inaugurates new university campus
June 20, 2006 | 12:00am
Manila Mayor Lito Atienza yesterday inaugurated the new Universidad de Manila, or UdM (formerly City College of Manila) building and campus at the new site located at a portion of the Mehan Garden on Arroceros street that will accommodate more than 8,000 students occupying the old and dilapidated Philippine National Bank (PNB) building in Escolta.
The event, which highlighted the first day of the weeklong celebration of the 435th Araw ng Maynila, was also attended by Dr. Amelita Biglete, executive director of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED-NCR), UdM president Dr. Rodrigo Malunhao, Department of City Schools superintendent Ma. Luisa Quiñones, National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) executive director Cecile Guidote Alvarez, National Historical Institute (NHI) administrator Ludovico Badoy, Presidential Adviser for Youth and Sports and Manila Sports Council (MASCO) chairman Arnold "Ali" Atienza, councilors, barangay officials, city officials and the UdM student body.
"Education has always been one of the top priorities of our Buhayin ang Maynila program. It is time that we give our students a better facility and improved environment conductive to learning to help them develop their potentials and bring out their best in their chosen fields of endeavor," Atienza said.
Established in 1995, the college was previously placed by the previous administration at the old PNB building in Escolta. The old building, which was built to be an office and not a school, had poor ventilation, broken elevators and leaking roofs.
The new campus will not only have better and modern facilities but also enhance the Mehan Garden, which was neglected for so many years and left to decay.
Apart from the new facility, the school was also given a new name "Universidad De Manila" through City Ordinance 6844 authored by Councilors Mitch Cuna of the 5th District, Ernesto Dioniso of the 1st District, Manuel Zarcal of the 3rd District and Ricardo Isip of the 5th District.
The UdM will continue to provide quality free tertiary education, vocational and technical livelihood program for the poor segment of the city of Manila. It is now ranked as one of the 32 top performers in Metro Manila. It has earned a niche in certain specialized areas like criminology where its graduates scored a 100-percent passing rate in the board examinations. It is also among the top ranked suppliers of physical therapy graduates.
The UdM will also eventually offer a new course — Environmental Science, inspired by the "built-in laboratories" around the school such as the Mehan Garden and the People’s Botanical Garden.
In 2005, the school registered 9,830 college enrollees in the free college education and 4,200 trainees in the free Livelihood and Employment Skills Training of the mayor.
The event, which highlighted the first day of the weeklong celebration of the 435th Araw ng Maynila, was also attended by Dr. Amelita Biglete, executive director of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED-NCR), UdM president Dr. Rodrigo Malunhao, Department of City Schools superintendent Ma. Luisa Quiñones, National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) executive director Cecile Guidote Alvarez, National Historical Institute (NHI) administrator Ludovico Badoy, Presidential Adviser for Youth and Sports and Manila Sports Council (MASCO) chairman Arnold "Ali" Atienza, councilors, barangay officials, city officials and the UdM student body.
"Education has always been one of the top priorities of our Buhayin ang Maynila program. It is time that we give our students a better facility and improved environment conductive to learning to help them develop their potentials and bring out their best in their chosen fields of endeavor," Atienza said.
Established in 1995, the college was previously placed by the previous administration at the old PNB building in Escolta. The old building, which was built to be an office and not a school, had poor ventilation, broken elevators and leaking roofs.
The new campus will not only have better and modern facilities but also enhance the Mehan Garden, which was neglected for so many years and left to decay.
Apart from the new facility, the school was also given a new name "Universidad De Manila" through City Ordinance 6844 authored by Councilors Mitch Cuna of the 5th District, Ernesto Dioniso of the 1st District, Manuel Zarcal of the 3rd District and Ricardo Isip of the 5th District.
The UdM will continue to provide quality free tertiary education, vocational and technical livelihood program for the poor segment of the city of Manila. It is now ranked as one of the 32 top performers in Metro Manila. It has earned a niche in certain specialized areas like criminology where its graduates scored a 100-percent passing rate in the board examinations. It is also among the top ranked suppliers of physical therapy graduates.
The UdM will also eventually offer a new course — Environmental Science, inspired by the "built-in laboratories" around the school such as the Mehan Garden and the People’s Botanical Garden.
In 2005, the school registered 9,830 college enrollees in the free college education and 4,200 trainees in the free Livelihood and Employment Skills Training of the mayor.
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