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Mapua University turns 100
Source: The Manila Times MAPUA University, the Philippines’ premier engineering and technological institution, has just turned 100, culminating its centennial year celebrations with academic and cultural events highlighting its innumerable contributions and impact on Jan. 25. President and CEO Dodjie Maestrecampo led the festivities, which enabled students, alumni and fellow Filipino educators to reflect on Mapua’s…
Read MoreMapúa University Launches Cutting Edge School of Medicine
Mapúa University Launches Cutting Edge School of Medicine Mapúa University launched the Mapua School of Medicine (SoM), the newest medical school in the country, in collaboration with Arizona State University (ASU), the #1 school in the United States for innovation for the tenth straight year ranked by U.S. News and World Report 2016-2025. Mapúa is…
Read MorePetroEnergy unit, Mapúa activate solar rooftop project
https://www.philstar.com/business/petroenergy-unit-mapa-activate-solar-rooftop-project/ MANILA, Philippines — A subsidiary of Yuchengco-led PetroEnergy Resources Corp. has activated the 360-kilowatt-peak solar rooftop power project at the Mapúa Malayan Colleges Mindanao (MMCM) in Davao City. This followed the agreement signed by PetroGreen Energy Corp. (PGEC) and MMCM in February for the installation of 600 units of 600-watt-peak solar panels in the…
Read MoreAlfonso Yuchengco’s legacy
Source: https://qa.philstar.com/ Complacency, an old adage goes, is one of life’s biggest tragedies. As American rights leader Benjamin Mays said, success breeds complacency and complacency breeds failure. We’ve seen this happen in both politics and business, but especially in business. The Kodak story, for instance, is one such cautionary tale. Some 11 years ago today,…
Read MoreMapúa University aims to double enrollment
Source:https://www.bworldonline.com/ MAPÚA University targets to double its enrollment count in the coming years in line with the 10-year development plan of Ayala-Yuchengco-led iPeople, Inc., its top official said on Thursday. “Our target is to continually increase [the number of enrollments],” Mapúa President and Chief Executive Officer Dodjie S. Maestrecampo said in a media briefing. “I…
Read MoreMapúa University names new president
Source: https://www.philstar.com/ MANILA, Philippines — Mapúa University has announced the appointment of longtime administrator and chemical engineer Dodjie Maestrecampo as its new president and chief executive officer. Maestrecampo succeeded Reynaldo Vea, who capped his 23-year tenure as head of the university last June. Prior to his new appointment, Maestrecampo was president of Mapúa Malayan Colleges…
Read MoreHYD, the woman who leads the Yuchengco Group
Source: https://www.philstar.com/ As women’s month comes to a close, it’s just fitting to pay tribute to women who successfully broke the glass ceiling and continue to do so as they lead organizations – big or small – which one way or another positively impact the Philippines. There are many of them – too many to…
Read MoreA breakthrough in education
Source: https://www.philstar.com/ Someone once said that an investment in knowledge pays the best interest. It’s the reason that every Filipino parent’s dream is to bequeath his or her children a good education. I very much agree with this. I’ve always believed in the potential of the Filipino. Filipinos, as we all know, are indeed among…
Read MoreMapua trailblazes road to globalization of education in Philippines
Source: https://www.philstar.com/ MANILA, Philippines — With the technological breakthrough brought about by the use of online tools at the height of the pandemic, Philippine schools quickly adapted to the digital transformation to ensure the continuity of learning through a health crisis. Mapúa University, an affiliate of the Yuchengco Group of Companies, is paving the way for…
Read MoreMapúa wins PHL’s first Digital Readiness Gold Award at Wharton-QS Reimagine Education
Source: https://www.mapua.edu.ph Mapúa University’s ÚOx or Ubiquitous Online Experience Program has won the Gold Award for Digital Readiness from the prestigious Wharton-QS Reimagine Education Awards 2022. This is the first time a Philippine higher education institution (HEI) has received a top category award in the global competition, which honors groundbreaking approaches towards digital education, which increase…
Read MoreALFONSO YUCHENGCO | Longer than a century
Source: https://www.businessmirror.com.ph 100 years ago, on February 6, 1923, Alfonso T. Yuchengco was born the only boy to a household that had been waiting for his arrival. His father, Enrique Yuchengco, had established himself as one of the most successful Chinese- Filipino businessmen of his time, and in the tradition of their time, he had been…
Read MoreMapua University top-performing school in Aug 2022 Sanitary Engineer Licensure Exam
Source: https://www.manilatimes.net/ THE Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announced that 67 examinees passed the August 2022 Sanitary Engineer Computer-Based Licensure Examination out of the 189 who took it. Mapua University in Manila was the lone top-performing school in the examination with 10 or more examinees and with at least an 80 percent passing rate after 15…
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Read MoreMapúa’s civil, environmental, and geological engineering dean among Asia’s outstanding scientists
Source: https://archive.malaya.com.ph/news_special_feature/mapuas-civil-environmental-and-geological-engineering-dean-among-asias-outstanding-scientists/#:~:text=Dr.%20Francis%20Aldrine%20A.%20Uy,%20Map%C3%BAa A Mapua University dean has been recognized as among the most outstanding scientists in Asia. Dr. Francis Aldrine A. Uy, Mapúa dean of the School of Civil, Environmental, and Geological Engineering (CEGE) was one of eight Filipinos included in the Asian Scientist 100 recently released by Singapore-based Asian Scientist Magazine. “I feel blessed and…
Read MoreYGC bares future–ready plans
Source: https://www.philstar.com/ MANILA, Philippines — The Yuchengco Group of Companies, the conglomerate founded by the late tycoon Alfonso Yuchengco and which is now headed by his daughter Helen Dee, is embracing the new normal with a wide array of measures to enable the group to be future-ready. At present, YGC’s business spans a wide array…
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