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Colleges/UniversitiesMarch 30, 2008 8:08 am

West Point

 
The United States Military Academy (also known as USMA, West Point or, for collegiate athletic purposes, Army) is a United States Army post and service academy. West Point was the first United States military post built after the Declaration of Independence. In its inception, it was under the command of Benedict Arnold.
  
Established in 1802, it is the oldest military academy in the United States. Students are referred to as cadets. Collectively, graduates are known as "The Long Gray Line" because of the color of cadet uniforms and the unbroken line of West Point graduates. West Point trains more United States Army officers than any other single institution and a high proportion of distinguished American generals have been West Point graduates. Currently, over 900 graduates are commissioned as U.S. Army lieutenants every year, representing 25% of new lieutenants commissioned.
 
WEST POINT, New York — On May 26, a Filipino couple will proudly witness their eldest daughter Erin Grace Begonia, 22, commissioned as second lieutenant to the US Military Academy at West Point, New York.
 
 
 
USMA is renowned as a historic and distinguished military academy, and a leading, progressive institution of higher education. Former President Fidel Ramos is one of its famous graduates from the Philippines.
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Colleges/UniversitiesMarch 27, 2008 2:34 pm

Mindanao State University - Iligan Institute of Technology (MSU-IIT)

 

Mindanao State University - Iligan Institute of Technology (MSU-IIT) is an autonomous external campus of Mindanao State University System. It was chartered on July 12, 1968 as provided for in Republic Act 5363. The university is located at Barangay Tibanga, Iligan City, Philippines.

Recognitions

Centers of Excellence

  1. Mathematics
  2. Chemistry
  3. Biology
  4. Physics
  5. Computer Studies

Center of Excellence in Biodiversity (Academic) - College of Science and Mathematics

Centers of Development - College of Engineering

  1. Ceramics Engineering
  2. Civil Engineering
  3. Electrical Engineering
  4. Electronics and Communications Engineering
  5. Mechanical Engineering
  6. Metallurgical Engineering

Commission on Higher Education Zonal Research Center for

  1. Region XII
  2. ARMM
  3. Region IX

Center of Development of Excellence

  1. Information and Communications Technology

Other Recognitions

  1. Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Learning Hub for Northern Mindanao (Department of Science and Technology)
  2. Virtual Center for Technology Innovation – Microelectronics (Department of Science and Technology)
  3. National Computer Center Training Arm in Northern Mindanao
  4. Passed Second Level Accreditation of the Accrediting Agency for Chartered Colleges and Universities of the Philippines (AACCUP) for all programs of the College of Arts and Social Sciences (CASS)
  5. Passed Second Level Accreditation of the Accrediting Agency for Chartered Colleges and Universities of the Philippines (AACCUP) for all programs of the College of Education (CED)
  6. Passed Second Level Accreditation of the Accrediting Agency for Chartered Colleges and Universities of the Philippines (AACCUP) for Civil Engineering and Mechanical Engineering
  7. Passed First Level Accreditation of the Accrediting Agency for Chartered Colleges and Universities of the Philippines (AACCUP) for other Engineering disciplines
  8. Passed First Level Accreditation of the Accrediting Agency for Chartered Colleges and Universities of the Philippines (AACCUP) for all programs in Business Administration (CBA)
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My FavoritesMarch 26, 2008 10:26 pm

Baguio City


 
I’m about to visit the City of Pines this Summer. They said it is a great place for everyone. It was established by Americans in 1900 at the site of an Ibaloi village known as Kafagway. Baguio City was designated by the Philippine Commission as the Summer Capital of the Philippines on June 1, 1903 and incorporated as a city by the Philippine Assembly on September 1, 1909. There is a presidential mansion, as well as supreme court and legislative offices in Baguio. Baguio is the seat of government of the Cordillera Administrative Region. The name of the city is derived from the word bagiw in Ibaloi, the indigenous language of the Benguet Region, meaning ‘moss’. The city is at an altitude of approximately 1500 meters (5100 ft) in a moist tropical pine forest conducive to the growth of mossy plants and orchids.

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My Favorites 3:40 pm

Joyland Casino

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