Central Mindanao University
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Central Mindanao University is one of the two universities
in the province of Bukidnon
, Mindanao
Island in the Philippines
.
In 1918, the school was renamed the Bukidnon Agricultural School and offered the last three grades of the elementary agriculture curriculum. This was later relocated to Managok, Malaybalay, Bukidnon. After a few years it offered the secondary agriculture curriculum. By 1923, the Governor General renamed the school to the Bukidnon Rural High School and allocated 724 hectares for the school’s reservation by virtue of Proclamation No. 30.
In 1928, the Philippine Legislature changed the named of the school to Bukidnon Agricultural High School, which was then a secondary agricultural school for male students. In 1938, it was renamed the Bukidnon National Agricultural School which implemented the secondary homemaking curriculum for female students.
After the war, Superintendent Zosimo Montemayor reopened the school but due to its terrible condition ccaused by World War II, the school was transferred to Musuan, Maramag, Bukidnon, Philippines
Congressman Cesar Fortich of Bukidnon sponsored House Bill 3041, which elevated BNAS into an agricultural state college. On June 21, 1952, President Elpidio Quirino signed Republic Act 807, otherwise known as the Mindanao Agricultural College (MAC) Charter which also installed Zosimo Montemayor as President. This law also paved the way for funding from national, as well as foreign sources. In 1957-1960, three Stanford consultants, namely James Wall, Donald Green and John McCleland, lived in the locality and provided technical assistance in agricultural technology.
In 1958, President Carlos Garcia, on recommendation of the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources, issued Proclamation No. 476 granting CMU 3,401 hactares of land. The titling of land began as early as 1961 before the Court of First Instance of Bukidnon to determine the rights of adverse claimants, if there were any. By June 19, 1965, R.A. 4498 catapulted MAC to the Central Mindanao University with Montemayor as the first President.
In 1974, the 1971 Cadastral
Court decision for the segregation of several hectares was amended for humanitarian reason and the government’s agrarian program. The 321.9 hectares were properly segregated and given to legitimate claimants and CMU was granted title for 3,080 hectares.
The current CMU president is Dr. Maria Luisa Rupac Soliven. She was elected by the CMU Board of Regents on December 15, 2010. She previously served as the Vice-President for Academic Affairs, and before that as the first female Dean of the College of Agriculture of CMU. She is the eighth CMU president. She was inducted on December 30, 2010, taking over the previous officer-in-charge, Dr. Victor M. Barroso. The former CMU presidents are Dr. Amado Campos, Dr. Isabelo S. Alcordo, Dr. Rodolfo Nayga, Dr. Leonardo Chua, Dr. Jaime Gellor, and Dr. Mardonio M. Lao.
CMU enjoyed for some decades the distinction of being the only state university in Region 10. Today, it is one of the top performing schools nationwide in the fields of veterinary medicine, engineering, forestry education, agriculture education, nutrition and dietetics and teacher education. The commission on Higher Education recognizes the College of Agriculture, College of Forestry and College of Veterinary Medicine as Centers of Excellence for agriculture, forestry education, veterinary medicine, respectively. While the Department of Biology and Department of Mathematics of the College of Arts and Sciences as the Center of Development in Biology Education and Mathematics Education. The commitment for excellence not only in instruction but also in research, extension and production has earned laurels for this institution, enhanced by its collaboration with government and non-government agencies.
CMU provides education to students in the “depressed, deprived and disadvantaged sectors” in the region. CMU has three categories of tuition fees: P60 for new students, P40 for sophomores and P10 for the old students. Eighty percent of CMU students are children of farmers.
(CMULHS) students at the International Science and Engineering Fair held inn Detroit, Michigan, USA in 2000 won fourth place among more than 1,000 entries worldwide.
In October 2010, another two students, Bonar Laureto and Deorex David Navaja, still from the CMULHS, competed in Germany
in a scientist research contest sponsored by the World Young Researchers on Environment (WYRE) and emerged among the top 23 entries out of 73 entries worldwide. They were also given research internship awards from the Merck Laboratories in the Expo 2000
in Hannover.
Among CMU alumnus, Dr. Glen Gregorio, a plant breeder/geneticist of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) received one of the 2004 Ten Outstanding Young Men (TOYM) award for his exemplary contribution in the field of plant breeding and genetics from the Junior Chamber International-Philippines.
Faculty member Dr. Amoroso, a recipient of the Ten Outstanding Young Scientists (TOYS) award in 1991, is a research scientist and is internationally known as an expert in Philippine pteridology and in biodiversity conservation. He has received 51 awards and honors and has published 59 scientific papers, manuals, and handbooks. He has been a full professor for fifteen years and now heads the Mt. Musuan Zoological and Botanical Garden and University Museum. For his work, Dr. Amoroso was conferred Scientist III by the Department of Science and Technology and holds the distinction of University Professor, the highest academic rank in the University and the whole of Region 10.
Another faculty member, Dr. Andrea Azuelo, received an award as Outstanding Teacher of the Philippines (Secondary Level) given by the Metrobank Foundation.
University
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in the province of Bukidnon
Bukidnon
Bukidnon is a landlocked province of the Philippines located in the Northern Mindanao region. Its capital is Malaybalay City. The province borders, clockwise starting from the north, Misamis Oriental, Agusan del Sur, Davao del Norte, Cotabato, Lanao del Sur, and Lanao del Norte.Bukidnon is...
, Mindanao
Mindanao
Mindanao is the second largest and easternmost island in the Philippines. It is also the name of one of the three island groups in the country, which consists of the island of Mindanao and smaller surrounding islands. The other two are Luzon and the Visayas. The island of Mindanao is called The...
Island in the Philippines
Philippines
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.
History
Central Mindanao University was transformed from a settlement of farm schools organized by the Americans. It started as the Mailag Industrial School in 1910 and offered only the first four grades of the elementary agriculture curriculum. Situated in Mailag, Malaybalay, Bukidnon, this school was opened to address the necessity of training Bukidnons to teach in their own province as it was difficult to recruit non-Bukidnon teachers to serve in newly-opened public schools.In 1918, the school was renamed the Bukidnon Agricultural School and offered the last three grades of the elementary agriculture curriculum. This was later relocated to Managok, Malaybalay, Bukidnon. After a few years it offered the secondary agriculture curriculum. By 1923, the Governor General renamed the school to the Bukidnon Rural High School and allocated 724 hectares for the school’s reservation by virtue of Proclamation No. 30.
In 1928, the Philippine Legislature changed the named of the school to Bukidnon Agricultural High School, which was then a secondary agricultural school for male students. In 1938, it was renamed the Bukidnon National Agricultural School which implemented the secondary homemaking curriculum for female students.
After the war, Superintendent Zosimo Montemayor reopened the school but due to its terrible condition ccaused by World War II, the school was transferred to Musuan, Maramag, Bukidnon, Philippines
Congressman Cesar Fortich of Bukidnon sponsored House Bill 3041, which elevated BNAS into an agricultural state college. On June 21, 1952, President Elpidio Quirino signed Republic Act 807, otherwise known as the Mindanao Agricultural College (MAC) Charter which also installed Zosimo Montemayor as President. This law also paved the way for funding from national, as well as foreign sources. In 1957-1960, three Stanford consultants, namely James Wall, Donald Green and John McCleland, lived in the locality and provided technical assistance in agricultural technology.
In 1958, President Carlos Garcia, on recommendation of the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources, issued Proclamation No. 476 granting CMU 3,401 hactares of land. The titling of land began as early as 1961 before the Court of First Instance of Bukidnon to determine the rights of adverse claimants, if there were any. By June 19, 1965, R.A. 4498 catapulted MAC to the Central Mindanao University with Montemayor as the first President.
In 1974, the 1971 Cadastral
Cadastre
A cadastre , using a cadastral survey or cadastral map, is a comprehensive register of the metes-and-bounds real property of a country...
Court decision for the segregation of several hectares was amended for humanitarian reason and the government’s agrarian program. The 321.9 hectares were properly segregated and given to legitimate claimants and CMU was granted title for 3,080 hectares.
The current CMU president is Dr. Maria Luisa Rupac Soliven. She was elected by the CMU Board of Regents on December 15, 2010. She previously served as the Vice-President for Academic Affairs, and before that as the first female Dean of the College of Agriculture of CMU. She is the eighth CMU president. She was inducted on December 30, 2010, taking over the previous officer-in-charge, Dr. Victor M. Barroso. The former CMU presidents are Dr. Amado Campos, Dr. Isabelo S. Alcordo, Dr. Rodolfo Nayga, Dr. Leonardo Chua, Dr. Jaime Gellor, and Dr. Mardonio M. Lao.
CMU enjoyed for some decades the distinction of being the only state university in Region 10. Today, it is one of the top performing schools nationwide in the fields of veterinary medicine, engineering, forestry education, agriculture education, nutrition and dietetics and teacher education. The commission on Higher Education recognizes the College of Agriculture, College of Forestry and College of Veterinary Medicine as Centers of Excellence for agriculture, forestry education, veterinary medicine, respectively. While the Department of Biology and Department of Mathematics of the College of Arts and Sciences as the Center of Development in Biology Education and Mathematics Education. The commitment for excellence not only in instruction but also in research, extension and production has earned laurels for this institution, enhanced by its collaboration with government and non-government agencies.
CMU provides education to students in the “depressed, deprived and disadvantaged sectors” in the region. CMU has three categories of tuition fees: P60 for new students, P40 for sophomores and P10 for the old students. Eighty percent of CMU students are children of farmers.
| Presidents of Central Mindanao University |
| Zosimo Montemayor, 19?? - 1965 |
| Dr. Amado Campos, 1965 - 1968 |
| Dr. Rodolfo Nayga, 19?? - 19?? |
| Dr. Isabelo S. Alcordo, 1970 - 1984 |
| Dr. Leonardo Chua, 1987 - 1994 |
| Dr. Jaime Gellor, 1994 - 1998 |
| Dr. Mardonio M. Lao, 1998 - 2008 |
| Dr. Rodrigo M. Malunhao, 2008 - 2009 (OIC) |
| Dr. Victor M. Barroso, 2009 - 2010 (OIC) |
| Dr. Maria Luisa Rupac Soliven, 2010 - Present |
Present Times
Central Mindanao University Laboratory High SchoolCentral Mindanao University Laboratory High School
Central Mindanao University Laboratory High School or CMULHS, is a secondary school in Musuan, Maramag, Bukidnon, Philippines. CMULHS is under the management of the College of Education, Central Mindanao University, but it separately maintains its own set of administrators.CMULHS has been used as a...
(CMULHS) students at the International Science and Engineering Fair held inn Detroit, Michigan, USA in 2000 won fourth place among more than 1,000 entries worldwide.
In October 2010, another two students, Bonar Laureto and Deorex David Navaja, still from the CMULHS, competed in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
in a scientist research contest sponsored by the World Young Researchers on Environment (WYRE) and emerged among the top 23 entries out of 73 entries worldwide. They were also given research internship awards from the Merck Laboratories in the Expo 2000
Expo 2000
Expo 2000 was a World's Fair held in Hanover, Germany from Thursday, June 1 to Tuesday, October 31, 2000. It was located on the Hanover fairground , which is famous for hosting CeBIT...
in Hannover.
Among CMU alumnus, Dr. Glen Gregorio, a plant breeder/geneticist of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) received one of the 2004 Ten Outstanding Young Men (TOYM) award for his exemplary contribution in the field of plant breeding and genetics from the Junior Chamber International-Philippines.
Faculty member Dr. Amoroso, a recipient of the Ten Outstanding Young Scientists (TOYS) award in 1991, is a research scientist and is internationally known as an expert in Philippine pteridology and in biodiversity conservation. He has received 51 awards and honors and has published 59 scientific papers, manuals, and handbooks. He has been a full professor for fifteen years and now heads the Mt. Musuan Zoological and Botanical Garden and University Museum. For his work, Dr. Amoroso was conferred Scientist III by the Department of Science and Technology and holds the distinction of University Professor, the highest academic rank in the University and the whole of Region 10.
Another faculty member, Dr. Andrea Azuelo, received an award as Outstanding Teacher of the Philippines (Secondary Level) given by the Metrobank Foundation.
College of Agriculture (CHED Center of Excellence)
- Bachelor of Science in Agriculture major in:
- Agronomy
- Agricultural Economics
- Agricultural Education
- Agricultural Extension
- Agribusiness Management
- Animal Science
- Entomology
- Horticulture
- Plant Pathology
- Soil Science
- Bachelor of Science in Development Communication
College of Arts and Sciences (CHED Center of Development for Department of Biology and Department of Mathematics)
- Bachelor of Arts in:
- English
- History
- Political Science
- Psychology
- Sociology
- Bachelor of Science in:
- Biology (CHED Center of Development)
- Chemistry
- Mathematics (CHED Center of Development)
- Physics
College of Commerce and Accountancy
- Bachelor of Science in Business Administration major in:
- Marketing Management
- Operations Management
- Financial Management
- Bachelor of Science in Accounting Technology
- Bachelor of Science in Accountancy
- Bachelor of Science in Office Administration
College of Education
- Bachelor of Science in Education major in:
- Biology
- English
- Filipino
- General Science
- Mathematics
- Physical Education
College of Engineering
- Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Engineering
- Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering
- Bachelor of Science in Information Technology
- Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering
- Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering
College of Forestry (CHED Center of Excellence)
- Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science
- Bachelor of Science in Forestry
College of Home Economics
- Bachelor of Science in Home Economics major in:
- Food Business Management
- Home Economics Education
- Bachelor of Science in Food Technology
- Bachelor of Science in Hotel and Restaurant Management
- Bachelor of Science in Nutrition and Dietetics