Holy Angel University
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Holy Angel University is a private
Catholic
university
located in Angeles City
, Philippines
. Founded in 1933, it is considered the first Catholic school in the country that was founded by the laity
(instead of the diocese or a religious congregation) as well as the first Catholic high school that was co-educational (instead of exclusively for boys or exclusively for girls).
Sitting on a seven-hectare campus in the city’s prime estate, Holy Angel is one of the region’s largest universities. Its over 16,000 student population this school year also makes it one of the biggest schools in Central Luzon, if not the biggest.
This year, the government once again recognized Holy Angel as among the country’s top universities in terms of academic excellence when the Commission on Higher Education
(CHED) renewed the Autonomous Status it first bestowed on it five years ago. This recognition came on the heels of the acquisition of an international accreditation from the International Assembly for Collegiate Business Education
(IACBE)—the only school in the Philippines and the Far East to have done so.
Holy Angel University also has a Level III accredited status from the Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools, Colleges and Universities
(PAASCU) for its Accountancy
, Arts and Sciences, Business Administration, Education
and Engineering
programs, as well as Level I accredited status for its Hospitality Management program and Level I accredited status for its high school.
The university has just marked its Diamond Jubilee in 2008 and is now marching towards its centennial anniversary in 2033, confident in its ability to withstand the challenges along the way and guided by its fidelity to its Founder’s original mission and philosophy.
The Holy Angel Academy became the first Catholic coeducational high school run by laypersons with a first Friday devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. By 1940, HAA moved to the Main building from the Parish Convent.
When the war broke out, classes were suspended and resumed only in 1945. By 1947, the High School Department has attained government recognition.
In 1960, acceding to public request, the elementary department was opened. In 1961, the one- and two-year Secretarial courses were opened. To pave the way for further educational expansion, the two-year pre-engineering course was opened in 1962. In the ensuing years, this department was extended to offer complete courses in Civil, Electrical, Mechanical and Industrial Management Engineering.
Considering what has been attained, in 1962 the school was permitted to become the Holy Angel College with Don Juan D. Nepomuceno as the first President.
Realizing the significance of the unprecedented growth of the College, the administration decided to aim for university status, which it attained on December 4, 1981. Engr. Mamerto G. Nepomuceno was installed as first university president March 8, 1982. On the same occasion, Archbishop Oscar V. Cruz of the Archdiocese of San Fernando proclaimed Holy Angel University a Catholic university. University enrolment peaked at 27,000 in SY 1983-1984.
Opened in June 1940 as the first school building on campus, the Don Juan Building houses the Administrative Offices and support services of the University, which includes the Registrar’s Office, Finance, ITSS, Campus Services & Development, Personnel and the JDN Center for Kapampangan Studies.
Inaugurated on March 8, 2008, the San Francisco de Javier Building houses the Executive Offices, the Graduate School, the University Library and the University Theatre.
The St. Therese of Lisieux (STL) Hall is a four-storey building which houses the College of Business and Accountancy. Centrally located in the university campus, it faces the San Francisco De Javier (SFJ) Building. It has a garden, a rooftop and elevator service. On the first floor are the Dean’s Office, Casa Nena, Kitchen Laboratory, Office Practice Room, Travel Office Room, and Computer Laboratories. A promenade is located on the second floor. Classrooms can be found from the second to the fourth floors. A caseroom is to be found in each floor starting on the second floor and on to the fourth floor. The caseroom on the second floor, named after a former dean of the college, is the Dean Angustias N. Sicangco Hall. A speech laboratory is located on the third floor.
St. Joseph Hall(SJH) is a eight(8)-storey building located beside the Mamerto G. Nepomuceno Building (MGN) and it faces the Chapel of the Holy Guardian Angel.
This building houses the College of Information and Communications Technology, College of Art Sciences and Education, as well as the College of Criminal Justice Education and Forensic.
It has a basement which can be used as a parking lot, a rooftop and elevator service. The building comprises the Dean's Office, Cisco Laboratory, Computer Programming facilities and Multimedia settings under the department of CICT.
The building has the following facilities also for the department of the CASEd such as the Speech Laboratory, Mass Communication Laboratory, Lecture Rooms, as well as the Dean's Office of the said department. And for the department of Criminal Justice Education and Forensic the building has the following facilities like lecture rooms and the Dean's Office of the department.
A four(4)-storey building which houses the College of Engineering and Architecture (CEA).The College of Engineering was established on July 23, 1963 starting a with one-year general engineering course. Two years later, it started offering its first major program, which is Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering. This program was given government recognition immediately after graduating the first batch of Civil Engineering graduates who achieved 100% passing in the Civil Engineering Board Examinations. This initial success of the college led to the offering of other engineering degree programs including Electrical, Mechanical, Chemical, Environmental and Sanitary Engineering and Industrial Engineering. The new Sacred Heart Building was inaugurated on December 3, 1992.
The Mamerto G. Nepomuceno Building (MGN) is a five (5)-storey building. This building comprises the College of Arts and Sciences and Education, College of Criminal Justice Education and Forensics, and College of Information and Communications Technology. It is located nearly behind of the Kapampangan Center of Don Juan D. Nepomuceno Building (DJDN). It has a garden and elevator service. The Dean’s Office, Campus Ministry Office, former chapel and the prayer room will be found at the first floor of the building, while the classrooms can be found from the second to the fifth floors. The College Student Council- College of Nursing located in the second floor of the building while the College Student Council- College of Information and Communications Technology and the Speech Laboratory is to be found in the third floor. On the last fifth floor, you will found the Access Point Office.
The construction of the Chapel of the Holy Guardian started in November 2008 and was dedicated on December 9, 2009 in the presence of Pres. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Apostolic Nuncio Most Rev. Edward Adams, San Fernando Archbishop Paciano Aniceto, Auxiliary Bishops of Pampanga and the University President Dr. Arlyn S. Villanueva.
It was built by Highspire, Inc., while the main 'retablo' was designed by Willy Layug, this year's recipient of the Presidential Award of Merit.(PND).
The chapel was dedicated to the Holy Guardian Angel, patron saint of the Holy Angel University and the city, serves as a shrine to an antique image commissioned in 1830 by Don Angel Pantaleon de Miranda.
The five-storey APS (Archbishop Pedro Santos) Building houses the Offices of the High School Administration, Student Services and Affairs, Guidance, Faculty Center, three Computer Laboratories, and Internet Laboratory in the 1st floor, and 30 classrooms from 2nd to 4th floor. It also houses the two-storey High School Library in its annex and has an Audio Visual Room at the 5th floor.
A multi-purpose facility which has more or less 1,515 square meter gymnasium, located behind the newly constructed chapel (Chapel of the Holy Guardian Angel). It has rooms for the high school students, basketball court, culinary laboratory, offices, stockroom and own canteen.
This facility is specified for the physical education course of the students.
The Santa Clara (SC Building) has three (3) annex buildings, one (1) is for the Pre-schoolers (SC-B), for the Grade School students (SC) and another one is for the High School students (SC-A). It has also its own new prayer room that is being used primarily by the grade school CLE teachers and pupils for their meetings with the Chaplain as well as for conducting prayer sessions. There is also a library which has a wide collection of books, CDs, and other instructional materials and a viewing area where pupils can watch films. It has also ten computer units with Internet connection for research and a garden for leisure time of the students.
maroon.
The New Logo
From a ball with a wing stating Flyers, the new logo will have an angel wearing a helmet that handles a shield. There are two swords on the either side of the shield. It was designed by Michael Angelo Lagman, a CICT student. A c c o r d i n g to Mr. Arceo, the shield
is based on t h e HAU logo. They decided to put a he l m e t because it is a general costume of an athlete. The two swords represent the student athletes. They [student athletes] have two goals – to finish their studies, and to be the best athlete. According to Mr. Arceo, the name ‘Golden Guardians’ was already noted to the Office of Student Affairs (OSA) and he said “they like the concept.”
Private school
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Catholic
Catholic
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university
University
A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university is an organisation that provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education...
located in Angeles City
Angeles City
The City of Angeles , located within the province of Pampanga in the Philippines, is locally classified as a first-class, highly-urbanized city. Its name is derived from El Pueblo de los Ángeles in honor of its patron saints, Los Santos Ángeles de los Custodios , and the name of its founder, Don...
, Philippines
Philippines
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. Founded in 1933, it is considered the first Catholic school in the country that was founded by the laity
Laity
In religious organizations, the laity comprises all people who are not in the clergy. A person who is a member of a religious order who is not ordained legitimate clergy is considered as a member of the laity, even though they are members of a religious order .In the past in Christian cultures, the...
(instead of the diocese or a religious congregation) as well as the first Catholic high school that was co-educational (instead of exclusively for boys or exclusively for girls).
Sitting on a seven-hectare campus in the city’s prime estate, Holy Angel is one of the region’s largest universities. Its over 16,000 student population this school year also makes it one of the biggest schools in Central Luzon, if not the biggest.
This year, the government once again recognized Holy Angel as among the country’s top universities in terms of academic excellence when the Commission on Higher Education
Commission on Higher Education (Philippines)
The Commission on Higher Education of the Philippines, , abbreviated as CHED. The CHED is attached to the Office of the President for administrative purposes...
(CHED) renewed the Autonomous Status it first bestowed on it five years ago. This recognition came on the heels of the acquisition of an international accreditation from the International Assembly for Collegiate Business Education
International Assembly for Collegiate Business Education
The International Assembly for Collegiate Business Education is an educational accreditation agency for college and university business programs...
(IACBE)—the only school in the Philippines and the Far East to have done so.
Holy Angel University also has a Level III accredited status from the Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools, Colleges and Universities
Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools, Colleges and Universities
The Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools, Colleges and Universities is a private, voluntary, non-profit and non-stock corporation which was registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission of the Philippines on December 2, 1957...
(PAASCU) for its Accountancy
Accountancy
Accountancy is the process of communicating financial information about a business entity to users such as shareholders and managers. The communication is generally in the form of financial statements that show in money terms the economic resources under the control of management; the art lies in...
, Arts and Sciences, Business Administration, Education
Teacher education
Teacher education refers to the policies and procedures designed to equip prospective teachers with the knowledge, attitudes, behaviors and skills they require to perform their tasks effectively in the classroom, school and wider community....
and Engineering
Engineering
Engineering is the discipline, art, skill and profession of acquiring and applying scientific, mathematical, economic, social, and practical knowledge, in order to design and build structures, machines, devices, systems, materials and processes that safely realize improvements to the lives of...
programs, as well as Level I accredited status for its Hospitality Management program and Level I accredited status for its high school.
The university has just marked its Diamond Jubilee in 2008 and is now marching towards its centennial anniversary in 2033, confident in its ability to withstand the challenges along the way and guided by its fidelity to its Founder’s original mission and philosophy.
History
In June 1933, Holy Angel Academy (HAA) opened its door to a modest group of 78 students in the Holy Rosary Parish Convent. It was initiated through the joint efforts of the late Don Juan D. Nepomuceno and Fr. Pedro P. Santos, then parish priest of the town of Angeles and later Archbishop of Nueva Caceres. It’s primary purpose was to offer Catholic education in the secondary level, which the founder felt as the need of the community at that time. It was organized as a non-stock, non-profit corporation oriented toward service to the community.The Holy Angel Academy became the first Catholic coeducational high school run by laypersons with a first Friday devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. By 1940, HAA moved to the Main building from the Parish Convent.
When the war broke out, classes were suspended and resumed only in 1945. By 1947, the High School Department has attained government recognition.
In 1960, acceding to public request, the elementary department was opened. In 1961, the one- and two-year Secretarial courses were opened. To pave the way for further educational expansion, the two-year pre-engineering course was opened in 1962. In the ensuing years, this department was extended to offer complete courses in Civil, Electrical, Mechanical and Industrial Management Engineering.
Considering what has been attained, in 1962 the school was permitted to become the Holy Angel College with Don Juan D. Nepomuceno as the first President.
Realizing the significance of the unprecedented growth of the College, the administration decided to aim for university status, which it attained on December 4, 1981. Engr. Mamerto G. Nepomuceno was installed as first university president March 8, 1982. On the same occasion, Archbishop Oscar V. Cruz of the Archdiocese of San Fernando proclaimed Holy Angel University a Catholic university. University enrolment peaked at 27,000 in SY 1983-1984.
Campus
The main campus contains key 12 buildings. These are the following:- Don Juan Building (Main Building)
Opened in June 1940 as the first school building on campus, the Don Juan Building houses the Administrative Offices and support services of the University, which includes the Registrar’s Office, Finance, ITSS, Campus Services & Development, Personnel and the JDN Center for Kapampangan Studies.
- San Francisco de Javier Building
Inaugurated on March 8, 2008, the San Francisco de Javier Building houses the Executive Offices, the Graduate School, the University Library and the University Theatre.
- Saint Therese of Lisieux Building
The St. Therese of Lisieux (STL) Hall is a four-storey building which houses the College of Business and Accountancy. Centrally located in the university campus, it faces the San Francisco De Javier (SFJ) Building. It has a garden, a rooftop and elevator service. On the first floor are the Dean’s Office, Casa Nena, Kitchen Laboratory, Office Practice Room, Travel Office Room, and Computer Laboratories. A promenade is located on the second floor. Classrooms can be found from the second to the fourth floors. A caseroom is to be found in each floor starting on the second floor and on to the fourth floor. The caseroom on the second floor, named after a former dean of the college, is the Dean Angustias N. Sicangco Hall. A speech laboratory is located on the third floor.
- Saint Joseph Hall
St. Joseph Hall(SJH) is a eight(8)-storey building located beside the Mamerto G. Nepomuceno Building (MGN) and it faces the Chapel of the Holy Guardian Angel.
This building houses the College of Information and Communications Technology, College of Art Sciences and Education, as well as the College of Criminal Justice Education and Forensic.
It has a basement which can be used as a parking lot, a rooftop and elevator service. The building comprises the Dean's Office, Cisco Laboratory, Computer Programming facilities and Multimedia settings under the department of CICT.
The building has the following facilities also for the department of the CASEd such as the Speech Laboratory, Mass Communication Laboratory, Lecture Rooms, as well as the Dean's Office of the said department. And for the department of Criminal Justice Education and Forensic the building has the following facilities like lecture rooms and the Dean's Office of the department.
- Sacred Heart Building
A four(4)-storey building which houses the College of Engineering and Architecture (CEA).The College of Engineering was established on July 23, 1963 starting a with one-year general engineering course. Two years later, it started offering its first major program, which is Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering. This program was given government recognition immediately after graduating the first batch of Civil Engineering graduates who achieved 100% passing in the Civil Engineering Board Examinations. This initial success of the college led to the offering of other engineering degree programs including Electrical, Mechanical, Chemical, Environmental and Sanitary Engineering and Industrial Engineering. The new Sacred Heart Building was inaugurated on December 3, 1992.
- Mamerto G. Nepomuceno Building
The Mamerto G. Nepomuceno Building (MGN) is a five (5)-storey building. This building comprises the College of Arts and Sciences and Education, College of Criminal Justice Education and Forensics, and College of Information and Communications Technology. It is located nearly behind of the Kapampangan Center of Don Juan D. Nepomuceno Building (DJDN). It has a garden and elevator service. The Dean’s Office, Campus Ministry Office, former chapel and the prayer room will be found at the first floor of the building, while the classrooms can be found from the second to the fifth floors. The College Student Council- College of Nursing located in the second floor of the building while the College Student Council- College of Information and Communications Technology and the Speech Laboratory is to be found in the third floor. On the last fifth floor, you will found the Access Point Office.
- Chapel of the Holy Guardian Angel
The construction of the Chapel of the Holy Guardian started in November 2008 and was dedicated on December 9, 2009 in the presence of Pres. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Apostolic Nuncio Most Rev. Edward Adams, San Fernando Archbishop Paciano Aniceto, Auxiliary Bishops of Pampanga and the University President Dr. Arlyn S. Villanueva.
It was built by Highspire, Inc., while the main 'retablo' was designed by Willy Layug, this year's recipient of the Presidential Award of Merit.(PND).
The chapel was dedicated to the Holy Guardian Angel, patron saint of the Holy Angel University and the city, serves as a shrine to an antique image commissioned in 1830 by Don Angel Pantaleon de Miranda.
- Archbishop Pedro Santos Building
The five-storey APS (Archbishop Pedro Santos) Building houses the Offices of the High School Administration, Student Services and Affairs, Guidance, Faculty Center, three Computer Laboratories, and Internet Laboratory in the 1st floor, and 30 classrooms from 2nd to 4th floor. It also houses the two-storey High School Library in its annex and has an Audio Visual Room at the 5th floor.
- Immaculate Heart Gymnasium
A multi-purpose facility which has more or less 1,515 square meter gymnasium, located behind the newly constructed chapel (Chapel of the Holy Guardian Angel). It has rooms for the high school students, basketball court, culinary laboratory, offices, stockroom and own canteen.
This facility is specified for the physical education course of the students.
- Saint Raphael Hall
- Saint Gabriel Hall
- Saint Michael Hall
- Santa Clara Building
The Santa Clara (SC Building) has three (3) annex buildings, one (1) is for the Pre-schoolers (SC-B), for the Grade School students (SC) and another one is for the High School students (SC-A). It has also its own new prayer room that is being used primarily by the grade school CLE teachers and pupils for their meetings with the Chaplain as well as for conducting prayer sessions. There is also a library which has a wide collection of books, CDs, and other instructional materials and a viewing area where pupils can watch films. It has also ten computer units with Internet connection for research and a garden for leisure time of the students.
Center of Development
- Business Administration
- Teacher EducationTeacher educationTeacher education refers to the policies and procedures designed to equip prospective teachers with the knowledge, attitudes, behaviors and skills they require to perform their tasks effectively in the classroom, school and wider community....
- Civil EngineeringCivil engineeringCivil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including works like roads, bridges, canals, dams, and buildings...
- Electrical EngineeringElectrical engineeringElectrical engineering is a field of engineering that generally deals with the study and application of electricity, electronics and electromagnetism. The field first became an identifiable occupation in the late nineteenth century after commercialization of the electric telegraph and electrical...
- Industrial EngineeringIndustrial engineeringIndustrial engineering is a branch of engineering dealing with the optimization of complex processes or systems. It is concerned with the development, improvement, implementation and evaluation of integrated systems of people, money, knowledge, information, equipment, energy, materials, analysis...
- Hotel and Restaurant Management
- Information TechnologyInformation technologyInformation technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...
College of Arts, Sciences and Education
- Bachelor of Arts (AB)
- Bachelor of Science in Psychology
- Bachelor of Elementary Education
- Bachelor of Secondary Education
- Bachelor of Library and Information Science
College of Business and Accountancy
- Bachelor of Science in Accountancy
- Bachelor of Science in Accounting Technology
- Bachelor of Science in Business Administration
- Major in Human Resources Development Management
- Major in Marketing Management
- Major in Banking
- Major in Interdisciplinary Studies
- Major in Legal Management
- Bachelor of Science in Office Administration (Ladderized Program)
College of Engineering and Architecture
- Bachelor of Science in Aeronautical Engineering
- Bachelor of Science in Architecture
- Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering
- Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering
- Bachelor of Science in Electronics Communication Engineering
- Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering
- Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering
- Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering
College of Information and Communications Technology
- Bachelor of Science in Information Technology
- Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
College of Hospitality Management
- Bachelor of Science in Hotel and Restaurant Management (Ladderized Program)
- Bachelor of Science in Culinary Arts Management (Ladderized Program)
- Bachelor of Science in Tourism Management (Ladderized Program)
College of Criminal Justice Education and Forensics
- Bachelor of Science in Criminology with Forensic Program
Graduate School
- Master of Business Management
- Master of Science in Accountancy
- Master of Science in Entrepreneurship
- Master in Public Administration
- Master in Information Technology
- Master of Arts
- Master in Special Education
- Master of Arts in Education in Teaching Filipino
- Master in Engineering Program
- Master of Science in Engineering Management
- Master of Science in Electronics and Communications Engineering
- Master of Arts in Nursing
- Master of Science in Nursing
- Master of Science in Health Services Administration
- Master of Science in Hotel & Restaurant Management
- Doctor of Business Management
- Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Management
- Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing Education major in Educational Leadership & Management
Athletics
Holy Angel University (HAU) Athletes will now be recognized as Golden Guardians, a shift from the name Flyers. Mr. Francis Arceo, University Sports Coordinator, initiated the changing of the name and the innovation of the logo. As Mr. Arceo asked some coaches what will be the new name of the HAU team, they [coaches] suggested two names – Guardians and Spartans. Though most athletes liked Spartans; they preferred to use Guardians since it [Spartans] has already been used by the Lyceum. The color gold in the new name is also the color of HAU. To win a gold medal is also a reason why it has been used. Eventhough HAU’s known colors are maroon and gray, the coaches decided to use the color gold since the ‘UP Maroons’ uses the colormaroon.
The New Logo
From a ball with a wing stating Flyers, the new logo will have an angel wearing a helmet that handles a shield. There are two swords on the either side of the shield. It was designed by Michael Angelo Lagman, a CICT student. A c c o r d i n g to Mr. Arceo, the shield
is based on t h e HAU logo. They decided to put a he l m e t because it is a general costume of an athlete. The two swords represent the student athletes. They [student athletes] have two goals – to finish their studies, and to be the best athlete. According to Mr. Arceo, the name ‘Golden Guardians’ was already noted to the Office of Student Affairs (OSA) and he said “they like the concept.”