Assumption College

Assumption College
Established	1940 in Herran, Manila and tranferred to San Lorenzo, Makati in 1958.
Type	Private women's college, Roman Catholic
Location	San Lorenzo Drive, San Lorenzo Village, Makati City, Philippines
Website	www.assumption.edu.ph

The Assumption College is a private, Catholic women's college in Makati City, Philippines established in 1959. It provides education from pre-school to graduate level.

History

Saint Marie Eugenie Milleret de Brou established the Congregation of the Religious of the Assumption as a means to make a Christian transformation of society through education.

The Congregation of the Religious of the Assumption was founded in Paris on the 30th of April 1839, by Saint Marie Eugenie Milleret de Brou (1817-1898).

The Religious of the Assumption first came to the Philippines in 1892. At the request of Queen Maria Cristina of Spain, they established the Superior Normal School for Women Teachers in Intramuros in 1892 which pioneered women education in the Philippines. Among its first and only graduates were Rosa Sevilla de Alvero, Foundress of the Instituto de Mujeres; Librada Avelino and Carmen de Luna, who founded Centro Escolar University. At the outbreak of the Revolution of 1898 the operation of the school was stopped and the Sisters returned to Europe.

At the request of St. Pius X, a group of English-speaking Assumption Sisters returned to Manila in 1904. With the group of Sisters were Mother Helen Margaret as Superior, and Mother Rosa Maria who subsequently spent sixty-one of her seventy years of religious life in the Religious of the Assumption in the Far East. The Sisters opened the Assumption Convent in Herran-Dakota, Malate, as an elementary and secondary school. A College Department was added in 1940.

World War II destroyed practically the whole school in the liberation of Manila in 1945. Classes resumed in quonset huts and in a battered auditorium in Herran. Mother Rosa Maria brought Assumption Manila back to its feet and relaunched it in 1947 when reconstruction began. The College reopened in 1948.

In 1958, the sisters opened Assumption San Lorenzo in Makati to ease the ever-increasing student population. The College was moved there in 1959.

After some time, the Herran site was sold as the area was becoming a commercial center in a tourist belt and was no longer conducive to learning. In 1972-73, four of the San Lorenzo teachers were transferred to pave the way for merging elementary schools and secondary schools of Herran and San Lorenzo. In 1973-74, the Herran and San Lorenzo schools fused: the High School and the College were based in San Lorenzo while the Preschool and Grade School briefly occupied Herran, then temporarily moved to San Lorenzo in June, 1974. Finally the Grade School settled in Antipolo along Sumulong Highway on September 11, 1974. The Preschool stayed with the High School and College of San Lorenzo. However the distance between Antipolo and Manila became a problem to parents who wanted Assumption education for their children. The persistent appeal of the alumni and parents to re-open the elementary level in San Lorenzo was heeded. Grade 1 was re-opened in 1981 and starting school year 1988-89 grade levels were added until the San Lorenzo Grade School graduated its first Grade 7 students in March 1993.

In line with the spirit of Vatican II, and in response to the call of the Church in the Second Plenary Council of the Philippines and the needs of the country, the Assumption in the Philippines has moved towards the rural areas and the under-privileged sector, without abandoning the education of the upper/middle classes. The majority of its schools, campus ministries, and community development works are now among farmers, tribal minorities, and the urban poor.

The Milleret School of Business and Management for Women

The Milleret School of Business and Management for Women includes the following professors in its full-time faculty as of May 2008:

• Mr. Ricardo Cruz, Coordinator of BS Management: majors in Corporate Business and International Business
• Ms. Rubyrose U. Barrientos
• Ms. Myrna S. Cortes
• Mr. Frederick A. Halcon, former Director of the Interdisciplinary Business Studies Program of De La Salle University Manila
• Ms. Gilda Socorro C. Salita, Coordinator, BSBA: major in Marketing Management and Human Resource Development & Management; and BS Entrepreneurship

Its Associate Dean is Ma. Corazon T. Lopez, Ph.D.

Degree programs

• Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education Major in Early Childhood Education
• Bachelor of Science in Communications Major in Media Production
• Bachelor of Science in Interior Design
• Bachelor in Management Major in Corporate Business
• Bachelor in Management Major in International Business
• Bachelor of Science in Entrepreneurship
• Bachelor of Science in Business Administration major in Marketing Management
• Bachelor of Science in Business Administration major in Human Resources Management

• Basic Education^[1]
  • High School (1st Year to 4th Year)
  • Grade School
    • Elementary (Grades 1 to 7)
    • Pre-school

Notable alumni

• Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo - President of the Philippines; former Vice President, Social Welfare Secretary, Senator, and Trade Undersecretary
• Loren Legarda - Senator of the Philippines; former broadcast journalist at ABS-CBN Network and ABC-5 Network
• Alexandra Prieto-Romualdez - President, Philippine Daily Inquirer; Ten Outstanding Women in Nation-building Awardee 2007
• Teresa Aquino-Oreta - former Senator of the Philippines and Malabon-Navotas Representative; youngest sister of former Senator Benigno Aquino, Jr.
• Leah Navarro - singer and political activist
• Thelma De Lara Dumpit-Murillo - Deputy Executive Director of CITEM, broadcaster, former News Anchor PTV-4 and ABC-5, Distinguished Daughter of the Province of La Union, former columnist The Manila Times and contributing writer for the Philippine Star
• Judy Araneta-Roxas
• Teresita Daza-Baltazar - Commissioner, Presidential Anti-Graft Commission (PAGC)
• Teresita Sy-Coson - President, SM Prime Holdings Inc.; Chairman, Banco de Oro Universal Bank
• Marilou Diaz-Abaya - President, Asia Pacific Film Institute
• Marixi Prieto - Chief Executive Officer, Philippine Daily Inquirer
• Maria Teresa Gustilo-Villasor - Chief Clinical Psychologist, Makati Medical Center
• Rosario Bulaong-Nañagas - Chief, Human Resources Department, Joaquin Cunanan Accounting Firm
• Regina Paz Lopez - founder and chairperson, Bantay Bata Foundation; sister of Eugenio Lopez III
• Lourdes De Leon-Buenaventura - Director, TOEIC (Test of English for International Communication)
• Margarita A. Fores - Executive Chef and Owner, Cibo and Cafe Bola Restaurants
• Cheri Mercado-Santos - News Anchor, ABC-5; former field reporter, ABS-CBN Network
• Liza S. Reyes - correspondent, ABS-CBN Network
• Nicole Hyala - disc jockey in Love Radio
• Madra Mandicencio - Editor in Chief of Wired Magazine, Spanish edition
• Michelle Dayrit-Soliven - President and Creative Director, Miladay Jewels
• Isabel Preysler - socialite
• Hannelore Aquino Arno - Miss International Hawaii 1997; Model
• Nicole Fonacier - former MTV VJ, Dove Campaign for Real Beauty Maven, events host
• Jennifer Paragas Teves - 2004 Ten Outstanding Students of the Philippines, 2007 Master of Science in Experimental Psychology -University of Louisiana at Monroe, 2005 Benigno Aquino Jr. Award for Nationalism
• Tracy Abad - radio jock, commercial model, sportscaster and TV host
• Maria Lourdes Grace Basabas (Lougee Basabas)- band vocalist MOJOFLY, TV host Eat Bulaga, commercial model - undergraduate
• Denise Cole - Commercial model
• Paula Mariz S. Ferrer (2005)- corporate brander, Servant Leader for Young Life Org..
• Patricia Sim- Architect
• Therese Reyes- Co-Founder of Poshpit, Media and Fashion Mogul
• Isabella Escano - Future news anchor, Soon-to-be Equine Veterinarian in Australia, Former Cover girl of Teen Vogue, Actress

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