Year: 2017

Tuesday, March 14, 2017 The University of San Jose-Recoletos is now an official venue of an English proficiency test which is a vital requirement in going to English-speaking countries. USJ-R President Fr. Cristopher Maspara, OAR signed an agreement yesterday with Maria Aurora Dela Viña, country director of the International Development Program (IDP), making USJ-R as…

Friday, March 3, 2017 Senior high school students of the University of San Jose-Recoletos will soon have a chance to experience cultural and academic immersion in a city located in Hiroshima, Japan. This after USJ-R President Fr. Cristopher Maspara, OAR signed an agreement with Mr. Kobayashi Toshiyuki, principal of Onomichi Commercial Senior High School, earlier…

Monday, Feb. 13, 2017 USJ-R has forged an agreement with its sister school based in Bogota, Colombia for an “international academic cooperation.” USJ-R President Fr. Cristopher Maspara, OAR signed the agreement with Fr. Carlos Alberto Villabona Vargas, OAR, president of Universitaria Agustiniana (also called UniAgustiniana), during a forum with USJ-R religious and lay administrators last…

Monday, Feb. 13, 2017 Ten selected Josenian engineering students were sent to Japan from Jan. 30 to Feb. 5 to experience firsthand cutting-edge Japanese nanotechnology, the branch of technology that deals with dimensions on an atomic scale. Dr. Virgilio Abellana, who accompanied the students to Japan, said their educational trip (including their hotel accommodation and…

Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017 Twenty-one Japanese executives visited USJ-R and had a dialogue with its administrators and students yesterday afternoon as part of an official business trip. Mr. Shiro Muramoto, adviser of the Muramoto Audio-Visual Philippines and head of the Japanese delegation, said the 21 executives who joined the “business mission” to the country had…

Monday, Feb. 6, 2017 The University of San Jose-Recoletos forged a partnership with the American University of Sovereign Nations (AUSN) for “academic scholarly exchange” and “collaborative articulation.” USJ-R President Fr. Cristopher Maspara OAR signed the agreement with AUSN President Dr. Darryl Macer last Feb. 3 to “mutually promote cooperation and scholarly advancements in the fields…

Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017 The University of San Jose-Recoletos will spearhead a weeklong training that will spread awareness on the importance of observing ethical practices while doing research. The ethical research practices training, slated from Jan. 30 to Feb. 4, will be handled by foreign advocates of ethical research practices Dr. Darryl Raymund Johnson Macer…