Eighteen professionals from Region VIII were conferred with their masteral degrees on Business Management (MBM) by the University of San Jose-Recoletos (USJ-R) on May 3. They are the first batch of Josenian MBM graduates from an off-campus program in the Eastern Visayas. The class is composed of officers from various electric cooperatives which are member-organizations…
After receiving his diploma, ETEEAP graduate John Carlo Barbac bent his knees on stage the Recoletos Coliseum and asked his girlfriend to marry him. Lanie Mae Marianito, 24, vehemently said "yes". They have been together as a couple for three years. In an interview, Barbac told USJ-R that he set three conditions on himself before…
To become a disaster-resilient institution, around two-hundred office professionals of the University of San Jose-Recoletos underwent a training on disaster risk reduction and management (DRRM). The activity aims to equip the university employees with the knowledge and skills on how to respond in case of emergency situations in school like fire and earthquake. Safety and…
The University of San Jose - Recoletos condemns the mass shooting incident today (April 11) at a coffee shop where two were killed and two others were injured. Click here to read about the incident: 2 killed, 2 wounded in a Cebu coffee shop pre-dawn shooting One of the baristas wounded is a 4th year…
Five hundred Josenian students finished a year-long youth development program dubbed as the Young Minds Academy (YMA) program, which was integrated in the Civic Welfare Training Service (CWTS). Ten school and community-based projects were already implemented this semester while 40 more project proposals are to be implemented. Project Location Section Project Name Specific Location Beneficiaries Project Goal…
Six Cebu-based universities collaborated to launch the regional celebration of the International Year of Indigenous Languages (IYIL) as prescribed by the United Nations. The celebration is expected to strengthen and reinforce the many standard-setting tools adopted by the international community which include specific provisions to promote and protect indigenous languages. This after a UNESCO report stated that 40% of the estimated…
To increase the demand to stop single-use plastic, Greenpeace brought environmental speakers as well as the crew of their Rainbow Warrior ship to share to Josenians the horrid impact of plastic on the planet. Greenpeace campaigner Abigail Aguilar shared that recycling is not enough. She quoted a study stating that only 9% of the manufactured…
Strengthening "bridges and ladders" in the context of Philippine Catholic Education was the central topic of the 2019 National Higher Education Commission (NHEC) Summit attended by college and university representatives of CEAP member-schools. CEAP or the Catholic Educational Association of the Philippines is the national association of Catholic educational institutions in the country. Now, it has…
Law graduates can now take their Master of Law in Cebu regardless from which school they graduated from. This after the University of San Jose-Recoletos (USJ-R) signed a consortium agreement on February 8 with the San Sebastian College - Recoletos (SCCR) to offer Master of Laws, also known as Legum Magister (LL.M). "What’s unique about…
The highest official of the Order of Augustinian Recollects (OAR) encouraged the Josenian community members to be creators of communion during his visit at the University of San Jose - Recoletos (USJ-R) on February 21. Prior General Fray Miguel Miró of the OAR expressed this in front of the administrators, teaching and non-teaching staff of…
University of San Jose - Recoletos
Year Founded 1947