The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) granted the University of San Jose-Recoletos (USJ-R) two more years to be autonomous. This means that USJ-R can implement changes or make new course offerings without the approval of CHED until 2021 according to VP Academics Rev. Fr. Leo Alaras, OAR. "Once the School Board approves, we only need…
Only 2,075 out of the 14,492 takers passed the October 2019 Certified Public Accountant Licensure Examination (CPALE) according to the results published by the Professional Regulation Commission on October 22. The national passing rate this time is down to 14. 32% from 16.46% in the May 2019 exams. The USJ-R CPA Review Center has a higher passing rate…
The bridge connecting Barangay Mambaling to the South Road Properties along F. Vestil Street has been inaugurated as the Scoutmaster Sergio P. Damazo, Jr. Bridge on September 30. The inauguration was spearheaded by the Cultural and Historical Affairs Commission (CHAC) of the Cebu City Government. It was attended by City Mayor Edgardo Labella and Vice Mayor Michael Rama as well. Damazo was…
To celebrate the feast day of St. Ezekiel Moreno, employees of the University of San Jose - Recoletos gather at the Basak Campus to launch their annual Recoletos de Cebu Sportsfest. "Let us not limit the giving of our unselfish service within our classrooms and our offices only but let us strive to show our…
Third-year nursing student Meryl Katriel Pedroza won the Best Paper in Podium Presentation at the 2nd Biennial International Conference on Nursing Education, Innovation and Research (ICNEIR) on August 3. She represented USJ-R in the student category. Her study is entitled "The Dynamics of Socio-Economic Dimensions of Violence Against Women: Global View Through Cluster Analysis." Data from the top…
The first place of the Philippine Institute of Certified Accountants (PICPA) Accounting Quiz Bowl Level 2 was bagged by a Josenian team on July 17. It is composed of Shiena Rose Vilbar, Mary Belle Cane, John Karlo Caminero, Dhan Michael Olmilla and Francis Honorato Matmat. Meanwhile, the USJ-R Level 1 team placed sixth. It is…
Beginning this week, German lessons will be taught for free to Josenians by Filipino-Swiss volunteer Julian Charles Wegmüller. According to the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS), he is the first visiting professor to teach German at the University of San Jose-Recoletos. He is in Cebu to spend his summer vacation. In Switzerland, the summer months are…
Josenian Jacob Rizada took the sixth spot of the May 2019 Certified Public Accountant (CPA) Licensure Examination. His exam rating is 87.33 — the highest examination rating among all Cebu graduates who took the three day examination on May 12, 19, and 20. In October 2018, he finished Bachelor of Science in Accountancy and graduated Cum Laude in…
Representatives of various colleges and universities in three Visayan regions were oriented on the systems for the disbursement and monitoring of the Tertiary Education Subsidy (TES) for the current academic year. Over three hundred scholarship coordinators and administrators of Higher Education Institutions (HEI) from regions VI, VII, and VIII attended the said activity on March 16. It…
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…
University of San Jose - Recoletos
Year Founded 1947