Far Eastern University (FEU) () in the City of Manila, West Sampaloc, University Belt area is a nonsectarian, private university in the Philippines. It was founded as a domestic educational institution in 1928 and incorporated in 1933, being the 6th oldest university in the Philippines and the 4th oldest private, non-sectarian university in the country based on its extant university charter.
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FEU was once dubbed as the ?Largest University in Asia,? with an almost 50,000-student population in the early 1950s.[1]
The university is also one of the pioneers of accountancy education in the Philippines. It has programs in architecture, fine arts, the arts and sciences, commerce, education, engineering and technology, graduate research, law, nursing, and medicine.
Among its alumni are former Supreme Court Chief Justice Artemio Panganiban of the Institute of Law, business tycoon Henry Sy of the Institute of Arts and Sciences, renowned athlete Lydia de Vega-Mercado of the Institute of Education, among others.
One of the major additions to FEU's facilities is the newly inaugurated Technology Building II, a modern nine-storey building that houses FEU East Asia College and IARFA. Recently, the university received a UNESCO Heritage award for having the largest ensemble of preserved art deco buildings in the country.
The university also has ISO certification (9001:2000).
The Far Eastern University traces its roots to the Institute of Accountancy, founded in 1928 by a group of educators led by Dr. Nicanor Reyes Sr., then head of the Department of Economics at the University of the Philippines. With Dr. Reyes were Dr. Francisco Dalupan (who later founded the Philippine College of Commerce and Business Administration in 1946, now known as the University of the East), Professor Antonio Aquino, Emmanuel Deymek and Clemente Uson, all professors at the UP Department of Economics.
The Institute of Accountancy initially offered a three-year non-degree program designed to meet the minimum requirements for the certified public accountant (CPA) board examination. The Institute then branched out to other fields of study, business administration, economics, banking, and finance. One year after its founding, the school became the Institute of Accounts, Business, and Finance (IABF).
Earlier, in 1919, the Far Eastern College, which offered courses in the liberal arts, was founded in Quiapo originally by Don Vicente Fabella (he later made a revival of Far Eastern College and named it as Jose Rizal College).
In 1933, the IABF and the Far Eastern College merged and officially became the Far Eastern University.[1]
Under FEU, the Far Eastern College became the Institute of Arts and Sciences, while the Institute of Accounts, Business and Finance retained its name. The Institute of Law was established in 1934, and two years later, the Institute of Technology was established. From the initial 117 students, population grew to 11,000 just before the war. Then Philippine President Manuel L. Quezon hailed and called FEU "the best non-sectarian institution in the country."[1]
A cigarette factory on the corner of Azcarraga (now Claro M. Recto Avenue) and M. Lorenzo (now Quezon Boulevard) streets in downtown Manila was the first building of the University. The factory stood on a four-hectare lot which FEU bought and developed into a campus known for its Art Deco design.[2]
The Japanese Imperial Army Kempetai seized and occupied the FEU compound during the Pacific War. Japanese forces burned and destroyed the University's records, books, and facilities, sparing only the buildings, which they used as a concentration camp. Many executions of top Filipino leaders in resistance to Japanese occupation, like that of Josefa Llanes Escoda and her colleagues were conducted on campus. The Japanese are also said to have killed Dr. Nicanor Reyes and some members of his family.
FEU reopened during the second semester of 1945. After embarking on an expansion program of physical plant and facilities to accommodate its growing student population and to cope with the demands of the times, FEU focused on improved instruction and training qualified students by establishing the Institute of Graduate Studies in 1958. Various curricula were also reviewed leading to new academic programs. It became a listed corporation () in the Philippine Stock Exchange on July 11, 1986.
The present acting President is Dr. Lydia B. Echauz who replaced Dr. Edilberto De Jesus after he was appointed Secretary of the Department of Education by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, the second time that an FEU executive was appointed Education Secretary.
Under the leadership of the Chairman Emeritus Dr. Lourdes Reyes-Montinola, a foundation was created to shoulder expenses for the studies of faculty members here and abroad. International linkages and exchange programs were forged to further educational programs.
The University Seal
The FEU coat-of-arms was conceptualized in 1933 as the official seal of the university and is still being used at present with minor alterations in its shape (oval) and founding year (1928). The standard consists of an eight-pointed golden star representing the first eight main academic disciplines offered by the University. The heraldic supporter is a Sarimanok motif, in full color, projecting the nationalistic spirit upon which the University was founded. It also serves as the link between the past and the present. The FEU alphabet fonts are patterned after the pre-colonial Philippine script or ?baybayin.? The same font was used by the nationalist pre-war periodicals El Renacimiento and Renacimiento Filipino.[3]
The Tamaraw is the mascot of every FEU athletic team, hence, is the pet name of every FEU student (Tams). Known scientifically as ?Bubalus mindorensis?, it is a rare animal found only in the island of Mindoro. The Tamaraw is one of the most intelligent, pugnacious, and aggressive of Philippine animal species.[3] The University colors are green and gold. Gold represents the golden opportunity for the University to serve the youth and for her alumni to serve the country. Green is for hope, representing the founder?s "fair hope of the fatherland."
Presidents
Nicanor I. Reyes Sr. (1934-1942)
Hermenigildo B. Reyes (1945-1946)
Clemente Q. Uson (1946-1949)
Vidal A. Tan (1949-1952)
Teodoro T. Evangelista (1952-1970)
Nicanor M. Reyes Jr. (1970-1985)
Josephine Cojuangco-Reyes (1985-1989)
Felixberto C. Sta. Maria (1989-1995)
Edilberto C. de Jesus (1995-2002)
Lydia B. Echauz (2002-present)
Campus
The FEU campus in downtown Manila is largest cluster of Art Deco structures in the Philippines designed by National Artist for Architecture Pablo Antonio and contains rare art collections from renowned Filipino artists like Carlos ?Botong? Francisco, Fernando Amorsolo, Antonio Dumlao, Simon Saulog, Solomon Saprid and Italian sculptor Francesco Monti.[4]
In September 2005, out of ten institutional entries from eleven countries in the Asia-Pacific region, FEU won the Honorable Citation Award from the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Awards for Culture Heritage Conservation.
Institute of Accounts, Business and Finance, University Central Library, Electronic Library, Administrative Offices, Academic Rooms (IABF), Post Office
FEU - East Asia College, Institute of Architecture and Fine Arts, Academic Rooms (IARFA, College of Computer Studies (FEU-EAC)), College of Engineering (FEU-EAC)
Nursing Building
Institute of Nursing, IN-Associate in Health Science Education, Computer Labs, Nursing Based Academic Rooms (IN, AHSE), FEU-IN Virtual Laboratory
Schools of FEU
Institute of Accounts, Business and Finance (IABF) - LEVEL III
Institute of Architecture and Fine Arts (IARFA) - LEVEL II
Institute of Arts and Sciences (IAS) - LEVEL III
Institute of Education (IE) - LEVEL II
Institute of Nursing (IN) - Virtual Nursing Lab, Joint Commmission compliant, First in the Philippines
College of Computer Studies (CCS) - EAC - LEVEL III Center of Development in I.T. Education
College of Engineering (CoE) - EAC - LEVEL II
Institute of Medicine (IM) - NRMF - LEVEL III Center of Excellence in Medical Education
School of Medical Technology - NRMF - LEVEL III
School of Physical Therapy - NRMF - LEVEL III
IT and Business School - FERN - LEVEL I
Basic Education - FERN
Research Centers
University Research Center (URC) - a university-based research and extension unit that aims to foster a culture of research in the university. The URC facilitates the production of research through funding, research capability-building, research information dissemination, linkages and publication.
Center for Studies on the Urban Environment (SURE) - created in response to continuing degradation of the urban environment most especially in the inner cities. As its initial major project, the Center organized in November 2000 the "International Conference on Megacities in the 21st Century," It gathered speakers from Asian and Western Countries who shared their knowledge and experience in Urban renewal and development.
Center for Teaching Excellence (CENTEX) - it aims to improve instructional delivery and enhancing the educational experience for all students.
Center for Testing and Evaluation (CTE) - a unit of the University under the Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs, it provides primary support for testing and evaluating students in choosing their programs of study, thus ensuring their suitability and meritorious performance in the program throughout their stay in the academe.
Publications
The Advocate (Official Student Publication of Far Eastern University)
Ambon
Arts and Sciences Review
IABF Podium
IAS Paragon (Official Publication of the Institute of Arts and Sciences)
Cultural Forum
FEU-CSO Report
FEU Journal
FEU Newsletter
Tambuli (administrative publication)
The Lamp (Official Publication of the Institute of Nursing)
Transition (published annually by the President's Committee on Culture)
University Student Organizations
Advocate: The Official Student Publication of FEU
Art Theatre Clinique (ATC)
Architectural Students' Association of the Philippines, Inc.
Biology Society
College Y Club
Economics Assembly (IABF)
Economics Society (IAS)
English Language Circle
Environmental Society
FEU Central Student Organization
FEU Chorale
FEU Theater Guild
IABF Honor Society
IABF Student Council
IARFA Student Council
IAS Chorale
IAS Dance Troupe
IAS Paragon
IAS Student Council
IAS Tower
IAS Writers Guild
IE Student Council
IN Student Council
Junior Marketing Association
Junior Philippine Institute of Accountants
League of Advertising Students
Literature Society
Management Society
Mass Communication Society
Mathematics Society
Negotiorum Lex
Oratorical and Debate Council
Organization of Junior Finance Executives
Political Science Society
Psychology Society
Public Speaking Chamber
Society of Computer Secretarial
Tamaraw Volunteers
Tourism Management Society
United Architects of the Philippines Student Auxiliary
Philippine Senator, Manila Mayor, founded the City College of Manila and the Museo ng Maynila
Eddie Ilarde
former Philippine Senator
Wenceslao Lagumbay
former Philippine Senator
Neptali Gonzales II
former Majority Floor Leader of the Philippine House of Representatives, former Senate President of the Philippines, former Mandaluyong Mayor, created the Rizal Technological University
Crescensio Abad
War Veteran and Death March survivor of World War II
former Chairwoman of the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG)
Edilberto Sandoval
Associate Justice of Sandiganbayan
Ernesto Garrido
BS Foreign Service 1954, first Filipino elected to the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board and the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions[5]
Manuel Collantes
Ll.B. 1940, former Secretary of Foreign Affairs, former Ambassador to the United Nations
former Commanding General of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP)
Samuel Ong
former Deputy Director, National Bureau of Investigation (NBI)
Sedfrey Ordonez
Ll.B. 1946, 1970 delegate Philippine Constitutional Convention, former Solicitor General and Secretary of Justice, former Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the United Nations, former Chairman of the Commission on Human Rights
Eubulo Verzola
former Justice of the Court of Appeals, former Director of the Senate Public Information and Media Relations Office
Fermin Martin Jr.
Ll.B. 1955, former Associate Justice of the Court of Appeals
Jesus Elbinas
former Presiding Justice of the Court of Appeals
Salome Montoya
Ll.B. 1954, Presiding Justice of the Court of Appeals
John Choa
Ambassador at Large to the Territory of Guam, USA
Ophelia Balcos
first woman and first Asian to Chair the Human Rights Commission of the State of Minneapolis[5]
Rolando Cordero, Architect
first City Architect of Metro Manila, designed the CAMANAVA master plan[5]
Francisca Aquino
1962 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee for Government Service
Custodio Parlade
President Emeritus of the Philippine Dispute Resolution Centre
Gerardo Espina Sr
Member of the Consultative Commission on Charter Change
Juanito Recio
Public Information Office Director, Civil Service Commission
John Bayarong
Director, Subic Bay Arts Center; Chairman, Union of Journalists of the Philippines
BS in Commerce (1946), former Philippine Ambassador to China & Japan,
CEO Yuchengco Group of Companies, Chairman Mapua Institute of Technology
Menardo Jimenez
BS in Commerce (1952), former President and CEO, GMA Network Inc.
Alejandro Roces
Chairman, Colegio de San Agustin, Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila, St. Louis University and St. Mary's University; Member, Philippine National Bank Board; former CEO, Associated Broadcasting Corporation (ABC-5); former Editor-in-Chief, The Manila Times; former Dean of the Institute of Arts and Sciences
Benjamin Punongbayan
CEO, Punongbayan & Araullo
Ramon Sy
BS in Commerce (1952), Chairman Ramsy Corporation, President CEO International Exchange Bank, President Mega Link Inc., Director St. Lukes Medical Center & St. Lukes Medical School
Alfredo Parungao
BS in Commerce (1956) - Summa Cum Laude, Senior VP and Chief Finance Officer Fort Bonifacio, President CEO Philcom
Ramon Ang
President, San Miguel Corporation
Wilfrido Tecson
BS in Commerce major in Accounting - Summa Cum Laude, Co-founder Solid Bank
former Vice President China Bank, former President and CEO Equitable Bank, current Trustee Asian Institute of Management
Renato Paras
BS in Commerce major in Accounting (1949) Summa Cum Laude, FEU scholar to Columbia University - MS in Accounting, Trustee FERN Realty Corp., IBM Philippines, Philippine Women's University
Teresita Turla
BS Commerce major in Accounting 1958, Vice President Insular Bank of Asia and America, President PCI Capital Corporation, Chair Multigrade Securities Corporation
Carmelita Nepomuceno
Vice President, United Coconut Planters Bank
Carlos Palanca, Jr.
former Chairman of the Board, La Tondeña, Inc.; Lepanto Consolidated Mining Co.; Beneficial Life Insurance Co., Inc.; Filipinas Synthetic Fiber Corporation; Manila Peninsula Hotel, Inc.; Peggy Mills, Inc.; Philippine Oil and Geothermal Energy, Inc. former President, La Tondeña, Inc.; BA-Lepanto Building Corp.; Philippine Koyo Bearing Corp. former Director, Far East Bank and Trust Company; AG&P Industrial, Corp.; Binalbagan-Isabela Sugar, Corp.; Commonwealth Foods, Inc.; Philippine Associated Smelting and Refining Corp.; Private Development Corp. of the Philippines; Trans-Philippine Investment Corp.
Angel Palanca
Foremost Filipino Industrialist and Philanthrophist
George Yang
President and CEO, McDonalds Philippines Corp.
Jose Antonio Mañosa
Internationally renowned Architect. A graduate from the Institute of Architecture and Fine Arts
Sonny Dalapo
Cum Laude, Certified Public Accountant/ SAP Consultant/ Sr Accounting Analyst, Saudi Aramco, KSA
Sports
Lydia De Vega-Mercado
Gold medalist, Asian Games, New Delhi, 1982
Elma Muros-Posadas
Southeast Asian Games Gold Medalist
Haydee Coloso-Espino
Gold Medalist, Swimming, Manila Asiad, 1954
Anthony Villanueva
Gave the Philippines its FIRST Silver Medal in the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.
Marestella Torres
23rd SEA Games Gold Medalist, Manila Philippines; Silver medalist, Women?s Long Jump, 16th Asian Athletic Championships, Korea, 2005
Arnel Ferrera
23rd SEA Games Record Holder Gold Medalist, Hammer Throw, Manila Philippines
Mark Denver Atienza
23rd SEA Games Gold Medalist Fencing, Manila Philippines
Brian Peralta
23rd SEA Games Bronze Medalist Dancesport, Manila Philippines
Jayson Gonzales
22nd SEA Games Gold Medalist Chess, Vietnam; International Master
Veronica Domingo
22nd SEA Games, Gold Medalist Taekwondo, Vietnam
Lerma Bulauitan
Gold Medalist 2003 Asian Grand Prix, Manila Philippines
Gold Medalist 6th Asian Games, Silver Medalist 1971 Asian Boxing Champion, Olympian 1972 Munich Olympics, Philippines Amateur Boxing of the Year 1970-1972, Araullo High School's Most Outstanding Alumnus in Sports 1993
Shooting Guard for Red Bull Barako and average 18 points per game in his stint with the FEU Tams.
Mass Media and Entertainment
Lucila Hosillos, PhD
AB English 1958, 2001 Outstanding Scholar Cambridge England, 1999 Centennial Awardee for Literature Manila, 1987 Asean Awardee for Literary Works Bangkok
Rosa Rosal
1999 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee for Public Service, Veteran Actress & Philanthropist
1980 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee for Journalism, Literature, Creative Communication Arts & Author
Lina Diaz de Rivera
1996 Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awardee for Literature
Azucena Uranza
1990 Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awardee for Literature
Jesus Q. Cruz
two-time Carlos Palanca Memorial Awardee for Literature (1981,1983), former music and drama critic of the Philippine Star
Joe Buhain
1969 Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awardee for Literature, 1979 CCP 10th anniversary playwriting contest grand prizewinner, 1977 FAMAS awardee for best screenplay
Anacleta Encarnacion, PhD
1st Filipina scholar to study Shakespeare and Elizabethan Drama at the Shakespeare Institute, Department of Extramural Studies, University of Birmingham England, FEU professor
Poet, Journalist, Foreign & Environment editor of the defunct Manila Chronicle,
media consultant to the Philippine Board of Investments and the Department of Finance
Binibining Pilipinas-Tourism titleholder, commercial model, one of the models of kapamilya deal or no deal, pinoy big brother season 2 third big placer
Educational Administration and Teaching
Agustin Benitez
1959 BAR Topnotcher (1st place), former Dean of College of Law and Vice-president University of the East
Epifania Claur
Associate Professor, Human Kinetics Program, University of the Philippines - Baguio
Ed Vincent Albino
Dean College of Law, University of Perpetual Help; Law Professor San Beda College of Law, Adamson University, Perpetual Help College of Law
Arsenio Pascual Jr
Lecturer in Medical Jurisprudence, College of Law, University of the Philippines
Federico Silao
Professor, School of Urban and Regional Planning, University of the Philippines
Rita Chang, PhD
Faculty in Mathematics & Social Science, Robert Morris College, Chicago
Luz DeGuzman
Assistant Professor, Mercy College, New York
Sonia Reyes
Adjunct Faculty, City College of San Francisco
Ana C. Kong
University Professor of Communication, Governors State University in Illinois
Wilbert Ching
Lecturer in Allied Health and Medical Assisting, Quienbaug Valley Community College
Roman Alvarez, EdD
Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership & Counseling, Prairie View A & M University - Member of the Texas A&M University System, Texas
Flordeliza Castro, EdD
Commissioner, Philippine Association of Colleges & Universities - Commission on Accreditation
Vice president Philippine Association for Teacher Education
Josefina De Jesus, EdD
Chief Secondary Education Division - Department of Education, President Philippine Association of Chiefs and Assistant Chiefs of Secondary Education
Rosalinda Evangelista
Chair Philippine Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Associate Commissioner of the Philippine Regulatory Commission
Lucila Tibigar, EdD
BS Ed 1950, Director of the National Educational Testing Research Center
Nursing
Abelardo G. Andrada,USRN, BSN
BSN FEU Class 1982, Head Nurse of Urology and Kidney Transplant, Riyadh Military Hospital, Patient Care Coordinator, San Francisco Medical Center. New York State RN, California State RN, Clinical Nurse Cardiothoracic Stepdown Unit. NY, NY
Aldrin Vasquez
BS Nursing 2007, Designer of the FEU-IN VINES Laboratory Logo, FEU-IN
BS Nursing 2007, Top 7 Phillipine Nurse Licensure Examination June 2007
Vanessa Lucas Santos, RN
BS Nursing 2007, Top 9 Phillipine Nurse Licensure Examination June 2007
Roanne Manzon Mendoza, RN
BS Nursing 2007, Top 10 Phillipine Nurse Licensure Examination June 2007
Relloyd Lopez, RN
BS Nursing 2005, Assistant Nurse Unit Manager - Unit Clinical Educator, St. Luke's Medical Center
Ladea Tan, RN
BS Nursing 2006, Top 7 Phillipine Nurse Licensure Examination June 2006
Fortune Kennedy, R.N.
BS Nursing 1964 Cum Laude, Director of the Nurses of Veterans Affairs Foundation, Program Chief of the Central Office and the Department of Veteran Affairs
Araceli Antonio, RN
Assistant Director-Vocational Nursing Program, NCP Vocational School, South San Francisco
Arthur P. Cantos, RN
BSN FEU Class 1979, former Nurse Manager, Cardio-thoracic Unit, University of California, San Francisco Medical Center. San Francisco, CA.; President and CEO, Bayani Nurse Consulting Agency and Bayani Nurse Center, Inc.
Science
Ed Laguerta
Resident volcanologist of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs)
Elpidio Remigio, PhD
Postdoctoral research fellow, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan
Paciente A. Cordero, Jr. PhD
BS Botany 1963, 1979 Outstanding Young Men for his work on Marine Algae, Executive Director National Research Council of the Philippines, Department of Science and Technology
References
↑ abcd Lucila Amparo. History of the Far Eastern University. Thesis, M.A. in History, FEU - Institute of Graduate Studies. 1955
↑ Nick Agudo . . . [et al.]. Art and culture @ Far Eastern University. Sylvia Roces Montilla, editor-in-chief, production director; Alfredo Roces, book & jacket design; Rafael R. Montinolla, technical consultant; Philip Escudero, Neal Oshima, Alfredo Roces, photography. Published by the Far Eastern University in the City of Manila, 2003.
↑ abc Far Eastern University Alumni Achievers: Diamond Edition. Published by the Far Eastern University in the City of Manila, 2003.
Further Reading
Far Eastern University alumni achievers : diamond edition 2003. Published by the Far Eastern University in the City of Manila, 2003.
Art and culture @ Far Eastern University. Nick Agudo . . . [et al.]; Sylvia Roces Montilla, editor-in-chief, production director; Alfredo Roces, book & jacket design; Rafael R. Montinolla, technical consultant; Philip Escudero, Neal Oshima, Alfredo Roces, photography. Published by the Far Eastern University in the City of Manila, 2003.
FEU: the practical vision of Nicanor Reyes. By Beth Romulo, Philippine Panorama 32(10): 6 Mr 16, 2003
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