goodbye mapua, welcome malayan university?

[flakez]

from: http://www.mapua.edu.ph/announcements/mapua_malayan.asp

GOING FOR UNIVERSITY STATUS

In this day and age the multidisciplinary approach to solving problems has become the rule rather than the exception. Schools have adapted by allowing students to take more courses for credit across disciplines. They have designed courses where teamwork of students across departments is the norm. They have instituted new degree programs to develop intellectual capital across a wider range of academic fields of study. They have imbued their students with a broader outlook in appreciating the challenges of the day.

In the U.S. engineering education community, this multidisciplinary problem-solving approach is clearly reflected in the program outcomes advocated by the ABET. An academic degree program has to demonstrate that its graduates are "capable of functioning in multi-disciplinary teams" and that they "understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global and social context." In voluntarily subjecting ourselves to an ABET Certification process, we have made known to all and sundry that we subscribe to and espouse these outcomes.

The requirement of a General Education component by the CHED is a big help in this regard. But a school can do better than this by having degree programs in various other disciplines. The depth of its faculty in a discipline becomes significantly enhanced. If perchance a program’s development leads to the establishment of graduate degree programs, then this depth becomes unassailable.

Having faculty and expertise in individual disciplines is just a start. Things get to be more exciting and meaningful in the interplay of the various disciplines: biotechnology, computer science, electronics engineering and mechanical engineering; health sciences and information technology; business and technology; psychology and artificial intelligence; the social sciences and physical infrastructures; languages and computer science; all engineering and information technology; all engineering and environment, etc.

If knowledge be the currency of educational institutions, it would be hard to argue against an attempt to put scholarship and professional training on the foundation of a broader universe of academic degree programs and in the context of interacting bodies of knowledge. This is principally why the Mapua Institute of Technology is going for university status. As good as it is, the Institute could become an even better technology school with this move.

In transition, management has reserved the name Mapua Institute of Technology and its logo with the Department of Trade and Industry. Mapua Institute of Technology shall be the name of the university’s College of Engineering and Architecture. It shall be alongside other Colleges named after other personages, i.e., San Lorenzo Ruiz College of Health Sciences and E.T. Yuchengco College of Business and Management. The university itself shall be called Malayan University. In the transition, while we are trying to be eligible for university status, the collection of colleges shall be called Malayan Colleges. Accordingly we are now working to change the name of the corporation from Mapua Institute of Technology to Malayan Colleges. The CHED-NCR has just approved this corporate name change.

"Mapua" has been synonymous with quality engineering education for a long time. In preserving the precious name "Mapua", this can remain true moving forward, even as "Malayan", we hope, will eventually become synonymous with quality education in general.


Reynaldo B. Vea, Ph.D.
President

badtrip talaga yang mga hayop na yuchengco na yan. tsk tsk. pano na kaming mga alumni ng mapua. diba. syempre iba pa rin pag mapua un. para na lang mawawala ung school na pinagtapusan namin. una ung mapua high tapos ngayon naman eto. tsk tsk. sana man lang mapua university na lang. wag na nilang tanggalin ung pangalan na mapua. badtrip talaga.

[Karding]

Eh bakit nga naman hindi na lang ginawang Mapua University??

Kung gusto nilang gawing University, why not stick with Mapua University at gawin Malayan Colleges ang collective colleges?

I never went to Mapua, I highly respect the students from that school but Im outraged about the change. :fire:

[chieffy]

daming kong hs classmates na mapuan...siguradong naha h igh blood din mga iyon sa balitang iyan...

[1D4LV]

i work for a YGC company, pero ano kaya ang intention nila at palitan ang pangalan except for the fact na sa kanila yung school.

insitution na yan eh, and mapua is known as mapua, bakit kailangang palitan?

[BlueBimmer]

mom ko magna pa naman sa mapua tsk tsk

[baiskee]

mas maganda kung mapua pa rin. IMO

[mazdamazda]

Eh bakit nga naman hindi na lang ginawang Mapua University??

Kung gusto nilang gawing University, why not stick with Mapua University at gawin Malayan Colleges ang collective colleges?

I never went to Mapua, I highly respect the students from that school but Im outraged about the change. :fire:

it is because MAPUA is "just" known for its engineering courses.

now that they want to be a multi-disciplinary university, they also have to give focus on their other disciplines and having a new name might change the perception that MAPUA is only good in engineering.

and as said in the report, the MAPUA name will still be retained but for the engineering college only.

[stinkaboy]

sana hindi na lg palitan.

[carlocaraddict]

ano kaya magiging reaction ng friend ko na si Nikko Mapua? He told me na they are recieving royalties from RCBC or who ever handles the school now.

[mikaztro]

In transition, management has reserved the name Mapua Institute of Technology and its logo with the Department of Trade and Industry. Mapua Institute of Technology shall be the name of the university’s College of Engineering and Architecture. It shall be alongside other Colleges named after other personages, i.e., San Lorenzo Ruiz College of Health Sciences and E.T. Yuchengco College of Business and Management. The university itself shall be called Malayan University. In the transition, while we are trying to be eligible for university status, the collection of colleges shall be called Malayan Colleges. Accordingly we are now working to change the name of the corporation from Mapua Institute of Technology to Malayan Colleges. The CHED-NCR has just approved this corporate name change.

This is sick! Maybe the Yuchengcos don't know the true essence of being a true blooded Mapuan. True, Mapua is known for Engineering and Architecture but that doesn't mean that the other courses offered by MIT is not greater in excellence or of low quality. They could very well take the name "Mapua University" and make it synonymous with other famous colleges & universities that offer such course(Health Sciences, Business and Management, and ITs etc.

"Mapua" name is a tradition the signifies the excellence in Arts & Engineering. It has a long history way back in the days of Tomas Mapua as the FIRST Architect in the Philippines. Mapua Institute of Technology is a by-product of Massachusett Institute of Technology's teaching principles as espoused by Don Tomas himself.

The Yuchengco Group could have interjected the other courses and make them synoymous with Mapua's excellence in teaching its primary field.

The dawn has finally arrived for those who aspire to become Mapuan rather than a Malayan.

[rhops]

This will be sad day indeed (I myself a mapuan ). Iba na rin kasi ang recall ng "Mapua" eh. paano yan "Viva Malayan" na

[flakez]

This is sick! Maybe the Yuchengcos don't know the true essence of being a true blooded Mapuan. True, Mapua is known for Engineering and Architecture but that doesn't mean that the other courses offered by MIT is not greater in excellence or of low quality. They could very well take the name "Mapua University" and make it synonymous with other famous colleges & universities that offer such course(Health Sciences, Business and Management, and ITs etc.

"Mapua" name is a tradition the signifies the excellence in Arts & Engineering. It has a long history way back in the days of Tomas Mapua as the FIRST Architect in the Philippines. Mapua Institute of Technology is a by-product of Massachusett Institute of Technology's teaching principles as espoused by Don Tomas himself.

The Yuchengco Group could have interjected the other courses and make them synoymous with Mapua's excellence in teaching its primary field.

The dawn has finally arrived for those who aspire to become Mapuan rather than a Malayan.

tama pre, nakakainit ta;aga ng ulo. kahit na IT lang ako. hehehe. iba pa rin ang mapua. badtrip talaga. :fire: :arghhh:

[niwde11]

mike(fellow alumni), bad trip talaga yan. wala ba reaction ang NAMA. OT. para di sa nakakaalam, MIT use to offer non-engineering deg(sory at di na namin inabot yun).

[Karding]

it is because MAPUA is "just" known for its engineering courses.

now that they want to be a multi-disciplinary university, they also have to give focus on their other disciplines and having a new name might change the perception that MAPUA is only good in engineering.

and as said in the report, the MAPUA name will still be retained but for the engineering college only.

Kahit na baguhin yang name na yan, ang perception nga mga tao eh magaling ang mga taga Mapua as engineers. Kung mahusay din ang Mapua students sa ibang degree, only the students itself can prove themselves as worthy graduate of a multi-disciplinary university. They dont have to change the name para lang makilala sila. Saka kahit nga ang ibang University kahit multi-disciplinary, mas kilala pa din sila sa respective field nila.

[Altis6453]

Mga dudes, I don't presume to know the motives behind it. But, isn't Malayan the name of their (Yuchengco's) insurance company?

[1D4LV]

Mga dudes, I don't presume to know the motives behind it. But, isn't Malayan the name of their (Yuchengco's) insurance company?

yes. it's their non-life arm. meron ding building yan sa may ortigas... malayan plaza ang name.

[flakez]

yup, insurance company ata nila un. bat kaya un an pa. saka bat talaga kelangan pa.

agree ako kay karding, hindi na kelangan pa palitan para lang makilala. saka kilala na talaga mapua. saka ang lalabas sa diploma malayan, hindi mapua. so pano na ung mga engineering grads. wawa naman sila.

*niwde11, ewan ko lang kung may action na nama. pero mga prof daw walang magawa e. sabi kasi daw nasa admin sila. tsk tsk. mapuan na mapuan nga sila. badtrip talaga.

fellow mapuan grads. o kahit hindi. hehe.

www.notomalayan.tk

ewan ko kung may matutulong pa yan. pero sandali lang naman yan e. tulong tulong na lang tayo. ngayon ko lang nakita na ganito ang reaction ng mga mapuans.

[BlueGirl]

malayan? insurance ng honda un diba?..hehehe...ex-bf ko taga mapua malamang bad trip din un...ako naman nagtataka sa mapua bakit ginawang quarter-sem??? anyway, sana hindi nalang nila pinalitan....

[woulfe27]

Kick-out pala ako ng Malayan University (MU).

[CLAVEL3699]

Hirap nyan kung matagal na pinalitan tapos tatanungin ka sa ka graduate sabihin mo mapua saan school yun eh wala na kasi napalitan dami explanation.

Sana nga di na pinalitan. High praises pa naman pag graduate ka nang mapua.