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25-421: USLS was founded in 1952 by Br. Dennis Ruhland FSC, Br. Hugh Wester FSC, and Br. V. Felix Masson FSC. La Salle College-Bacolod opened with 175 male students from Prep to Grade 5, under seven faculty members. The school building was unimpressive, built amidst sprawling muddy grounds and bordered by cane fields of adjoining lands. In the 1960s, La Salle College-Bacolod expanded to provide College-level education. This

50-638: A clear mission. Quisumbing resigned as Secretary in December 1989, following the 1989 Philippine coup attempt , and was replaced by Isidro Carino. After leaving the Department of Education, Quisumbing has remained active in education initiatives in the Philippines and abroad, especially with UNESCO . She is permanent representative to UNESCO for the Philippine government. She was the founder and first President of

75-669: A partnership with Property Company of Friends, Inc. (Profriends). The Liceo–De La Salle Senior High School is located within the USLS La Salle Avenue (main) campus and offers grades 11 and 12. The senior high school program started in 2016 in compliance with the K-12 program of the national government. The university allotted PHP200 million for the construction of a new campus for the Integrated School in Brgy. Mandalagan with lot donated by

100-406: A time a National Unification Council that sought to unify all anti-Marcos opposition groups. She also became an early supporter of the attempt to draft the then-reluctant Corazon Aquino to run for the presidency against Marcos. After Aquino assumed the presidency in 1986, Muñoz-Palma called in vain for the retention of the unicameral Batasang Pambansa as the country's legislative body but such plea

125-563: The Social Sciences , Psychology , Medicine , Biology , Chemistry , Computer Science , Engineering , Nursing , Education , and Hospitality Management . La Salle has seven Academic colleges, namely College of Nursing, College of Arts and Sciences, Yu An Log College of Business and Accountancy, College of Education, College of Law, College of Engineering and Technology, and College of Medicine. Lourdes Quisumbing Lourdes Quisumbing (February 13, 1921 – October 14, 2017) served as

150-534: The University of Santo Tomas . She has held teaching and administrative positions at various schools, and was President of the Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools, Colleges and Universities (PAASCU). Quisumbing was recommended to President Aquino for the post of Secretary of Education, Culture, and Sports by Justice Cecilia Muñoz-Palma . Aquino had wanted more women in her cabinet, and

175-532: The 85-year-old Muñoz-Palma as Chairperson of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office . She served in this capacity until her resignation on January 31, 2000. Muñoz-Palma strongly denounced the circumstances that led to Estrada's vacation of the presidency and the assumption into office of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo . Muñoz-Palma died on January 2, 2006, at the age of 92. On November 30, 2006, several months after her death, Muñoz-Palma's name

200-790: The Alunan family. The original Integrated School in the Montelibano campus, which had about 2,000 I.S. students, was already congested. The new campus features two four-storey buildings and can accommodate up to 4,000 students. Construction of the first phase was completed in 2015. As a Catholic University, the university's patron saint is St. John Baptist de La Salle , a French priest , educational reformer, and founder of an international educational movement who spent over forty years of his life to educate poor children. USLS offers preschool, elementary, secondary, undergraduate and graduate level programs. La Salle offers academic programs under Business , Law ,

225-701: The Court, she became a leading figure in the political opposition against Marcos, and was elected to the Batasang Pambansa as an Assemblywoman from Quezon City . When Corazon Aquino was installed as president following the 1986 People Power Revolution , Muñoz-Palma was appointed chairwoman of the 1986 Constitutional Commission that drafted the 1987 Constitution . The daughter of Pedro P. Muñoz, who would serve as representative from Batangas 's 2nd district , Muñoz-Palma enrolled at St. Scholastica’s College in Manila and

250-509: The Dr. Mendoza-Guanzon medal for excellence in oratory and the Justice Abad Santos medal for excellence in debating. She topped the 1937 Philippine Bar exams with a 92.6% rating. She became the first woman prosecutor of Quezon City in 1947. Seven years later, she became the first female district judge when she was named a trial court judge for Negros Oriental . In the next few years, she

275-475: The Philippines' Secretary of Education, Culture, and Sports from 1986 to 1989, under the presidency of Corazon Aquino . Prior to serving as Secretary, she was the president of Maryknoll College . Quisumbing has studied extensively in the field of education, completing a Bachelor of Education from St. Theresa's College ; a Master of Education from the University of San Carlos , and a Doctorate in Education from

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300-721: The UNESCO-Asia Pacific Network for International Education and Values Education (APNIEVE), and was a former Secretary-General of the UNESCO National Commission of the Philippines (1990 to 1998). She was chairperson emerita on the Board of Trustees for Miriam College. Quisumbing died on 14 October 2017 at the age of 96. This article about a Filipino politician is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Cecilia Mu%C3%B1oz-Palma Cecilia Arreglado Muñoz-Palma (November 22, 1913 – January 2, 2006)

325-447: The decrees and actions enforced by her appointer, President Ferdinand Marcos , during his martial law rule. As early as 1975, she had expressed skepticism that "a referendum under martial rule can be of no far-reaching significance as it is accomplished under an atmosphere or climate of fear." ( Aquino v. COMELEC, G.R. No. L-40004, January 31, 1975 , J. Muñoz-Palma, Separate Opinion ) The following year, she voted against allowing Marcos

350-556: The gun, meant coercion by the military, and compulsion and intimidation" was so stated by President Ferdinand E. Marcos upon proclamation of martial law in the country." After her retirement from the Court, Muñoz-Palma emerged as a prominent figure in the anti-Marcos political opposition. In 1984, she was elected under the UNIDO banner to the Regular Batasang Pambansa as an Assemblywoman, representing Quezon City . She headed for

375-515: The national level. Also of concern during Quisumbing's tenure as Secretary was the state of higher education in the Philippines. She made numerous statements regarding the need for accreditation and for more alignment between educational and national goals. To address these concerns she commissioned the Task Force to Study State Higher Education, which ultimately reported that many state colleges and universities were operating without planning and without

400-429: The position was often filled by someone with a background in private Catholic education. Muñoz-Palma had served as a trustee of Maryknoll College where Quisumbing was president, and Aquino contacted Quisumbing after hearing her recommendation. While President of Miriam (then Maryknoll) College, Quisumbing developed a curriculum of values education . As Secretary of Education, she attempted to implement this curriculum at

425-536: The ratification of the 1987 Constitution, Muñoz-Palma faded from the public eye. However, in 1992, President Fidel V. Ramos appointed Muñoz-Palma as a member of the Council of Advisers of the Moral Recovery Program, where she was elected as vice chairman in recognition of her non-political leadership. In 1998, she supported Vice-President Joseph Estrada for the presidency. After his election , Estrada appointed

450-472: The right to propose amendments to the Constitution by himself, and in doing so, ventured to call for the lifting of martial law itself. In a later dissent, she added that "under a martial law regime there is, undeniably, repression of certain rights and freedoms, and any opinion expressed would not pass the test of a free and untrammeled expression of the will of the people. That "(M)artial law connotes power of

475-653: The university's college and graduate school units. The USLS Health Sciences Campus, located at Lacson St., is an additional facility for students under its Nursing and Medicine program. Its other campus, the 55-hectare Granada Campus, is home to the Agribusiness Farm and the Science Ecological Park, which caters to its Agribusiness students. On October 7, 2024, the USLS unveiled its expansion in Pavia, Iloilo through

500-530: Was a Filipino jurist and the first woman appointed to the Supreme Court of the Philippines . She was appointed to the Supreme Court by President Ferdinand Marcos on October 29, 1973, and served until she reached the then-mandatory retirement age of 65. While on the Court, Muñoz-Palma penned several opinions adverse to the martial law government of her appointer, President Marcos. After retiring from

525-470: Was assigned as a judge to Laguna and Rizal until her appointment to the Court of Appeals in 1968, the second woman ever to be appointed to the appellate court. In 1973, she again made history, this time as the first female Supreme Court Associate Justice. By the time she retired from the Court in 1978, Muñoz-Palma had become identified, along with Claudio Teehankee , as a dissenter from rulings that affirmed

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550-739: Was enshrined at the Bantayog ng mga Bayani , a monument dedicated to individuals who opposed the Marcos dictatorship and fought for the restoration of Philippine democracy. Three years later, the International Women’s Forum inducted her into its International Hall of Fame. Her family and friends formed the Justice Cecilia Muñoz Palma Foundation to “continue what she started,” and was released in February 2009. A street between

575-540: Was made possible through donations by alumni, parents and benefactors. The school became co-educational in 1966. On July 5, 1988, La Salle College-Bacolod was formally elevated to university status and named University of St. La Salle during rites attended by then secretary of education Lourdes Quisumbing . It played host to the beach volleyball and boxing events during the 2005 Southeast Asian Games . The school's 10-hectare main campus in La Salle Avenue houses

600-506: Was not heeded by the new President. Instead, the President dissolved it by means of a proclamation, which formed a provisional constitution that declares her government to be revolutionary and assumed legislative powers the now former Batasan held. When Aquino created the 1986 Constitutional Commission to draft the new Constitution, she appointed Muñoz-Palma as one of its members. The Commission would later elect her as its Chairwoman. Following

625-586: Was the valedictorian of high school class of 1931. She earned her law degree from the University of the Philippines College of Law , and a Master of Laws degree from Yale Law School . She was the first woman to be elected as president of the College of Law student council (1936-37), president of the Portia Club, first place in the first oratorical contest held by the U.P. Debating Club (1934), and recipient of

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