By Atty. Herson S. Valmores
Legal Counsel/Dean, College of Law

After a year of “drought”, the SMU College of Law is back with a vengeance which registered an all-time high of 66.67% passing rate among the first takers in the November 2011 Bar Examinations. This feat resulted to the inclusion of the following Marians in the Roll of Attorneys:

By Julie Ann P. Batoon , MSN, RN
Research Coordinator, SHS

Saint Mary's University School of Health Sciences has been one of the top ten (10) Nursing Schools in the Philippines over the past 17 years by providing quality nursing education to nurse aspirants. The December 2011 Nurse Licensure Examination paves the way to SMU as the Top 8 Nursing School in the Philippines with 88.86% passing rate. Three hundred eleven (311) out of the examinees register at the Professional Regulation Commission as New Registered Nurses.

A major highlight of this year's achievement is the inclusion of the three (3) Marian Nurses in the roster of National Topnotchers. They are:

By John Tayaban

After being awarded overall champion in Region 2, THE MARIAN publication and staff proved their mettle in the 11th Luzonwide Higher Education Press Conference held at City of Balanga, Bataan on February 8-10, 2012 with 17 awards from among 736 delegates representing 125 colleges and universities in Luzon.

The Marian Broadsheet reaped 5 awards namely; First place in Sports Page, Fifth place in Editorial Page, Fifth place in Opinion Page, Seventh place in News Page and Ninth place in Page Design. The Marian Newsletter was First place in News Page, Third place in Devcom Page, Ninth place in Editorial Page and Ninth place in Opinion Page while The Marian Magazine was ranked Fourth place in DevCom Page and Ninth place in Sports Page.

In the on-the-spot individual contests, six of the 11 Saint Mary’s University student delegates garnered awards namely:

Rebekah Antonette Muñoz, BS Bio 4	Fourth place, DevCom Writing-Filipino
Freniel Mikko Austria, BSA 4	Sixth place, Poetry Writing-English
Wrix Vinnlly Arzadon, BSCE 4	Sixth place, Copy Reading & Headline Writing-Filipino
Hazel Buctayon, AB Journ 2	Seventh place, Copy Reading & Headline Writing-English
Joe Allen Mark Esteban, BSAr 4	Seventh place, Graphics Illustration-Filipino
Rudelette Joyce Laitan, BSECE 5	Eighth place, Opinion Writing-Filipino

 

The other SMU participants were Ma. Lily Teresa Salazar (Sports Editor), Willeth Jacinto (Chief Artist), Lea Donna Divina (News Editor), Irene Ferrer (Senior Photojournalist) and Marc Oliver Fernandez (Senior Artist) with Clara Gonzales and John Tayaban as advisers.

This year’s harvest of 17 awards is a dramatic improvement from last year’s three awards in the 2011 Luzonwide Press Conference held at Teachers’ Camp, Baguio City and the three awards in the 2010 Luzonwide Press Conference held at Lingayen, Pangasinan.

 

      Repeaters: 10.00%