Be part of a new breed.

[Altwegg]

I saw National University's booth at SM San Lazaro this afternoon inviting high school students to be part of a "new breed."

Mukha talagang Henry Sy is very serious in transforming National University into one of the best schools in the country.

Nakakatuwa for NU.

:)

[KuyaDanny]

I just hope he is wise enough to spend money on instruction (teachers, operations, etc) instead of looking at his investment as a real estate play.

[Warwick Bohol]

Well, credit must go to the newly appointed president of the university who is not henry sy.

[SCUD.]

Ang tinutukoy niyang "new breed" ay pinaghalong NU Bulldogs at paborito niyang chinese breed na ShihTzu.

Pangangalanan niyang Bull-****.

[joshua3]

Wahaha! Astig talaga mga jokes mo SCUD!

[plucker_08]

hahaha

sakto ka SCUD!

[pGurl_n_Tamaraw]

yah Pinapa Bonga-bonga Na Nila Ang Nu Bulldogs At Nabasa Ko Pa Sa Kanilang School News Paper Aside Sa Pagpapatayo At Pagpapagawa Ng Mga Building,gym,swimming Pool At Mga Dorm Eh Super Pirata Na Raw Sila Ng Mga Prof-fanga Sa Ibat Ibang Karatig Na Paaralan.madami Din Silang Bibigay Na Scholarship Lalong Lalo Na Sa Mga Employee Nila.kung Titignan Natin May Pag Kabadoy Ang Project Na Iyon Ni Henry Sy Pero Madaming Mabibigyang Kapos Palad Na Individuals Na Makabalik Sa Pag-aaral While Working Hard For Thier Families...bonga Ka Henry Sy!

[Batang_bulldog]

Henry Sy buys 60% of National University


Email this | Email the Editor | Print | ShareThisMANILA, Philippines - Mall magnate Henry Sy, Sr. has joined the bandwagon of taipans who have acquired private universities, recently gaining control of the 108-year-old National University (NU) in Sampaloc, Manila.

SM Investments Corp. President Harley T. Sy told reporters last week that the Sy family bought a 60% stake in the country’s first private non-sectarian school last June from the family of the late founder, Mariano F. Jhocson.

The younger Sy however did not disclose how much the transaction was worth, saying only it was purely the Sy family’s decision and did not involve any of the company’s diverse units.

But he said the Sy family has a lot of plans for the school, and wants to make it one of the country’s top universities.

Mr. Sy said the plans include a new eight-story building inside the university campus and the renovation of some old buildings.

The new building is expected to rise in a 13,000-square-meter lot, housing new classrooms; laboratories, and a multi-purpose gymnasium on top and a swimming pool on the basement which both could hold up to 1,200 people.

Aside from the new building, which is due for construction later this month, the Sy family plans to add 16 more laboratories and expand the existing ones, increase the number of classrooms to 80, attract new faculty members, and make NU more active in sports, a source said.

"We are hoping [to] make it survive for the next twenty years. NU was based on the foundation [of] providing lower-cost [but] quality education [to students] compared to [the] other schools," he said.

The Sys plan to focus on courses like Nursing, Hotel and Restaurant Management, and Pharmacy because of the "increasing demand in these courses."

The Sy family reportedly wants to "overhaul" the small university and has been pirating professors from the country’s top four universities — Ateneo de Manila University, De La Salle University, University of the Philippines-Diliman, and the University of Santo Tomas.

As of the moment, the source said the family has no plans to increase the school’s tuition next year despite the construction of the building and new facilities to be finished by May next year.

He nevertheless said that with the new facilities, the family expects NU’s enrollees, which has gone down significantly over the years, to double next year.

"We hope to make the school competitive again," the source said.

NU opened in Aug. 1, 1900 as Colegio Filipino and was later renamed Colegio Mercantil with the introduction of business and accounting courses. It became the National Academy in 1916 and was renamed National University in 1921. The university offers courses like architecture, commerce, dentistry, education, engineering, computer science, entrepreneurship, liberal arts, nursing, and pharmacy.

NU also has a graduate school and offers elementary and high school education.

Mr. Sy said the acquisition of NU is part of the family’s "socio-civic role" in society, noting that the family wants to sponsor yearly at least a hundred scholars who can study in the school of their choice.

The mall taipan through SM Foundation has sent hundreds of students to college. To date, 630 scholars have graduated from the SM College Scholarship Program, which maintains 400 scholars at any given time.

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[SCUD.]

Mabuti naman at nauuso ang mga pilantropong tipans sa Pilipinas, tama lang na kung sino ang may malaking biyaya na natatanggap sila ang dapat magbigay, at siyempre iba na rin ang naihahambing kina Bill gates, Warren Buffet at Andrew Carnegie..hehehe.

Bumababa na rin ang bilang ng mga Sanitary Engineering students, sayang naman yung mga part-time instructors diyan kung wala naman tuturuan. Nung panahon ko sina engineers Corazon Delos Reyes-Romero (na ngayon ay Chairman ng Board of Sanitary Engineering ng PRC), Nelson Se ( Past President ng Philippine Society of Sanitary Engineers), Casiano Gonzales (Head ng La Mesa Treatment Plan - MWSI ), Peter Lim (Dean - UST Faculty of Engineering), atbp. ang mga pambato.

Wala pa ako diyan ha! :D

[KuyaDanny]

Taipan yata, pare. Ang alam ko yung tipan salawal ng babae.

[xtrm]

so tumabaas ba naman ang enrollment fee now that SY is the owner?

[arch23]

Ang tinutukoy niyang "new breed" ay pinaghalong NU Bulldogs at paborito niyang chinese breed ShihTzu.

Pangangalanan niyang Bull-****.

He he. :)

I do hope the new "stakeholder" keeps his promise and pursues his vision for the school - and that faculty members' needs (such as decent compensation) don't fall by the wayside. *okay*

[Viva La Tigresa]

so tumabaas ba naman ang enrollment fee now that SY is the owner?

That's a big possibility. Una, negosyante si Henry Sy. Pangalawa, karamihan ng colegio at universidad sa Pilipinas nagtataas ng tuition, papahuli ba sila lalo pa at ang dami nilang plano para mabago ang sistema sa NU?

;)

[benj20_ph]

interesting.

[LITHIUM478]

Sabi nga sa mga SM grocery stores *clap clap clap* "At your service!".

[Larry Tan]

Yung unang school ni Henry Sy, Asia-Pacific College, co-venture with IBM parang walang dating until now. Di kaya maging katulad ito ng Asia-Pacific College? Sundan ang susunod na kabanata. Dapat bigyan niya ng priority for scholarship ang katakut-takot ng contractual employees (endo) sa SM Malls.

[paralusi]

sana bigyan ng upuan yung mga magtuturo sa NU, at sana bigyan sila ng tenure - hindi yung puro contractual.

[la_flash]

maaari din sigurong i-impose ni Sy na ang mga SM scholars ay sa NU mag-aral. Hehe. Pero di siguro mangyayari yun.

[xtrm]

Dapat gawing SMU na lang yung NU,hehe

[joshua3]

^^May SMU na -- St. Mary's University, a good school in Nueva Vizcaya. USM kaya? =)

[jed_allan]

Taipan yata, pare. Ang alam ko yung tipan salawal ng babae.

:rotflmao::rotflmao::rotflmao:

SCUD,help me get a Canadian visa.:lol:

[Larry Tan]

Dapat gawing SMU na lang yung NU,hehe

Para rich source ng contractual employees na ENDO (end-of-contract)?

[SCUD.]

Huwag niyong ismolin si Henry Sy, lahat ng hipuin.. este hawakan niya nagiging ginto.

Sana naman huwag na masyadong taasan ang tuition fee increase, lahat na lang sa Pilipinas nagtataasan..

Tipan na lang ang bumababa!