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A quarterly newsletter for the visitors of the University of Makati APRIL—JUNE 2015 • ISSUE NO. 3 • VOLUME 2

WINNING STREAK CONTINUES

FOR UMAK WITH MAY 2015

NURSING BOARD TOPNOTCHER

80% OVERALL PASSING RATE AND 90% PASSING RATE FOR 1ST TIME TAKERS ACHIEVED

23 June 2015, Manila – Anoth-er University of Makati (UMak) winner has emerged as CARMELA LEA RECIPRO-CO MIRA, magna cum laude from the College of Al-lied Health Studies-Center of Nursing (COAHS-CON), lands 10th place in the May 2015 Nurse Licensure Examination (NLE) with a rating of 84%. This was reported by COAHS Associate Dean Maria Fay Ne-nette Cariaga and COAHS-CON Executive Director An-thony John Domingo to UMak President Tomas Lopez, Jr. based on the official announce-ment of the Professional Regu-lation Commission (PRC). Director Domingo also reported that UMak was one of the top performing schools among those with 50 or more exami-nees, achieving a 90% passing rate for 1st timers and an over-all passing rate of 80% vs. 54.26% for national. A total of 44 out of 55 examinees from UMak passed, while 9,707 out of 17,891 passed nationwide. The promising new UMak nurses who now join the Roster of Registered Professionals are: JOYCE ANN ACEDERA, MICHELLE AMPATUAN, ALYSSA MARIE ARANDIL-LA, JENNIFER BASCON, DIANNE ANDREA BAU-TISTA, KEEM KENNETH BEROY, CHRIS DALE BONI-FACIO, KRIZZLE TRICEA

BRUSAS, ARJAY BUGNA, TRIXIA CAMPOREDONDO, HANS PETER CARONAN, TRISTAN ERICK CATIBOG, GERALDINE COCHARO, PAMELA CONDE, GRETHELLE CUADRA, GISELLE ECLARINO, SA-RAH ANN JAMILLA FACIO-LAN, PAMELA SHERMAINE FILOMENO, MUSSEIN DE-

SIRE FORTES, MARY AIMEE GALINDO, ARIELLE ANN GARCIA, RUTH AL-LANO HUERTA, IRENE JU-RADO, FATIMA MAY LACHICA, CARMEN MACALUTAS, IRIS COLEEN MACARO, FARAH MACA-TUGGAL, CARMELA LEA MIRA (TOP 10), EMMANU-EL MONCADA, ALAMINA MUTIA, KATHLEEN JOIE ORDINARIO, LEA LOVE LOVELLE PARAYNO, EDD NEILZEN PICHAY, MAR-LON RALA, MA. ALMA RODES, VANESSA CLEO SABADO, SARAH SALLAN, HANNA JOYCE SALVA, GENALYN ANNE SANTIA-GO, KATHLEEN SORITA, GLADYS SORONIO, CHARI-TY JOY TOLENTINO, and MARIAN GENEL VIL-LANUEVA. Makati Mayor Jejomar Erwin Binay, Jr. and President Lopez are all praises as they congratu-lated the newly registered UMak nurses, led by topnotch-er Mira, whose success came soon after the success of the new Certified Public Account-ants from the College of Busi-ness Administration last month. The two top city officials also lauded the COAHS-CON men-tors, led by COAHS Dean Per-ry Ishmael Peralta, COAHS Associate Dean Cariaga, and COAHS-CON Executive Di-rector Domingo.

“What a good way to start the school year with this series of wins! As UMak moves into the Outcomes-Based Education approach in learning strategies to mold the „UMak Brand of Student‟ who is „Maka-Diyos, Maka-Tao, Maka-Kalikasan at Maka-Bansa,‟ (Pro-God, Pro-People, Pro-Nature, Pro-Nation) let this serve as an inspiration for other students to emulate to make it to the top. Congratulations to the winning COAHS-CON team and thank you for giving great-er honor to our university. We look forward to more UMak topnotchers and successful board passers in November!” The traditional UMak pinning and capping ceremony for the newly registered nurses was held last June 26. This year marks more than a decade of UMak NLE passers and the university‟s performance last month has been the strongest with more than 50 exami-nees. On its first year, UMak achieved 100% passing rate for less than 50 examinees in both the June and December exam dates. In December 2006, UMak garnered its highest overall passing rate of 88% for 50 examinees.

Beauty and Brains. Ms. COAHS 2013, COAHS Student Council Chair and UMak Supreme Student Government Auditor for AY 2014-2015, and magna cum laude 2015 graduate Mira adds another feather to her nursing cap as she makes it to the elite top 10 of the May 2015 NLE.

14 UMAK ATHLETES AMONG ELITE TEAM PHILIPPINES IN 28TH SEA GAMES Bronze Medals Won by UMak Herons in Archery, Squash and Women’s Rugby

HSU Grade 12 student, JEMYCA ARIBADO, bronze medalist in Women's Squash Single Event.

Once again, University of Ma-kati (UMak) has shown world-class caliber as 14 UMak Herons join the 472-strong athletes of Team Philippines in the ongoing 28th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Singapore from June 5 to 16. The UMak contingent is com-posed of: PAUL MARTON DELA CRUZ and RACHEL ANNE DELA CRUZ for ar-chery; RONALD ROSS CAR-BONELL, MARK JELLO CER-DON, HENIELEE PASTOR, MARK ANTHONY POLO, HAZZER TALINGDAN, and LIONEL NICO VELEZ for floorball; GELANIE GAMBA,

RASSIEL SALES, and SYLVIA TUDOC for rugby; DAVID WILLIAM PELIÑO and JEMY-CA ARIBADO for squash; and DANY FUNELAS for tradition-al boat race. Makati Mayor Jejomar Erwin Binay, Jr. commended the UMak athletes for their dedica-tion to excellence in their chosen event, which has earned them the privilege to represent the country in international sports competitions. “The outstanding athletes of UMak have done justice to our continuing efforts to spark the youth‟s interest in sports and

enable them to discover and de-velop their latent abilities, so that they can fulfil their dreams and build a better life for their families,” Mayor Binay said. UMak President Tomas Lopez, Jr. likewise congratulated the Singapore-bound UMak Her-ons. He also lauded Director Lera, Assistant ADC Director Michael Tolentino and all the coaches who recruited, trained and developed the then budding varsity players: “Win or lose, you are winners to us! Continue to inspire others to aim for ex-cellence, as we look forward to more of our home-growns going international.”

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UMAK VALEDICTORIAN AND SUMMA CUM LAUDE IS 5TH IN MAY 2015 CPA BOARD EXAM

14 new CPAs to be added to CBA Roster of Registered Professionals 21 May 2015, Manila – KRIS-TOFFERSON ISAR DELA CRUZ of University of Makati (UMak) College of Business Administration (CBA) is ranked number five out of 2,132 passers with a rating of 89.43% and UMak has achieved 56% passing rate vs. 35.78% national passing rate in the Certified Public Accountant (CPA) Licensure Examination held last May 10 to 11 and May 17 to 18 in Manila, Baguio, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Davao, Iloilo and Legazpi. This was announced by the Professional Regulation Com-mission (PRC) and the Board of Accountancy. They also announced that UMak had a total of 14 successful exami-nees as follows: MARYLUDS ABONG, LESTER CAMASO, CRISTINA MARIE CASTRO, KRISTOFFERSON DELA CRUZ, JOMEL ADONIS EN-CISO, JOSIELYN ESPIRITU, SHEENAH FERRER, ARVEE FRONDA, EMIE FUN-TANAR, MARIE ROSE GAURINO, ROWENA LOPENA, KARL ARJAY TALOSIG, JELO UMBO, ROGER VILLAR. Makati Mayor Jejomar Erwin Binay, Jr. and UMak President Tomas Lopez, Jr. have extend-ed their congratulations to Dela Cruz, the other successful UMak CPA passers, and the rest of the CBA led by newly-designated Dean Josephine Rupert, University Secretary and former Dean Elyxzur Ra-mos, and Accountancy and

Financial Management Depart-ment Head Marlo Gile. “You make us proud! Thank you for reconfirming that our innovations work. We have truly become a leading educa-tional institutional, which can stand at par with bigger and better-funded colleges and uni-versities in the country. The City and the University are confident that our new CPAs will continue on to more great-ness, as they inspire the next batch of striving but promising UMak accountants,” said Presi-dent Lopez. Dela Cruz was batch valedicto-rian and top summa cum laude graduate in the recently concluded UMak 42nd Commencement Exercis-

es. Talosig was batch salutato-rian and second place summa cum laude, while Camaso was fifth place summa cum laude in the last Commencement Exer-cises. According to Professor Gile, the three top honor graduates achieved equally outstanding performances at the CPA Re-view School of the Philippines (CPAR), with Dela Cruz finish-ing second place nationwide, Talosig in third nationwide, and Camaso in seventh nation-wide. All 14 new UMak CPAs are graduates of Bachelor of Science in Accountancy. This is, by far, the strongest CPA board exam finish of UMak raising hopes for an even stronger finish in the next

round of October 2015 ex-am. Dela Cruz is the lone top notcher from a local university and from a public school, car-rying out the “fighting” and “winning” stance of his vale-dictory address. Eunice Millicent Ong Li from Chiang Kai Shek College topped the examination, while Shaun Anthony Tiu Go from University of San Carlos land-ed in second place. Tied in third place are Jaecelle Marg-rett Go Dy also from Universi-ty of Carlos and Sharmaine Fernandez Sy from De La Salle University-Manila. University of San Carlos was the school topnotcher with an 88.06% passing rate and five of its graduates in the top ten.

FIGHTERS AND WINNERS. Top 5 CPA board topnotcher, CPAR nationwide second placer, UMak Batch 2015 valedictorian and summa cum laude Kristofferson Dela Cruz (left) is shown during the commence-ment exercises last month in his memorable address to the CBA graduates: “We might not have the form of a Green Archer or a Blue Eagle, but we do have the substance of a fighter. We have the substance of a winner!”; New CPA, CPAR nationwide third placer, UMak Batch 2015 salutatorian and summa cum laude Karl Talosig (right) leads the graduates in their Pledge of Loyalty.