Central Philippine University

CPU has been granted full autonomy status by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), the same Philippine government agency that designated some of its programs as National Centers of Development and Excellence.

The Hinilawod Epic Chant Recordings, housed at CPU's Henry Luce III Library, has been inscribed in the UNESCO Memory of World Register, marking the first documentary heritage to receive such recognition outside Manila.

Central's alumni include prominent politicians, National Artists of the Philippines, Fulbright scholars and professors, scientists and inventors, recipients of prestigious awards like the Ramon Magsaysay Award, senators and legislators, cabinet members, judges, foreign diplomats, military personnel, provincial governors and city mayors, writers and journalists, film directors and actors, singers, and successful business leaders.

On June 1, 1905, the Bible School opened in the home of the Valentines under the auspices of the American Baptist Foreign Mission Society from the United States along with other missionaries that are considered as co-founders.

[26][27][28] One of the school's innovations was the adoption of student self-government, the first in the South East Asia, known today as Central Philippine University Republic, which is modeled on American civil government.

[41] Mr. Plagata reported that Dr. Emilio Gatanela, a prominent practicing dentist, had encouraged the Faculty Council to propose a College of Dentistry in response to requests for its opening, after pointing out that such program would not necessitate considerable outlay.

Seminars on Instrumentation and Micro Controllers were undertaken with Dr. Teodoro Robles (College of Alumnus and present university president), also from the United States of America, as resource person.

[59] Thomas Schneider, President and CEO of the 51-member nation World Packaging Organization, is one of the delegates of the Global Pack 2012 event along with various people from other countries, government agencies and business sector.

The Rose Memorial Auditorium is the largest theater in Western Visayas and has been a famous venue for different international and local kinds of musical and band concerts and conventions in Iloilo.

The event features lighted figurines, trees and buildings, nativity scenes, and colorful lanterns attracting thousands of local and foreign tourists during the Christmas season.

Further north, in Katipunan, Tapaz, in the province of Capiz, is the 95.8-hectare (237-acre) Hopevale land of the university being utilized and to be developed into instruction, research, and extension of the College of Agriculture, Resources and Environmental Sciences (CARES).

The three-hectare CPU-Iloilo Mission Hospital on the other hand which is separate from the main campus, has its own Board of Trustees and Corporation independent from Central Philippine University.

[69][68] This recognition signifies CPU's status as a world-class institution, known for its exemplary education in research, academics, diverse student and faculty populations, linkages, and designations.

[101] The Impact Rankings by Times Higher Education is the only global performance table that evaluates universities based on the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

The university secured 7 global placements in various categories: 801-1000 for Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions; 601-800 for Sustainable Cities and Communities; 1501+ for Quality Education; 801-1000 for Good Health and Well-Being; 601-800 for Zero Hunger; 801-1000 for No Poverty; and 1501+ for Partnership for the Goals.

Additionally, based on board exam passing rates from the Professional Regulation Commission (Philippines), the university's College of Engineering was listed and ranked 9th in the country.

Presently, the university confers bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees all accredited by either PAASCU (a member of FAAP), ACSCU-AAI, ACSC-AAI, ATESEA and assisted by EDPITAF in its 18 schools and colleges.

It was established in 1901 by Joseph Andrew Hall, a Physician, and missionary under the Presbyterian Foreign Mission Board, to serve as a venue for the treatment of health care to the very poor, and has the distinction today as the first Protestant and American hospital in the Philippines.

Patubas research journal is a refereed multidisciplinary research journal that aims to provide a source of information in the areas of agriculture, natural resources and the environment; social sciences, humanities and the arts; physical and biological sciences; business and management; engineering, information and communications technology; education; health, nursing and medical education; alternative medicine; theology and biblical studies; institutional system and process management; and community baseline impact studies.

[180] The research center is attached to the College of Resources and Environmental Sciences and since it was established, it focuses on various technologies that will be developed and the utilization of rice husks as fuel and clean energy for cooking.

It was chosen by the third head of Central, the late American clergyman Dr. Francis Howard Rose, as contrast and coincides to the institution's Christian foundation and belief, which was founded by the pioneer, The Rev.

[194] It inspires, influences, and transforms anything that comes in contact with as it continually seeks understanding and expresses itself in noble actions that aim to glorify God.Gold and blue are both official and athletic colors of Central since it became a Junior College in the early 1920s.

A month long-fete festival of lights and music which is an attraction every December for the Christmas season in the City of Iloilo, has become a tradition for more than a decade at Central, and is held annually since 1998.

A Christmas variety show by dance groups and colleges, a fireworks display, and musical sounds played by the CPU Symphonic Band are part of the festival's event on its opening.

Several Christmas musicale and battle of the bands are showcased by the university's schools and colleges in venues like the Big Field or the CPU Alumni Promenade and Concert Park.

The commemoration characterized also with a civic parade, a memorial service for the founding father of Central William Valentine and his co-founders, the traditional singing of the Star Spangled Banner along with the raising of the flag of the United States and the Philippines.

Established originally as The Hoe, The Central Echo evolved to be one of the best college student publications in the Western Visayas region: It has been recognized as Second Best Magazine and Fifth Best Newspaper by the Philippine Information Agency-Region 6 in 2009.

He served also as a consultant on Elementary education and later to the UNESCO Consultative Mission to the Philippines),[255] Gilopez Kabayao (Ramon Magsaysay Award laureate (Asian equivalent of Nobel Prize), renowned musician (international violin virtuoso), and patriarch and member of the musical family, The Kabayaos in the Philippines),[256] Alexis Belonio (Filipino inventor, engineer, scientist and the first Filipino Rolex Award for Enterprise awardee.

[287][288][289][290] In literature, journalism, and media, Danny Fajardo (the president and founder of the Philippine leading newspaper Panay News),[291] Rosendo Mejica (renowned Ilonggo and Visayan journalist, educator, and labor leader who is considered as the Dean of Visayan Journalists and also established the longest Ilonggo existing newspaper in 1913, the Hiligaynon),[292] Benigno Hinolan (writer of the first biography article of the Philippine national hero, Graciano López Jaena in 1923),[213] Almatita Tayo (writer and Carlos Palanca Memorial Award for Literature awardee),[213] and Cherry Palma (news anchor-woman of TV Patrol Panay, a regional news show of ABS-CBN),[213] are esteemed alumni of Central.

In the field of performing arts and entertainment, it includes Alienette Coldfire (Katchry Jewel Golbin) (third-place winner of the 11th season of La France a un incroyable talent (France's Got Talent)),[295][296][297][298][299] Otoniel Gonzaga (internationally known music virtuoso and tenor singer),[300][301] JM Bales (singer behind the hit-song "Magandang Dilag" and Tawag ng Tanghalan sa It's Showtime contestant),[302] and Kaki Ramirez (Filipino actor).

John D. Rockefeller , an American industrialist, philanthropist, and devout Baptist is Central's main benefactor. His benevolent grant to the American Baptist Foreign Mission Society for the purpose of establishing schools that will train ministers and other Christian workers and for boys in the Philippines, resulted to the founding of Central Philippine University.
The Reverend William Valentine , the founder and first president of Central
The Central Philippine University–Iloilo Mission Hospital Main Hall in its new location in 1931 in the City of Jaro (now a present district of Iloilo City ). Founded in 1901 by Presbyterian missionary doctor Joseph Andrew Hall, it is the first American and Protestant hospital in the Philippines.
Aerial view of the part of Central's main campus in the north-eastern side in the early 1960s. During World War II , Central's entire properties, was heavily damaged.
Heads of Central Philippine University (which are all Americans) from its founding until 1966 when Rex D. Drilon became the first Filipino president.
United States Navy personnel drop in at the main campus whenever a ship comes to the Port of Iloilo .
Eugenio Lopez Memorial Hall in the 1960s. The structure, donated by the Spanish Filipino business magnate and philanthropist Eugenio Lopez, Sr. , used to be the main library of Central and is the first permanent building on the main campus.
Rex D. Drilon, the first Filipino president of Central [ 42 ] [ 43 ] [ 44 ] [ 45 ]
The Dr. Alfonso A. Uy – Student Union Building was donated by Alfonso A. Uy, the first president of the Filipino-Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry from Visayas and Mindanao.
Aerial view of the CPU Church in which a canopy on the front of the church was added later during the 2005 centennial celebration of Central.
The Wall of Remembrance built before Central's centennial in 2005.
The CPU Lifestyle Learning Center built during the term of CPU President Juanito M. Acanto.
The aerial view of the CPU's sprawling 24-hectare main campus, a property bought through a benevolent grant by the American business magnate, John D. Rockefeller , has more than a dozen collection of century-old structures built during the colonial American era and is dotted with acacia and palm trees.
The Central Philippine University Church (University Church), built in the 1970s, is the tallest structure in the main campus by architectural order. Its design is resonant of a Malayan style of house built on palm leaves and bamboo.
The Rose Memorial Auditorium , the largest auditorium in Western Visayas .
The centennial walkway with the Weston Hall at the background.
The gable dormer windows and flying buttresses of Central Philippine University Church
Halfmoon drive and field are one of the few open and big green spaces in the university. Several programs have been initiated and adopted by the university for sustainability on its main, external, and research campuses
The Presidential House, the official residence of the university president.
New Valentine Hall of the CPU College of Business and Accountancy .
The Roblee Science Hall where general sciences classes of medical and allied health courses are conducted.
The Valentine Hall of the College of Education and College of Arts and Sciences.
The Engineering Building was built through James Lester Knox, the former dean of the College of Engineering . [ 137 ] Part of the structure is the CPU Affiliated Renewable Energy Center and laboratories of all the undergraduate engineering programs including the pioneer programs of Software Engineering and Packaging Engineering (both firsts in the country).
Loreto D. Tupaz Hall of the College Nursing (the first nursing school in the Philippines established in 1906).
Johnson Hall houses the religion and ethics department and college dormitory of the College of Theology .
The Mary Thomas Hall of the College of Computer Studies.
The Celiz-Ancheta and Pasugberon-Cruz Hall of the College of Theology .
The Eugenio Lopez Memorial Hall (Eugenio Lopez Hall) of the College of Law .
College of Medicine Anatomy Building.
Henry Luce III Library , the main library of Central which encompasses the CPU Library System libraries.
The CPU–Iloilo Mission Hospital , founded in 1901, is the first Protestant American and Protestant hospital in the Philippines .
CPU–Iloilo Mission Hospital Medical Arts Center (Building) completed in 2009.
The Engineering Building houses research and extension centers which include the CPU-Affiliated Renewable Energy Center (CPU-AREC) for Western Visayas (jointly funded by the Department of Energy ), [ 167 ] [ 168 ] CPU Center for Ideation, Realization and Commercialization (CPU-TechHub) (CPU-CIRAC) (established jointly with CHED , and the Department of Science and Technology Heat Transfer Facility for the Western Visayas region. The college collaborates since 2012 also with the De la Salle University for Structural engineering and Transportation research. [ 169 ]
The CPU Philippine Center for Packaging Engineering and Technology (PC-PET) is the first of its kind in the South East Asian Region. The center is a combination of the College of Engineering's Packaging Engineering department and the facilities of the Packaging Testing Laboratory and the Packaging Technology Resource Center (PTRC). It is backed by the Department of Science and Technology and the Packaging Institute of the Philippines. [ 60 ] [ 62 ]
The Dr. Lenwood Edge Building of the College of Agriculture, Resources and Environmental Sciences. It has been designated by Commission on Higher Education (Philippines) as Center of Excellence in Agriculture and as Provincial Institute of Agriculture by the said agency under its National Agriculture and Fisheries Education System (CHED-NAFES). [ 117 ] Research and extension centers under its hood include the CPU Appropriate Technology Center , CPU Center for Rice Husk Energy Technology (CPU-CRHET) and the CPU Center for Research, Technology Development and Commercial Production of Philippine Native Chicken (CPU – CRTDCPPNC) (the largest center for Philippine Native Chicken research in the Philippines).
Gold and Blue, the official and traditional colors of Central.
The Festival of Lights and Music at Central 2016 with the CPU Church in the background.
The CPU Gymnasium. Dubbed as Gold and Blue Gym, it is home to the CPU Golden Lions, the collegiate varsity teams of Central Philippine University. It is the largest university gymnasium in Western Visayas .
CPU International Football Team vs. Philippine Football Federation (AZKALS) Friendly match in 2010 held in Barotac Nuevo, Iloilo .
The Stuart Hall, named after the late President of the university, Harland F. Stuart, houses the Student Service Enterprise at the ground floor and the CPU Republic in the top floor.
Weston Hall (Women's Dormitory).
Franklin Hall (a male residence dormitory.)
The Gonzaga House.