STI West Negros University 6.02

STI West Negros University, is a private university located in Bacolod City, Negros Occidental, Philippines. The university is a second level-accredited school by the Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities - Commission On Accreditation and awards degrees in associate, bachelor, master, and doctorate levels. STI West Negros University has an enrollment of about 10,000 students per semester and produces 1,500 graduates every school year. It also offers complete pre-school and basic education through its School of Basic Education, formerly Integrated School . Senior high school is being offered in the institution as well.The acronym STI is an orphan initialism.HistoryWest Negros College was founded in 1948 by three Baptist women leaders - Luciana Aritao, Teresa Padilla and Rosario Remitio. They believed that the school would fulfill their dream of Filipinos embracing Christian ideals and tenets. Leodegario Natividad Agustin became the school President in the 1970s; he provided the impetus, despite financial odds, to make West Negros College a successful academic community.On February 11, 2008, the Commission on Higher Education found West Negros College to be in full compliance of their requirements and granted West Negros College status as a university.In April 2013, STI Education Systems Holdings, Inc. announced in a disclosure that they had signed a memorandum of agreement with West Negros University for the acquisition of a controlling interest in the school. The acquisition was done on October 31, 2013.