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The University of Eastern Philippines is a public university in the Philippines. The University is the only comprehensive state university in Eastern Visayas, offering the largest number of programs in undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate education among the universities in the region. Its flagship campus is in Catarman, Northern Samar.
University of Eastern Philippines
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Established 1908
Type State University
Chairman Emmanuel Angeles, LLB, PhD
President Atty. Mar de Asis, PhD
Location Catarman, Northern Samar, Philippines
Campus 1,500 ha, Rural
Former names Catarman Farm School (1908)
Catarman Agricultural School (1918)
Catarman National Agricultural High School (1951)
Samar Institute of Technology (1956)
Colors Blue and yellow
Contents

* 1 History
* 2 Legal Basis
* 3 Affiliations
* 4 Media

[edit] History

The University started as the Catarman Farm School in 1908 through the effort of Governor Clodualdo Lucero. He proposed and sought the approval of the Provincial Board for the establishment of the school. Its first principal was Washington Wiren of Maine State College and Felipe Cevallos, PhD was its first Filipino principal.

The CFS was later named the Catarman Agricultural School, which was proposed by Representative Pedro Mendiola of Catarman raising its status to Insular Provincial, making it the Catarman Agricultural High School. In 1951, however, Representative Agripino Escareal of Bobon proposed and succeeded in changing the school's name to Catarman National Agricultural High School.

On June 14, 1957, six years after the establishment of CNAHS, Congressman Eladio Balite of Bobon, with the help of the Samar solons, took the initiative of converting CNAHS to Samar Institute of Technology through RA 1434. Lieutenant Colonel Emeterio Asinas was the first and only president of the Institute. It was in his term that the Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Chapel (which houses the University chaplain) and the UEP Centre for Culture and Pageantry (commonly known RAB Amphitheatre) were founded.

The Veterinary Medicine Building, Science Building, extensions of the Farm Shop and Machinery Building, the Brackish Water fishpond, former College of Education Building, and the University Research Center were among the completed projects prior to his retirement in 1976.

The University of Eastern Philippines takes pride and honor for being the lone comprehensive and the biggest state university in the entire Eastern Visayas region, catering to the human resources and socio-economic development of its service area through the years. As an old but dynamic institution of higher learning, it has gone through significant stages of development until it finally attained a university status and became one of the nationally known higher education institutions in the country.

In response to the pressing need for manpower development necessary for the upliftment of the socio-economic condition of the service area, on June 20, 1964, RA 4126 was signed into law, converting SIT into the University of Eastern Philippines with the mandate to "primarily give technical and professional training, advanced instruction in literature, philosophy, the sciences and the arts, besides providing for the promotion of scientific and technological researches." The elevation of the school to a university status has, in fact, paved the way towards dramatic increase in its academic, research, and extension programs as well as the creation of additional colleges, institutes, centres, and offices.

While the University has fairly succeeded in meeting its goals and objectives for the past years, via its existing programs, projects, and activities, it shall remain a potent partner not only in human resource development but also in bringing about better living conditions among the underprivileged sector of society.


Legal Basis

Section 2, Republic Act No. 4126 of the Philippine Constitution provides that "the University shall primarily give technical and professional training, advanced instruction in literature, philosophy, the sciences and the arts, besides providing for the promotion of scientific and technological researches and democratic access to education to poor but deserving students, not only in Northern Samar, but also in other parts of the country."

Affiliations

To reinforce academic-based activities, regular training programs are offered by institutes that have been established as extension arms chiefly intended for capability-building of its target clientèle. For instance, the Regional Science Teaching Center has been offering short training courses in mathematics, biology, chemistry, and physics for elementary and secondary school teachers in Eastern Visayas. The Affiliated Non-conventional Energy Centre promotes non-conventional energy systems and provides training and demonstration projects in priority areas of Samar Island. The Information Technology-Electronic Data and Internet Centre provides trainings on computer literacy and internet services aimed at providing students and faculty members an unlimited source of research materials and other educational information. The Northern Samar Agro-Industrial Research and Fabrication Center, in coordination with the College of Agriculture, focuses on research and manufacture of prototype farm equipment.


Media

The University, under the management of the College of Arts and Communication, runs the UNICEF-funded dyNS 102.9 FM radio station, commonly known Huni. The radio station is affiliated with the provincial government and the Northern Samar Electric Cooperative. The University student newspaper, The Pillar, is published biannually and is publicly available.
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