USJ-R produces 147 new graduates under expanded tertiary education

THE University of San Jose-Recoletos (USJ-R) Expanded Tertiary Education Equivalency and Accreditation Program (ETEEAP) produced 147 new graduates who received their diplomas during the program’s eighth commencement exercises held last April 16 at the USJ-R Center for Performing Arts.

Rev. Fr. Enrico Peter A. Silab, OAR, USJ-R President, awarded the diplomas to the program’s eighth batch of graduates.

There were seven graduates from the College of Art and Sciences, seven from the College of Education, three from the College of Information, Computer and Communications Technology, 46 from the College of Commerce and 84 from the College of Engineering. Majority of the graduates were employees and entrepreneurs.

There were also a number of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from Saudi Arabia, United States of America, Singapore, North Africa, Malaysia, Japan and the United Arab Emirates.

The commencement exercises were attended by Rev. Fr. Edwin G. Macmac, OAR, Vice President-Academics, Rev. Fr. Amado Emmanuel A. Bolilia, OAR, VP-Religious Affairs, USJ-R ETEEAP coordinator Jocelyn Martinez and the deans of the different colleges.

Dr. Candelario Aytona, Commission on Higher Education (CHED) 7 Chief Education Program specialist, gave the keynote address.

ETEEAP is an academic assessment and accreditation scheme that recognizes knowledge, skills and prior learning obtained by individuals from non-formal and informal educational experiences.