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HERCOR ROTC UNIT FORMED

Thu, 02 Aug 2007 04:55:02 +0800

Hercor College was granted by the ROTC authority to form its own unit because of the large number of its students taking up ROTC. In fact, when it was affiliated with the ROTC of another school, Hercor students comprised more than 60% of the ROTC cadets of that unit. And so a separate unit was formed for Hercor College and it boasts of having the biggest and most modern ROTC office in the province fronting its own parade grounds.

ACQUAINTANCE PARTY A BIG SUCCESS

Thu, 02 Aug 2007 04:53:44 +0800

Despite the inclement weather, Hercor students came in droves to attend this year’s acquaintance party. Freshmen were pitted against freshmen and upperclassmen against fellow upperclassmen in terrific dance numbers that brought cheers from the audience. For the freshmen group, the top cash prize of P4,000 went to the computer science students who scored an upset against the highly-regarded HRM students who only placed 2nd this year. And in the upperclassmen group, the criminology students also beat their schoolmates from the HRM department to win top prize of P4,000. 2nd, 3rd and 4th placers were all given cash prices of P3,000, 2,000 and 1,000 respectively.

HERCOR OJT STUDENTS BACK FROM SINGAPORE

Thu, 02 Aug 2007 04:51:02 +0800

While Hercor College continues to send HRM and BSBA students to Singapore for their OJT, four of its first batch of students who were sent there six months ago have just returned. They are Florenz Joy A. Haguisan, Emily Acojedo, Christopher Faulve, and Elain Bertuldo. Looking more attractive and definitely more confident, the four are full of wonderful stories about their memorable stay in the Lion City and scored high in the evaluation sheets of their employers. In fact, all of them were told by their employers to go back to Singapore after their graduation.

FOUR MORE STUDENTS LEAVE FOR SINGAPORE OJT

Thu, 02 Aug 2007 04:49:39 +0800

Four more Hercor 3rd year college students left recently for Singapore for their OJT or international practicum, namely, Ms. Jennelyn Alivio (BSBA), Mayden Rosie Boriba (BSBA), Sheila Joseco (BSHRM) and Amielyn Upod (BSHRM). More than a dozen Hercor students have already gone to Singapore with more scheduled to leave in a few weeks.

HERCOR EXCEEDS ENROLLMENT TARGETS

Wed, 01 Aug 2007 12:11:00 +0800

Hercor College was exceeded its enrollment targets in all its departments for AY 2007-2008 and is perhaps the only private school in Capiz that did not suffer a drop in its enrollment. Although just four years old, Hercor College is now just a few hundred students shy of overtaking the biggest local private school in the province in college population. In fact, it already leads all private schools in the province in first year college enrollment despite having much fewer courses.

FACULTY SENT TO MANILA FOR ADVANCE TRAINING

Tue, 31 Jul 2007 01:56:29 +0800

Serious about giving quality education to its students equal to that offered by Manila schools, Hercor College sent five (5) of its teachers to Manila for advance training. Ms. Aquilina Artuz was sent to the famous Heny Sison Culinary School to take advance lessons in baking and cake decoration. Mr. Jason Moises, on the other hand, was sent to Asia Pacific College to take advance lessons in Maya animation and ended up being featured along with his classmates at the popular Wazzup TV Show. Mr. Lonito Dellava and Renan Orola, on the other hand, were sent there to take lessons in cellphone repair, a bonus subject they will be teaching their computer technician students. Ms. Olive Abing took special lessons from one of the country’s leading call center training centers for use in her English classes and Ms. Neva Lauda enrolled at I-Cope to update herself on the latest in travel agency operation, a subject she will handling this school year.

GOV. VIC TANCO 2nd COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES SPEAKER

Tue, 31 Jul 2007 01:50:42 +0800

For its 2nd Commencement Exercises held last March 27, 2007, Hercor College was fortunate to have as its guest speaker, Hon. Vic Tanco, the Provincial Governor of Capiz. Impressed by what he saw during his visit, Gov. Tanco praised the school for giving its students first class facilities despite its low tuition. In his inspiring speech, he encouraged the 2-yr Computer Programming and 2-yr Hotel & Restaurant Services graduating students to put to productive use the skills they learned in school and to work hard to be entrepreneurs. Also present during the commencement exercises was TESDA Provincial Director, Victor Gallego, who gave the customary acceptance of graduates.

NO TUITION HIKE FOR 4TH CONSECUTIVE YEAR!

Tue, 31 Jul 2007 01:30:45 +0800

To be true to its mission to make quality education affordable to everyone, Hercor College decided not to increase its tuition for academic year 2007-2008. This is the 4th consecutive year the school has not increased its tuition and is perhaps the only school in the region or the entire country with that record. Despite its low tuition, the school continues to invests money in improving its school facilities and faculty development. In fact, two of its teachers graduated recently with top honors in their masteral studies and the school sent five (5) of its faculty members to Manila recently for advance training.

TEACHERS GRADUATE WITH TOP HONORS IN MASTERAL STUDIES

Tue, 31 Jul 2007 01:02:33 +0800

Hercor College is proud of its two teachers who graduated with top honors in their masteral studies – Mrs. Olive Joy Abing (Summa Cum Laude, MAT English) and Mrs. Nilfa C. Larido (Summa Cum Laude, MAT General Science). Only the best teachers get hired at Hercor College!