Assumption College (Philippines)

Assumption College San Lorenzo
Established	1892 in Intramuros, 1940 in Herran, Manila and transferred to San Lorenzo, Makati in 1958.
Type	Private women's college, exclusive all girls Catholic school
Location	San Lorenzo Drive,San Lorenzo Village, Makati City, Metro Manila, Philippines
Website	www.ac.edu.ph www.assumption.edu.ph

The Assumption College is a private, Roman Catholic women's college in Makati City, Philippines established in 1959. It provides education from pre-school, elementary, secondary, tertiary, to graduate level. The alumnae and present students of this school include daughters and grand daughters of Filipino Presidents, industrialists, politicians, and prominent figures in Philippine society.

History

Sister (later Saint) Marie Eugenie Milleret de Brou (1817-1898) established the Congregation of the Religious of the Assumption as a means to make a Christian transformation of society through education. She founded the Congregation of the Religious of the Assumption in Paris on 30 April 1839.

The Religious of the Assumption first came to the Philippines in 1892. At the request of Queen María Cristina of Spain, they established the Superior Normal School for Women Teachers in Intramuros in 1892 which pioneered women education in the Philippines. Among its first alumnae were Rosa Sevilla de Alvero, Foundress of the Instituto de Mujeres; Librada Avelino and Carmen de Luna, who founded Centro Escolar University. At the outbreak of the Revolution of 1898 the operation of the school was stopped and the Sisters returned to Europe.

At the request of Pope Pius X, a group of English-speaking Assumption Sisters returned to Manila in 1904. With the group of Sisters were Mother Helen Margaret as Superior, and Mother Rosa Maria who subsequently spent sixty-one of her seventy years of religious life in the Religious of the Assumption in Asia. The Sisters opened the Assumption Convent in Herran-Dakota, Malate, as an elementary and secondary school. The College was added in 1940.

World War II destroyed practically the whole school in the liberation of Manila in 1945. Classes resumed in quonset huts and in a battered auditorium in Herran. Mother Rosa Maria brought Assumption Manila back to its feet and relaunched it in 1947 when reconstruction began. The College reopened in 1948. In 1958, the sisters opened Assumption San Lorenzo in Makati to ease the ever-increasing student population. The College was moved there in 1959.

After some time, the Herran site was sold as the area was becoming a commercial center in a tourist belt and was no longer conducive to learning. In 1972-73, four of the San Lorenzo teachers were transferred to pave the way for merging elementary schools and secondary schools of Herran and San Lorenzo. In 1973-74, the Herran and San Lorenzo schools fused: the High School and the College were based in San Lorenzo while the Preschool and Grade School briefly occupied Herran, then temporarily moved to San Lorenzo in June, 1974. Finally the Grade School settled in Antipolo along Sumulong Highway on September 11, 1974. The Preschool stayed with the High School and College of San Lorenzo. However the distance between Antipolo and Manila became a problem to parents who wanted Assumption education for their children. The persistent appeal of the alumni and parents to re-open the elementary level in San Lorenzo was heeded. Grade 1 was re-opened in 1981 and starting school year 1988-89 grade levels were added until the San Lorenzo Grade School graduated its first Grade 7 students in March 1993.

In line with the spirit of Vatican II, and in response to the call of the Church in the Second Plenary Council of the Philippines and the needs of the country, the Assumption in the Philippines has moved towards the rural areas and the underprivileged sector, without abandoning the education of the upper/middle classes.^{[citation needed]}

The Milleret School of Business and Management for Women (MSBMW)

The Milleret School of Business and Management for Women includes the following professors in its full-time faculty as of June 2011:

• Prof. Ricardo Cruz, Associate Dean
• Prof. Christine Stephanie Allenda, Coordinator - Entrepreneurship, Tourism, Marketing Management, Human Resource
• Prof. Victoria Orjalo
• Prof. Rubyrose Barrientos

Degree programs

• College:
• Bachelor of Arts in Psychology
• Bachelor of Science in Psychology
• Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education Major in Early Childhood Education
• Bachelor of Communications major in:
  • Media Production
  • Advertising
  • Theater Arts and Media Education
• Bachelor in Management Major in Corporate Business
• Bachelor in Management Major in International Business
• Bachelor of Science in Entrepreneurship
• Bachelor of Science in Entrepreneurship Specialized in Tourism Management
• Bachelor of Science in Business Administration major in Marketing Management
• Bachelor of Science in Business Administration major in Human Resources Management
• Basic Education
  • High School (1st Year to 4th Year)
  • Elementary (Grades 1 to 7)
  • Pre-school

Notable alumnae

• Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo - former President of the Philippines; former Vice President, Social Welfare Secretary, Senator, and Trade Undersecretary
• Loren Legarda - Senator of the Philippines; former broadcast journalist and actress
• Marixi Rufino Prieto - Chief Executive Officer, Philippine Daily Inquirer
• Maria Teresa Gustilo-Villasor - Chief Clinical Psychologist, Makati Medical Center
• Maria Alexandra "Sandy" Prieto-Romualdez - President, Philippine Daily Inquirer; received Ten Outstanding Women in Nation-building Award in 2007
• Teresa Aquino-Oreta - former politician; youngest sister of former Senator Benigno Aquino, Jr.
• Leah Navarro - singer and political activist
• Thelma Dumpit-Murillo - Director, Public Relations Office, DTI/BOI,Executive Director, Garments and Textile Industry Development Office, former Deputy Executive Director of CITEM, former News Anchor PTV-4 and ABC-5, Distinguished Daughter of the Province of La Union, columnist for The Manila Times and formerly a contributing writer for The Philippine Star
• Marilou Diaz-Abaya - President, Asia Pacific Film Institute
• Isabel Preysler - socialite
• Vicki Belo - cosmetic surgeon
• Pamela Bianca Manalo - Bb. Pilipinas - Universe 2009
• Emmy Lou Gaite (Nicole Hyala) - radio personality; cum laude graduate of business management
• China Cojuangco - Actress, model; daughter of congressman Jose Cojuangco, Jr.