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UST draws over 42,000 enrollees, partial data shows

Aug

By Rovy Jilyn Fraginal and Mc Neil Zyh Serrano

UST draws over 42,000 enrollees, partial data shows

A TOTAL of 42,234 students have enrolled in UST for the first term of the academic year 2025-2026, according to partial and official data from the Office of the Registrar. Data obtained by The Flame showed that 35,041 have enrolled in various faculties, colleges, institutes and the graduate school as of…

AB names four new department chairs, student welfare coordinator

Aug

By Rovy Jilyn Fraginal

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AB names four new department chairs, student welfare coordinator

THE FACULTY of Arts and Letters carried out leadership changes in four of its departments and its student welfare board this academic year. The designation of new AB administrators was announced by Artlets Dean Prof. Melanie Turingan in a faculty assembly held on Thursday, Aug. 7. New chairpersons were appointed…

UST fetes 24 Artlets profs, researchers for studies published in reputable databases

Jul

By Mei Lin Weng

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UST fetes 24 Artlets profs, researchers for studies published in reputable databases

TWENTY-FOUR PROFESSORS from the UST Faculty of Arts and Letters (AB) were bestowed the Cardinal Ceferino Gonzales Award for Indexed Publications, which grants University researchers incentives for their journal articles published in recognized databases. In a Facebook post on Friday, July 25, AB honored its academic staff for their publications…

‘We are real, we are human, and we are here’

Jun

By Kazzandra Ysabel Baysa

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‘We are real, we are human, and we are here’

(Editor's note: The address of thanks of Kazzandra Baysa, valedictorian of UST Faculty of Arts and Letters class of 2025) Last year, August 1, 2024, the Creative Writing program officially became a department. Just two years prior, its first batch of Creative Writing students graduated. This year, UST CW turns…

Creative Writing department eyes new curriculum to meet emerging artistic demands

Jun

By Barbra Althea Gavilan

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Creative Writing department eyes new curriculum to meet emerging artistic demands

CREATIVE WRITING students may soon say annyeonghaseyo to a course on Korean drama as their department is planning to revise its curriculum to include subjects that will prepare them for the demands of modern media platforms. Creative Writing department chair Prof. Joselito delos Reyes said it was “high time” for the program…

‘Your reaction to adversity dictates your journey’

Jun

By Rovy Jilyn Fraginal

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‘Your reaction to adversity dictates your journey’

FACULTY OF Arts and Letters (AB) Dean Prof. Melanie Turingan reminded Artlets graduates that it is not the adversities that would dictate the courses of their lives, but how they respond to them. In her speech during this year's AB solemn investiture, Turingan described the members of class 2025 as…

AB class of 2025 posts fewest Latin honorees in three years

Jun

By Shayne Lee Andreas Macaraeg

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AB class of 2025 posts fewest Latin honorees in three years

MORE THAN half of the members of the UST Faculty of Arts and Letters (AB) class of 2025 will graduate with Latin honors, but the number of students who attained the feat dropped to its lowest in three years, based on the graduation program released by the dean's office. Of…

Artlets graduate and former PSE chief named new SEC chairperson

Jun

By Mei Lin Weng

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Artlets graduate and former PSE chief named new SEC chairperson

ARTLETS ALUMNUS and lawyer Francis Edralin Lim has been appointed the next chief of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin announced in a press briefing. Lim is set to replace incumbent SEC chairman Emilio Aquino, whose seven-year term will expire on June 6. “Now, as far…

Recognizing support staff during graduation to become a yearly tradition in AB

Jun

By Cali Asajar

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Recognizing support staff during graduation to become a yearly tradition in AB

THE GESTURE of gratitude that went viral will now become a tradition. Graduates of the UST Faculty of Arts and Letters (AB) will not be the only ones to be given a spotlight during their solemn investiture, but also the dedicated support staff who stood by them behind the scenes. Artlets…

Oldest Journalism program in Southeast Asia now has first full professor

May

By Rovy Jilyn Fraginal

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Oldest Journalism program in Southeast Asia now has first full professor

FOR THE first time since its establishment in 1929, the Journalism program offered by Asia’s oldest University has gotten its first full professor. Prof. Jeremaiah Opiniano, also a director of one of the University’s research centers, made history as the first faculty member of the UST Department of Journalism to earn…