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Divine Word College of Vigan (DWCV)
May 2007
HUMBLE BEGINNINGS
he Divine Word College of Vigan (DWCV), before 1964, was known as the Colegio
de la Inmaculada Concepcion (CIC).
The foundation of CIC dates back to 1822 when Bishop Francisco Alban, OP
founded the Vigan Seminario-Colegio de la Inmaculada Concepcion, which
functioned as the Seminary and College producing both priests and students
with a bachelor’s degree. Since its foundation, the Seminario-Colegio has
passed through a succession of various administrators that include Diocesan
Clergy from 1822 to 1872, Vincentians (CM) from 1972-1976, Augustinians (OSA)
from 1876-1882, Recollects (OAR) from 1882 to 1895, Agustinians (OSA) from
1895-1898. Very Rev. Gregorio Aglipay tried to keep it functioning under Fr.
Cosme Abaya from 1898-1899 while Bishop Dougherty reopened it involving the
services of American diocesan priests from 1904-1905, and Jesuits (SJ) from
1905-1925.
Before the Jesuits left Vigan in 1925 at the expiration of a ten-year contract
drawn up in 1915, the then Bishop of Vigan, Most Rev. Peter Hurth, requested
the Society of the Divine Word (SVD) to take over the administration of the
Seminario-Colegio, including the Elementary and High School.
The appointment of Fr. Philip Beck, SVD, in 1925 as Rector of the
Seminario-Colegio and concurrently Director of the Elementary and High School
marked the foundation year of CIC under the administration of the Divine Word
Missionaries (SVD).
Soon after the assumption of responsibility came the compelling admonition
from Rome advocating the urgent separation of the Seminary and the College.
Compliance with the admonition would entail a phase out of the high school
department in order to give way to its facilities for the continuance of the
collegiate level.
Unfortunately, the weaning of the college from the seminary initiated the
natural downfall of the college department. Thus, the Elementary Department
since 1925 remained as the nucleus of the Colegio de la Inmaculada Concepcion.
Popular demand led to the reestablishment of the High School in 1936 by Fr.
Eugene Stoll, SVD and in 1940 the "first" high school graduation took place
under the Directorship of Fr. Lawrence Leisring, SVD.
Aware of the consequence of the reestablishment of the High School, Fr.
Leisring took the soonest possible time to construct a college building in
order to promote a post-secondary education for those who were deficient of
the means to pursue their studies in the cities. The college building was
blessed in the morning of December 8, 1941, solemnity of the Immaculate
Conception, still unaware that the bombs of World War II were already falling
over Pearl Harbor and Clark Field.
The realization of the reestablishment of the College Department was
interrupted by the war. Meanwhile, Fr. Leisring was taken to the Concentration
Camp by the Japanese forces. During the Japanese occupation the school,
however, managed to go on under Fr. Alphonse Mildner, SVD.
After the Liberation in 1945, Fr. Mildner realized the reestablishment of the
collegiate department. The "first" collegiate commencement exercises took
place in 1947.
Since then, DWCV has expanded. Its expansion included the acceptance of
girls-students in to the high school in 1966 during the term of Fr. Panfilo
Guianan, SVD, the first Filipino Director of CIC, and the establishment of a
Non-Formal Education in 1989 as its own way of doing community involvement
outside the academic community. Courses offered in the early years of the
Collegiate Department have, meanwhile, been upgraded to meet the demands of
the contemporary educational system.
PRESENT TIMES
Today, the Divine Word College of Vigan continues to adhere to its mission
statement of being a living institutional witness to Christ and His message,
assuming leadership of service for the youth in the advancement and protection
of their human dignity, Christian and cultural heritage and in assisting them
live a Christian vocation in a mature and responsible manner through teaching,
research and various services.
As part of its institutional objectives, the Divine Word College of Vigan,
Vigan City, Ilocos Sur is one of the educational institutions established in
the Philippines by the Society of the Divine Word (SVD). As a catholic
college, it aims at making Christ present in the life of the students and the
community it seeks to serve; It is founded on Christian democratic principles
dedicated to serve the needs of education of the people of the Province of
Ilocos Sur and Northern Luzon, through the service of a dynamic and
scientifically and technologically-oriented administration, faculty and
personnel. The school is based on an educational philosophy, which subscribes
to an equitable, relevant, efficient, and quality education for its clientele.
It offers a well-integrated education wherein academic pursuits, dialogue with
faith, religious values and issues of human rights, justice and peace and
inculturation, it seeks to offer to the students curricula which are vital and
responsive to their growing needs particularly of their community, and of the
nation as a whole, in order that they will become responsible, productive and
useful Filipino citizens. It endeavors to produce Christian and mature
graduates fully equipped with the knowledge, values and skills for community
service and community living; and it seeks to give its faculty and employees
opportunities not only to serve the youth but also the community with
commensurate compensation within the context of social justice and Christian
values. It encourages them to undertake research and intellectual inquiry for
the optimum development of everyone.
FLAGSHIP COURSES
The Divine Word College of Vigan offers Master in Business Administration
(MBA) in Graduate School. It also offers Baccalaureate Degrees that include
Bachelor in Secondary Education (BSED) with majors in English, Filipino,
General Science, Mathematics, Social Science, P.E., Religious Education,
Vanlues Education and Guidance and Counseling under the College of Teacher
Education; Bachelor of Arts (AB) with majors in English, Language, Social
Science, Psychology, Political Science, History and Economics; Bachelor of
Science in Computer Science (BSCS), Bachelor of Science in Information
Technology (BSIT), 2-year Computer Programming Course, 2-year Computer System
Technician, and 2-year Network System Technician, Bachelor in Elementary
Education under the College of Teacher Education (BEEd) and Bachelor of
Science in Information Management (BSIM) under College of Arts and Sciences;
and Bachelor in Commerce with majors in Management, Management Accounting,
Banking and Finance, Marketing Entrepreneurship, and Cooperative Management;
Bachelor of Science in Hotel & Restaurant Management (BSHRM), 2-year
Certificate Course in Computer Accounting Aide, 2-year General Computer
Clerical Course, and 1-year General Computer Clerical Course.
The college also offers complete High School and Elementary education.
Source: Manila Bulletin Online
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