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In 2018, several UST Senior High School (UST-SHS) students were put on disciplinary probation for organizing a silent protest against the K–12 program. In 2019, a first-year College of Education student was suspended for convening an organization that advocated for lowering the minimum age of criminal responsibility. [45]
The Student's Democratic Party established as the first student political party in the Philippines [34] 1991: 19 December: First Paskuhan Celebration [35] 1992: 1 February: The University of Santo Tomas (UST) Singers officially organized [36] 1993: UST Press renamed as UST Publishing House [4] 1995: 13 January: Second Papal visit of Pope John ...
The collections consist of historical documents such as Papal bulls, royal decrees, rare Filipiniana prints, historical treatises, addresses, sermons, novenas, catechisms in many Philippine languages, national periodicals, and academic records of all educational institutions in the Philippines during the Spanish period.
After the war, UST resumed operation, holding classes in the building. The university and the building was visited by Pope Paul VI in 1970 [2] and Pope John Paul II in 1995 when UST hosted World Youth Day 1995. In 2015, Pope Francis became the third pope to visit the university, but did not enter the building.
UST was granted the title Royal by King Charles III of Spain in 1785. Pope Leo XIII made UST a pontifical university in 1902. Pope Pius XII bestowed the title of The Catholic University of the Philippines in 1947. The university houses the first and oldest engineering, law, medical, and pharmacy schools in the country.
The campus was inaugurated on April 19, 2006, which was led by then UST Manila rector Tamerlane Lana and attended by board member and tycoon Lucio Tan. [4] [5]The construction of the campus was delayed for several years by changes in the administration, the Quadricentennial Celebration from 2009 to 2012, and the prioritization of the projects in UST Manila.
The central lower section of the original facade was transferred piece by piece and reconstructed in the Manila campus in 1954. It is flanked by the Fountain of Wisdom and the Philippine flagpole to its west, and the Fountain of Knowledge and the UST flagpole to its east. [2] [3] A university marker made of marble was unveiled in 2010.
The future UST campus in Santa Rosa, Laguna, will also be part of the system. The integration plan was reinforced in the 2016 Acts. [3] The two existing constituent units, UST–Legazpi and UST Angelicum College, are independent campuses. [5] Each campus is headed by a rector. The board of trustees of UST Angelicum College is composed of 12 ...