SHS holds Entrepreneurship Week 2019

By Cyrus A. Natividad

*Celebrating young entrepreneurs – the event aims to encourage and promote business-minded Centralians.*

CPU Senior High School celebrated Entrepreneurship Week from March 4 to 8, 2019. Twenty-one (21) colorful booths were installed at the Half Moon Drive. The decorated booths sold a variety of meals, snacks, and drinks. The objective of the week-long activity is for the students to apply the business plan that they developed in their Entrepreneurship subject.

Abdullah Essa Obordo, a Filipino-Kuwaiti national and a student of the University Senior High School, displayed his skills in preparing shawarma at their section’s booth. He even offered some visitors a small sample of their product. Abdullah observes, “I enjoyed learning more about selling in our entrepreneurship class.” He adds, “I was really inspired to include [shawarma in this event].”

Angelo Dalumpines, Obordo’s classmate, stressed the importance of cooperation. He pointed out the growing inclination of the students towards business. The Senior High School entrepreneurship activities in the campus started with Entrepreneurship Week in 2017, Dalumpines said.

The students will be graded according to how they implemented the business plan (how they ran the business) and how they performed their assigned tasks individually as assessed by their group mates.

Korean University holds bazaar in CPU

By Cyrus A. Natividad

*Prof. Ahn Tae Young, and two of his students manage the Korean Cosmetics Kiosk at the Half Moon Drive during the 2018 International Research Conference in CPU.*

Managed by a Korean Professor, Ahn Tae Young, and two of his students majoring in beauty care at Tongmyong University, the bazaar was held on August 28-29, 2018 at the Halfmoon Drive. Available products for sale included beauty care products. As a bonus, the bazaar distributed brochures on beauty tips for free.

The proceeds from sales of the Korean products were turned over to Central Philippine University to be used as allowance for Korean scholars. One of the students, Park Nahyeon, explained that the Bazaar is part of the two-day International Entrepreneurship Conference held at the Educational Media Center in CPU on the same dates as the bazaar.

Currently, there are 25 Koreans enrolled in the various colleges of the University and in Graduate School while 6 are enrolled in pre-collegiate programs.

CPU welcomes college and pre-collegiate students

Francis Neil G. Jalando-on

*The CPU Symphonic Band greets Centralians at the main gate during the opening of classes.*

More than 6,000 students went back to school on June 18, 2018, the first day of school for the collegiate level at Central Philippine University. The CPU Symphonic Band, stationed at the Half-moon Drive near the Main Gate, welcomed the students with upbeat songs despite the heavy rains that morning. The students smiled and flashed thumbs-up signs at the band members in return to express their appreciation. The band has been doing this for three years already to enliven the first day of school and to cheer up students as they return from vacation. Meanwhile, the pre-collegiate departments already started classes last June 4, 2018.

*The CPU Republic officers welcoming the students on June 18, 2018.*

*Centralians arriving during the first day of college classes.*

As of June 21, 2018, the records of the Office of the Registrar showed that the total number of enrollees in the pre-collegiate level is 4,340. It has surpassed last year’s enrollment of 4,032. The Senior High School’s population is now 1,757, surpassing last year’s record of 1,536 students. The Elementary Department’s current enrollees are 832 compared to 779 last year while the Junior High School Department’s population is 1,597 compared to 1,552 last year. The current number of students for the Kindergarten Department is 154 compared to 165 enrolled last year. Currently, there 6,395 enrolled in the various colleges of the university. As of publication date, CPU has a total of 11,082 enrollees.

The administration officials are hoping that CPU can surpass last year’s number of enrolled students since the enrollment (for college students) is until June 29, 2018.