Miriam College is a Filipino Catholic educational institution for girls and young women located in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines. It offers programs at the pre-elementary, elementary, secondary, tertiary, and graduate levels. It also offers adult education programs. Although primarily a women’s school, the Child Study Center, Adult Education, and Graduate School units accept male students. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... For other uses, see Motto (disambiguation). ... The date of establishment or date of founding of an institution is the date on which that institution chooses to claim as its starting point. ... University President is the title of the highest ranking officer within a university, within university systems that prefer that appellation over other variations such as Chancellor or rector. ... School colors are the colors chosen by a school to represent it on uniforms and other items of identification. ... Millie, once mascot of the City of Brampton, is now the Brampton Arts Councils representative. ... A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos or other digital assets that is hosted on one or several Web server(s), usually accessible via the Internet, cell phone or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML... Nickname: Map of Metro Manila showing the location of Quezon City Coordinates: 14°38 N, 121°2 E Country Philippines Region National Capital Region Districts 1st to 4th districts of Quezon City Barangays 142 Incorporated (town) October 12, 1939 (as Balintawak) Incorporated (city) October 12, 1939 Government  - Mayor Feliciano Sonny... For the capital city of the Philippines, see Manila. ...

History

Miriam College began in 1926 when the Archbishop of Manila requested the Sisters of the Maryknoll Congregation based in New York, USA to establish a teacher-training school for young, Catholic, Filipino women. An old Augustinian Convent in Malabon, Rizal was initially converted into the Malabon Normal School. The school transferred sites several times until finally in 1952, with its name changed into Maryknoll College, it laid down its permanent roots in Diliman, Quezon City. This article is about the state. ... Motto: (traditional) In God We Trust (official, 1956–present) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City Official language(s) None at the federal level; English de facto Government Federal Republic  - President George W. Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence - Declared - Recognized... Malabon City is one of the cities and municipalities that comprise Metro Manila in the Philippines. ... REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES Province of Rizal Region: CALABARZON (Region IV-A) Capital: Antipolo City† Founded: June 11, 1901 Population: 2000 census—1,707,218 (11th largest) Density—1,304 per km² (2nd highest) Area: 1,308. ... Year 1952 (MCMLII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Quezon City P is the former capital and the most populous city in the Philippines. ... Nickname: Map of Metro Manila showing the location of Quezon City Coordinates: 14°38 N, 121°2 E Country Philippines Region National Capital Region Districts 1st to 4th districts of Quezon City Barangays 142 Incorporated (town) October 12, 1939 (as Balintawak) Incorporated (city) October 12, 1939 Government  - Mayor Feliciano Sonny...

Maryknoll College expanded its programs from training teachers to becoming a liberal arts college that formed women leaders.^{[citation needed]} After Vatican II, the Maryknoll congregation decided to focus their efforts on their missionary work worldwide. In 1977, the ownership and management of the school was turned over to lay administrators. In accordance with this agreement, the school was re-named Miriam College in 1989. In the history of education, the seven liberal arts comprise two groups of studies, the trivium and the quadrivium. ... The Second Vatican Council, or Vatican II, was an Ecumenical Council of the Roman Catholic Church opened under Pope John XXIII in 1962 and closed under Pope Paul VI in 1965. ... Also: 1977 (album) by Ash. ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ...

Campus Facilities

Campus facilities include the Bahay Silungan, which is a dormitory house for short-term international students, the Gallery of Women's Art featuring donated works from women artists, the Little Theatre which is open for different events in campus, the Marian Auditorium which is a bigger venue for bigger events, the Mini-Forest Park, a chapel, Stations of the Cross, and a day care center.

Notable Alumnae

• Chin-Chin Gutierrez - television and film actress; renowned environmentalist
• Nieves Confesor - Dean of the Asian Institute of Management; former Philippine Secretary of Labor and Employment
• Korina Sánchez - award-winning broadcast journalist of ABS-CBN
• Gemma Cruz Araneta - Miss International 1964 winner; former Philippine Secretary of Tourism
• Margie Moran - Miss Universe 1973 winner
• Constancia Angeline Nubla (Coney Reyes)
• Gabby Concepcion- 80's actor
• Coney Sison- broadcast journalist
• Mariz- 80's singer/actress, married to Ronnie Ricketts
• Dennis Trillo - award winning actor
• Lily Monteverde - film producer (Regal Films), hotelier
• Apples Aberin-Sadhwani - top fashion and ramp model; Contributing editor and columnist, Inquirer Fashion, Philippine Daily Inquirer
• Reggie Aspiras- chef
• Patis Tesoro^[1]
• Maricelle Verano (Maichee Summers) - English Teacher; philanthropist; artist

Maria Nieves R. Confesor, popularly known as Nieves Confesor, is the current Dean of the Institute of the Asian Institute of Management (AIM), a leading graduate business school in the Asia Pacific region. ... The Asian Institute of Management, or simply AIM, is an international graduate school of business and a center of business and management research. ... Korina Baluyut Sánchez is a Filipino award-winning and one of the most respected broadcast journalists in the country. ... Categories: Corporation stubs | Philippines | Television networks ... Gemma Teresa Guerrero Cruz Araneta is the first Philippine delegate to win the Miss International title in the pageants fifth edition in Long Beach, California in 1964. ... Miss International (officially titled The International Beauty Pageant) is the fourth largest beauty pageant in the world. ... Maria Margarita “Margie” Roxas Moran-Floirendo, from the Philippines, won the Miss Universe crown in 1973 in Athens, Greece. ... Miss Universe is an annual international female beauty contest, and the title for the winner of the contest, founded in 1952 by California clothing company Pacific Mills. ... Coney Reyes (born Constancia Angeline Nubla in 1954) is a Philippine film/TV actress, television host and producer of Chinese and Spanish descent. ... Gaudencio Florencio Alejandro Trillo (born May 12, 1981 in Quezon City, Philippines) His Nicknamed as Dennis Trillo is television and film actor in the Philippines. ...

Bibliography

References

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External links

• Miriam College official website