Miriam College

Miriam College
Motto	Veritas (Truth)
Established	1926
Type	Private
President	Dr. Patricia B. Licuanan
Location	Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines
Campus	Loyola Heights
Colors	Blue and gold
Nickname	MC
Mascot	Maria Katipunera
Affiliations	Teatro Kolehiyo ng Miriam (official theater organization)
Website	www.mc.edu.ph

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.

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.

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. The first lay president, and first female president of a catholic college in the Philippines was Dr. Paz V. Adriano, who had been a student of the Maryknoll nuns. The second president was Dr. Lourdes Quisumbing, who later became the Secretary of Education under the presidency of Corazon Aquino. The third was Dr, Loreta Castro, and the current one, Dr. Patricia B. Licuanan. In accordance with this agreement, the school was re-named Miriam College in 1989.

Miriam College stopped accepting male students at the collegiate level in 1999. The last batch of male students (who entered the college in 1998) graduated in 2002, thereby making Miriam College an exclusive all women's college.

[edit] 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 events, the Marian Auditorium which is a bigger venue, the Mini-Forest Park, a chapel, Stations of the Cross, and a day care center.

Student Organisation

• [1] Scouts Royale Brotherhood

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
• Gaby Dela Merced - Formula Three race car driver
• Karla Santos (otherwise known as Karel Marquez) - actress, former MYX VJ
• Andrea Manzano (otherwise known as Andi 9 or Andi Manzano) - MTV VJ, DJ, print ad model
• Pauleen Luna - actress
• Roxanne Barcelo - actress, singer, children's show host
• Alodia Almira Gosiengfiao - model, cosplayer, artist
• Maria Margarita Moran-Florendo - Miss Universe 1973
• Maxene Magalona - actress, model
• Iza Calzado - actress
• Maria Rosario "Chat" Silayan-Bailon - actress, Miss Universe 1980 fourth Runner-up
• Juris Fernandez - MYMP's former vocalist