UC-BCF HRM ranked with top culinary schools in the country After the recent culinary showdown last month, news had fast spread among award-winning Hotel and Restaurant Management in Manila that a Baguio-based HRM school can be at par in national culinary competitions. During the “6th Baguio Tossed Salad Festival- A Culinary Showdown” at the Baguio Convention Center last November 18, the University of the Cordilleras College of Hotel, Restaurant Management and Tourism (HRMT) won 3rd place in the “3 Course Entry Competition” . The first and second place was taken by well-known Manila-based culinary schools in the country. UC student Chefs Barry Sadlay and Cyril Rank Valle prepared their 3 course meal namely “Baguio’s Finest”, an appetizer ; “Sauted Vegetables topped with Sandwiched pork and chicken”, as main course and; “Fruit Triffles” as dessert. Ms. Tess Tirona of Specialized Trade and Marketing Inc. who co-sponsored the activity congratulated UC for being the only school in the North that is up to par with the standards with well known culinary and HRM schools in Manila. Judges of the competition are well known culinary professionals namely: Chef Margarita “Gaita” Fores, owner of CIBO/PEPATO and Café Bola; Executive Chef Sau Del Rosario of MCAFE; Sr. Product Manager Ayeth Evangelista of Century Tuna; Product manager Tina Estacio of Del Monte Phils.; Vice President Jerry Beltran of BAHAI and Armi Legaspina of DOT-CAR. School Region First Prize Center for Culinary Arts-Manila Second Prize Univ. of the Phillipines-Diliman Third prize University of the Cordilleras NCR NCR CAR Other Participating Schools La Consolacion College Novaliches St. Louis College Valenzuela Future Culinary Arts Cavite De La Salle University Dasmarinas San Pedro College of Business Administration University of Perpetual Help System Laguna Abra State Institutute of Science and Technology Pines City Colleges Philippine Women’s University Colegio De Dagupan Mariano Marcos State University St. Paul College of Ilocos Sur NCR NCR CALABARZON CALABARZON CALABARZON CALABARZON CAR CAR CAR REGION 1 REGION 1 REGION 1 CHED opens scholarship for MIT at UC Information Technology college instructors throughout Northern Luzon have a chance to finish their Masteral or Doctoral Degree in Baguio City under scholarship of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED). This was announced by Dean Nancy Flores of the College of Information and Computing Sciences of the University of the Cordilleras (UC-CICS) after receiving the go signal to resume the scholarship program this third trimester this January for the fourth batch. Enrollment starts January 1O, 2007. The University of the Cordilleras has been identified as the only school north of Manila accredited by CHED under its Faculty Development Program for Master in Information Technology (MIT). The FDP is a component of CHED’s Higher Education Development Project that aims to upgrade the academic qualifications of tertiary level faculty members to master and doctorate degree levels. Scholars benefit from free tuition and school fees, monthly stipend amounting from P4,000 for part-time scholars to P8,000 for full-time scholars, transportation allowance, book allowance and substitute assistance. UC’s MIT is a nonthesis program that may be completed in 6 trimesters for full-time scholars or 7 trimesters for part-time scholars. The program started in January 2006 with the first batch consisting of 14 students; currently, UC holds the record of the Delivering HEI for having the most number of scholars under the CHED-FDP with faculty scholars coming from as far as Region 4. CLOSE EXAMINATION. During the UC-College of Engineering and Architecture exhibit last December 8, a student appreciates the scale model which won in the 2005 Camp John Hay Master Development Plan Architectural Design Contest where UC was grandslam winner bagging first, second and third place. KEEPING THE FLAME ALIVE. While teammates and UC schoolmates Eduard Folayang & Mark Ediva are competing in the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar, 3-time World Wushu Champion Benjie Rivera leads other Baguio athletes in the Friendship Torch Run launching the 1000 days Countdown to Baguio Centennial Day on September 1, 2009. ENROLMENT SCHEDULE 3rd Trimester Accountancy Arts and Sciences Business Administration Information and Computing Sciences Criminal Justice Education Engineering and Architecture Hotel, Restaurant Management & Tourism Teacher Education Graduate School All Courses Classes Start Jan. 12-15, 17, 2007 Jan. 10-11, 17, 2007 Jan. 12-17, 2007 Jan. 13-17, 2007 Jan. 10-12, 17, 2007 Jan. 13-17, 2007 Jan. 12-15, 17, 2007 Jan. 10-12, 17, 2007 Jan. 10-17, 2007 Jan. 17, 2007 Jan. 18, 2007