Miriam College

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Miriam College


Motto	Veritas (Truth)
Tagline	Empowred like Mary to lead in service.
Established	1926
Type	Private
President	Patricia Licuanan
Location	Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines
Website	www.mc.edu.ph

Miriam College is a private, Catholic college in Loyola Heights, Quezon City, Philippines. It was established in 1926 as the Malabon Normal School by the Sisters of the Maryknoll Congregation. Despite being known as Maryknoll College until 1989, the college has not been administrated by the Maryknoll sisters since 1977. It is composed of a co-educational pre-school and kindergarten; a grade school, high school, and college for women; and a co-educational graduate school. Its current president is Patricia Licuanan. It is primarily a college that focused on liberal arts.

[edit] History

In 1926 Reverend Michael O’ Doherty requested that the Sisters of the Maryknoll Congregation in New York initiate a teacher-training program for women in the Philippines^{[citation needed]}. The Malabon Normal School was established inside a remodeled Augustinian Convent^{[citation needed]}. The school transferred sites several times until 1952, when it officially changed its name to the Maryknoll College, and made a permanent site in Quezon^{[citation needed]}.

Afterwards, Maryknoll College gradually expanded its programs from training teachers to the formation of women leaders, and in the process developed a liberal arts college. Since then, the school has continued to grow in student population, programs, services^{[citation needed]}.

After the Second Vatican Council, the Maryknoll congregation began to evaluate its work, not only in the Philippines but worldwide, in the light of their original apostolate as a missionary order. In 1977, the ownership and management of the school was turned over to lay administrators. In accordance with the agreement, the name Maryknoll was to be changed for the promotion of the school. In 1989, after a series of consultations, Maryknoll College was re-named Miriam College.

Miriam College has since expanded its course offerings and set up three major centers for curriculum development, research and community outreach—the Environmental Studies Institute, the Center for Peace Education and the Women and Gender Institute^{[citation needed]}.

[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 different events in campus, the Marian Auditorium which is a bigger venue for bigger events, the Mini-Forest Park, a chapel, and a day care center.