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{{Infobox university
|name = Philippine Women's University
| name = Philippine Women's University
| native_name = {{native name|fil|Pamantasang Pambabae ng Pilipinas}}
|former_names = Philippine Women's College
| image = Philippine Womens University.png
|native_name = Pamantasang Pambabae ng Pilipinas
| image_size = 175px
|motto = The First University for Women in Asia, Founded by Asians
| caption = <!--Descriptive caption, not for tagline, slogan or motto--->
|established = 1919
| former_names = Philippine Women's College (1919–1932)
|type = [[Private university|Private]], [[Nonsectarian|Non-sectarian]], [[University]]
|affiliation =
| motto =
| type = [[Private university|Private]] [[Coeducational]] Basic and Higher Education institution
|chairman = Former Senator [[Helena Z. Benitez]]
| established = {{Start date and age|1919}}
|president = Dr. Jose Francisco B. Benitez
| founders = {{unbulleted list|Clara Aragon|Concepcion Aragon|Francisca Tirona Benitez|Paz Marquez Benitez|Carolina Ocampo Palma|Mercedes Rivera|Socorro Marquez Zaballero}}
|city = 1743 [[Taft Avenue]] [[Malate, Manila|Malate]]
| academic_affiliations = {{col-start}} {{col-2}}ACUCA [[Association of Southeast Asian Institutions of Higher Learning|ASAIHL]] COCOPEA [[International Association of Universities|IAU]]<br>[[International Association of University Presidents|IAUP]] [[Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools Colleges and Universities|PAASCU]] [[Philippine Association of College and Universities|PACU]]{{col-2}} [[Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities Commission on Accreditation|PACUCOA]] [[South Manila Inter-Institutional Consortium|SMIIC]] WACE<br> WCC<br> WCCI<br> WEW{{col-end}}
|state = [[Manila]]
|country = [[Philippines]]
| chairman = Victorina Amalingan Sales
| president = Marco Alfredo Benitez
|coor = {{coord|14.574298|120.989634|type:landmark_region:PH|display=inline,title}}<!--Spec'd with 0.001 deg (18"; ~100m) precision for ~400m wide place-->
|undergrad = Approx. 5,000
| faculty = Approx. 500
|faculty = Approx. 500
| undergrad = Approx. 5,000
| address = 1743 [[Taft Avenue]] Malate
|campus = [[urban area|Urban]]: <br /> two universities on three campuses<small>(with Philippine Women's College of Davao autonomous from PWU Metro Manila)</small>
| city = [[Manila]]
|colors = {{color box|#990055}}{{color box|white}}
| state = Metro Manila
|free_label = [[School hymn|Hymn]]
|free = ''PWU University Hymn''
| country = Philippines
| coor = {{coord|14.5742|120.9896|dim:30_region:PH_type:edu|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|nickname = PWU Patriots
| pushpin_map = Philippines City of Manila#Metro Manila#Luzon mainland#Philippines
|affiliations = [[Association of Southeast Asian Institutions of Higher Learning|ASAIHL]], [[South Manila Inter-Institutional Consortium|SMIIC]], PACU, COCOPEA. WACE, IAUP, IAU, ACUCA, WEW, WCC, WCCI
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Manila##Location in Metro Manila##Location in Luzon##Location in the Philippines
|website = [http://www.pwu.edu.ph/ pwu.edu.ph]
| campus = Urban<br> '''Main:'''<br> Malate, [[Manila]]<br>'''Satellite:'''<br> Congressional Avenue, Quezon City
|image_name = Philippine Womens University.png
| free_label = Alma Mater song
|image_size = 180px
| free = ''PWU Hymn''
| colors = Maroon {{color box|#990055}} and {{color box|white}} White
| sports_nickname = PWU Patriots
| sporting_affiliations = [[Universities and Colleges Athletic League|UCAL]], [[Women's National Collegiate Athletic Association|WNCAA]], [[Women's Collegiate Sports Association|WCSA]], [[Inter-Scholastic Athletic Association|ISAA]]
| website = {{URL|www.pwu.edu.ph}}
}}
}}


'''Philippine Women's University''' ('''PWU''') is a [[coeducational]] [[tertiary education]] school which has its main campus in [[Manila]], Philippines. An [[all girls school|institution exclusive for girls]] from its inception until the 1970s, the PWU now admits both women and men as its students.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Philippine Women's University Ranking & Overview 2024 |url=https://www.4icu.org/reviews/3697.htm |access-date=2024-12-01 |website=www.4icu.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Philippine Women’s University |url=https://www.saylor.org/partners/skills/philippine-womens-university/ |access-date=2024-12-01 |website=Saylor Academy |language=en-US}}</ref>
The '''Philippine Women's University''' (Filipino: ''Pamantasang Pambabae ng Pilipinas''; commonly abbreviated as '''PWU''') is a non-stock, non-profit, non-sectarian educational institution for men and women from elementary to college level.


PWU's [[Basic Education]] (with Senior High School) is catered by the '''Jose Abad Santos Memorial School''' (JASMS) in [[Jose Abad Santos Memorial School|Manila]] and [[Jose Abad Santos Memorial School Quezon City|Quezon City]].
PWU's [[Basic Education|basic education department]] is called the Jose Abad Santos Memorial School (PWU JASMS) and has two campuses in [[Jose Abad Santos Memorial School|Manila]] and Quezon City.<ref>{{Cite web |title=PWU OFFICIAL WEBSITE |url=https://pwubataan.com/ |access-date=2024-12-01 |website=pwubataan.com}}</ref>


==History==
==History==
[[File:PWU HistoricalMarker Manila.jpg|left|thumb|Philippines Historical Committee marker installed in 1952]]


=== Higher Education For Filipina Women ===
=== Early years ===
In 1919 during the [[American colonial era in the Philippines|American colonial era]], the Philippine Women's University was established as the Philippine Women's College (PWC) by a group of Filipino women consisting of Clara Aragon, Concepcion Aragon, [[Francisca Tirona Benitez]], Paz Marquez Benitez, Carolina Ocampo Palma, Mercedes Rivera and Socorro Marquez Zaballero with the assistance of Filipino lawyer [[José Abad Santos]], who drafted the university's constitution and by-laws. It had an initial enrollment of 190 students.
A group of women in the Philippines in 1919 sought to further empower women of the country by allowing them access to education. Under the American administrative oversight from 1900 to July 4, 1946, education and democracy were the core of America's goal in "developing" the Philippines. Among the first, and perhaps more important, American legacy is the recognition of equality of women in the Philippine islands (years before mainland America embraced the concept).


The American colonial government granted the Philippine Women's College university status in 1932, and was renamed as the Philippine Women's University. It was the first university for women in Asia founded by Asians. From 1928 up to the outbreak of the [[World War II]], Philippine Women's University introduced the following programs: Home Economics, Music and Fine Arts, Social Work, Nutrition, Pharmacy and Business. In 1938, a course in Social Civic training was incorporated into the curriculum. The academic programs were based on the founders' objectives to train Filipinas in civic responsibility.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Unilab Foundation explores academic partnership with Philippine Women’s University |url=https://www.philstar.com/lifestyle/health-and-family/2024/10/04/2382833/unilab-foundation-explores-academic-partnership-philippine-womens-university |access-date=2024-12-23 |website=Philstar.com}}</ref>
Seven women who were prominent members of then Manila's social elite — Clara Aragon, Concepcion Aragon, [[Francisca Tirona Benitez]], Paz Marquez Benitez, Carolina Ocampo Palma, [[Mercedes Rivera]] and Socorro Marquez Zaballero — founded the Philippine Women's College (PWC) with the assistance of the prominent lawyer, [[José Abad Santos]], who drafted the university's papers: its constitution and by-laws. (Abad Santos was appointed by President [[Manuel L. Quezon]] to the [[Supreme Court of the Philippines]] just before the Japanese occupation as the fifth [[Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines]].)


Established families from all over the Philippines who could afford higher education sent their daughters to PWU. Most institutions offering higher education at that time were exclusively for young men, like PWU's neighbor, [[De La Salle University|De La Salle College]]. Schools for women offering higher education were operated by secular or religious sisters of the [[Roman Catholic Church]], including PWU's neighbors, [[Santa Isabel College Manila|Santa Isabel College]], [[Assumption College San Lorenzo|Assumption College]], [[St. Paul University Manila|St. Paul College, Manila]] and [[St. Scholastica's College Manila|St. Scholastica's College]]. There was also the Centro Escolar de Senoritas College which predated PWU by some 12 years, having been founded in 1907. The PWU had a more 'Americanized' curriculum than the former institution.
The American colonial government gave Philippine Women's College its recognition as a university in 1932, 13 years after the school opened its doors. From 1932 up to the outbreak of the Second World War, Philippine Women's University opened its Department of Child Development; in 1938, a course in Social Civic training was incorporated into the curriculum. The academic programs were based on the founder's objectives to train Filipinas in civic responsibility.


=== Second World War and afterward ===
Established families from all over the Philippines who could afford higher education sent their daughters to PWU. Most institutions offering higher education at that time were exclusively for young men, like PWU's neighbor, [[De La Salle–College of Saint Benilde|De La Salle College]]. Schools for women offering higher education were operated by secular or religious sisters of the [[Roman Catholic Church]], including PWU's neighbors, [[Santa Isabel College Manila|Santa Isabel College]], [[Assumption College San Lorenzo|Assumption College]], [[St. Paul University Manila|St. Paul College, Manila]], [[Miriam College|Maryknoll College]], and [[St. Scholastica's College Manila|St. Scholastica's College]]. There was also [[Centro Escolar de Senoritas]] College which predated PWU by some 12 years, having been founded in 1907. The PWU had a more 'Americanized' curriculum than Centro Escolar.
The Philippine Women's University survived the [[Japanese occupation of the Philippines|Japanese occupation of the Philippine islands]] of [[World War II]] from 1942 to 1945. For a time, classes at the PWU were held intermittently due to the extraordinary conditions imposed by the Japanese. The PWU campus, a building occupying an entire city block, was converted to a hospital, known as the '{{lang|fil|Pagamutan ng Maynila}} ({{literal translation|Manila Hospital}}).


The university sustained major damage during the war and barely survived the siege during the [[Battle of Manila (1945)|Battle of Manila]] in 1945. The school resumed its operations a few months prior the granting of independence to the Philippines by the United States on July 4, 1946.
=== Second World War and Afterward ===


The university opened to elementary and secondary education when it founded the [[Jose Abad Santos Memorial School]] (JASMS) which now has two campuses in Manila and Quezon City and is called PWU JASMS.
The Japanese occupation of the Philippine islands from 1942 to 1945 did not intimidate the PWU community to continue with its operations. For a time, classes at the PWU (like in most academic institutions of that time) were held intermittently due to the extraordinary conditions imposed by the Japanese. The PWU campus, a building occupying an entire city block, was converted to a hospital, known as the "Pagamutan ng Maynila."


=== Reform to a co-educational institution ===
The university sustained major damage during the war and barely survived the siege during the start of the American and Philippine liberation of Manila on February 9, 1945. The school resumed its academic programs a few months before the Philippines became a free and independent republic on July 4, 1946.
The university had its first male president in 1993 with the election of Jose Conrado Benitez.


*In the 1970s, PWU started admission of male enrollees as students and became co-educational.
The university opened its doors to fire-ravaged communities of Manila in 1969 and later in 1980.
*In 2003, Amelia Benitez Reyes became the eighth university president.
*In 2009, the Board of Trustees appointed Alfredo Benitez Reyes as the chief executive officer. As CEO, Reyes became the de facto head of the institution. Amelia B. Reyes retired then.
*In 2011, Jose Francisco Benitez became the ninth, and second male president of the PWU.


=== Issues with STI ===
The university opened its doors to elementary and secondary education when it founded the [[Jose Abad Santos Memorial School]] (JASMS) at Taft. PWU established another JASMS in Quezon City.
[[File:PWUjf0237 03.JPG|thumb|PWU Main Campus facade]]
[[File:08907jfQuezon Avenue EDSA Buildings Landmarks Quezon Cityfvf 15.jpg|thumb|JASMS Quezon City campus]]
In 2011, PWU was involved in a joint venture plan to infuse much-needed capital from [[STI College|STI]], an educational institution owned by Eusebio Tanco. <ref name="feud-sti">{{cite news |last1=Dumlao-Abadilla |first1=Doris |title=Feud over PWU ownership settled |url=https://business.inquirer.net/209108/feud-over-pwu-ownership-settled |access-date=20 July 2024 |work=Philippine Daily Inquirer |date=2 April 2016 |language=en}}</ref> STI stated it assumed debts of PWU, and claimed it prevented an earlier declaration of bankruptcy.<ref name="petition">{{cite news |title=Benitez matriarch files petition for PWU bankruptcy |url=https://business.inquirer.net/188653/benitez-matriarch-files-petition-for-pwu-bankrupcy |access-date=20 July 2024 |work=Philippine Daily Inquirer |date=16 March 2015 |language=en}}</ref>


The deal went sour in 2014 and a legal battle ensued when the Benitez family refused to accede to STI's plan to develop a mini-mall and residential condominiums with Ayala Land on the property associated with the PWU JASMS Quezon City campus.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Flores |first1=Wilson Lee |title=The battle for PWU: Benitez clan vs. Yosi Tanco of STI |url=https://www.philstar.com/lifestyle/business-life/2015/02/02/1418739/battle-pwu-benitez-clan-vs-yosi-tanco-sti |access-date=20 July 2024 |work=Philstar.com |date=2 February 2015}}</ref> STI sought to secure controlling stake over PWU.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dumlao |first1=Doris |title=STI moves to take over PWU after Benitez group refuses to honor 2011 deal |url=https://business.inquirer.net/183317/sti-moves-to-take-over-pwu-after-benitez-group-refuses-to-honor-2011-deal |access-date=20 July 2024 |work=Philippine Daily Inquirer |date=10 December 2014 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Dumlao |first1=Doris C. |title=Benitezes lose prized family heirloom: PWU |url=https://business.inquirer.net/183931/benitezes-lose-prized-family-heirloom-pwu |access-date=20 July 2024 |work=Philippine Daily Inquirer |date=23 December 2014 |language=en}}</ref> An amicable settlement was reached by the two parties in 2016 which saw STI stepping down from all involvement with PWU and JASMS in exchange for land owned by the Benitez family, which was used to pay back PWU's debts.<ref name="feud-sti"/>
====Outside Metro Manila====
In less than 50 years since the university's founding, PWU opened similar campuses for women in the country bearing the Philippine Women's College name, such as [[Iloilo City]] in the Visayas and [[Davao City]] in Mindanao (opened on June 8, 1953 and actively operating as 'Philippine Women's College of Davao' or PWC).<ref>[https://icastulo.wordpress.com/2015/07/13/philippine-womens-college-of-davao/ Philippine Women’s College of Davao]</ref> In 1972, the Iloilo City Colleges (now the [[University of Iloilo]]) purchased the PWC of Iloilo campus in its [[Jaro, Iloilo City|Jaro District]]. They turned the buildings into the Don Benito Lopez Memorial Hospital. Fifteen years later, in 1987, Don Benito Lopez Memorial Hospital was acquired by the [[West Visayas State University]]. It became the WVSU Hospital, a 150-bed tertiary, teaching and training hospital.<ref>[http://www.wvsu.edu.ph/index2.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=107&pop=1&page=0&Itemid=67 WVSU History]</ref>


==Notable alumni==
PWU also opened a satellite campus in [[Cebu City]] but was apparently shut down. It was situated at corners Leon Kilat and [[Colon Street]]s. The PWC in Davao City was then granted autonomy from PWU and operates as a co-educational institution.
* [[Hwang In-youp]], South Korean actor, model and singer
* [[Boy Abunda]], television host
* [[Jason Dy]], Singer
* [[Wilfredo Alicdan]], [[figurative art|figurative]] artist
* [[Teddy Diaz]], musician and composer
* [[Joseph Estrada]], actor and politician; former president of the Philippines and Mayor of Manila
* [[Guia Gomez]], politician
* [[Enya Gonzalez]], singer
* [[Leonor Orosa-Goquingco]], [[National Artist of the Philippines|National Artist]] for Dance
* [[Lucrecia Kasilag]], composer and pianist
* [[Laarni Lozada]], singer
* [[Imelda Marcos]], politician and former [[First Lady of the Philippines|First Lady]]; wife of Ferdinand Marcos
* [[Carmi Martin]], actress
* [[Rosa Santos Munda]], lawyer and educator
* [[Whilce Portacio]], comic book writer and artist
* [[Cory Quirino]], television host and author
* [[Ruffa Gutierrez]], actress and Miss World 2nd Princess
* [[Armida Siguion-Reyna]], singer and actress
* [[Noel Cabangon]], singer, composer, and musician
* [[Jak Roberto]], actor


==Outside Metro Manila==
PWU opened the Philippine Women's University Career Development and Continuing Education Center in [[Calamba, Laguna|Calamba City, Laguna]].
[[File:Philippine Women's College Davao (University Avenue, Matina, Davao City; 08-22-2023).jpg|thumb|Davao campus]]


Less than 50 years since the university's founding, PWU opened similar campuses for women in the country, such as in [[Iloilo City]] in the Visayas and [[Davao City]] in Mindanao (opened on June 8, 1953, and actively operating as 'Philippine Women's College of Davao' or PWC).<ref>[https://icastulo.wordpress.com/2015/07/13/philippine-womens-college-of-davao/ Philippine Women’s College of Davao]</ref> In 1972, the Iloilo City Colleges (now the [[University of Iloilo]]) purchased the PWC of Iloilo campus in its [[Jaro, Iloilo City|Jaro District]]. They turned the buildings into the Don Benito Lopez Memorial Hospital. Fifteen years later, in 1987, Don Benito Lopez Memorial Hospital was acquired by the [[West Visayas State University]]. It became the WVSU Hospital, a 150-bed tertiary, teaching and training hospital.<ref>[http://www.wvsu.edu.ph/index2.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=107&pop=1&page=0&Itemid=67 WVSU History]</ref>
=== Promoting Filipino culture ===


PWU opened a satellite campus in [[Cebu City]] but it has since been closed down. It was located at the corner of Leon Kilat and [[Colon Street]]s. They also had a satellite campus in [[Cagayan de Oro]], along Antonio Luna Extension, but was later closed and soon renamed "Professional World Academy".
Through the efforts of former Senator [[Helena Z. Benitez]], the university organized and developed the world-renowned [[Bayanihan]] Philippine Folk Dance Company. Benitez, with Philippine National Artist for the Music and the Arts, dean emeritus [[Lucresia R. Kasilag]] (who served as Bayanihan's president and [[musical director]]), have pioneered and promoted the [[Filipino culture]], particularly [[folk dance]].


The PWC in Davao City was granted autonomy from PWU and operates under a separate charter as a co-educational institution.
Benitez, who became the first alumnae president of the university, has been at the helm of PWU for more than three decades and, in 1980, became chairperson of the Board of Trustees.


PWU started the Career Development and Continuing Education Center (CDCEC) in 1978 as a means to enable the benefits of a PWU education to reach other areas in the country. There are several CDCEC franchises in Calamba, Sta. Cruz, Baguio, Camarines Norte, Tarlac and Bulacan owned and operated by private individuals and groups.
=== Adapting to changing times ===
The university had its first male president in 1993 with the election of Dr. Jose Conrado Benitez who had set a vision on a strategic plan to diversify and to use information technology to transcend distance and bring functional education to everyone.

*In the 1990s, PWU opened its doors to male enrollees and became co-educational.
*In 2003, Dr. Amelou B. Reyes became the eighth university president.
*In 2011, Dr. Jose Francisco Benitez became the ninth and second male president of the PWU.

==Issues==
PWU is in an organizational dispute with the [[STI College|STI Group]] over the university's institutional control and ownership. The Benitez family (the current majority owners) has taken legal action to stop STI from acquiring PWU.<ref name="Benitez_family" />

=== STI's Notice of Default for PWU ===

The Benitez family, descendants of the founders of the Philippine Women’s University (PWU), slammed the “dirty tactics” of the group of Eusebio Tanco over the ongoing fight for control of the school and some of its assets.

In a statement, the family said a press release issued by STI Holdings — owned by the Tanco group — claimed that the Benitezes had resigned from PWU and that their supposed resignation had allowed Tanco to take over the school.<ref>http://business.inquirer.net/183942/benitez-family-sti-takeover-of-pwu-illegal</ref> “The claims are baseless and the so-called takeover is illegal,” the Benitez family said.

In 2014, the Tanco group disclosed plans to turn the [[JASMS Quezon City|Jose Abad Santos Memorial School (JASMS) Quezon City campus]] into a commercial venture.<ref>http://www.manilatimes.net/sti-ayala-land-eye-p3b-devt-qc-lot/130173</ref> The JASMS community, composed of alumni, parents, and other stakeholders, said they were not informed of the plan and have resisted the move.<ref>http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/658479/jasms-parents-slam-sti-takeover-of-pwu</ref> [[Jose Abad Santos Memorial School]] is the basic education arm of PWU. Its campuses are in Quezon City and Manila.

The act of takeover of PWU was triggered by, and in retaliation for, the refusal of the JASMS community to agree to Tanco's idea of commercializing the JASMS Quezon City campus, the Benitez family said.

The family said the Tanco group issued a Notice of Default on December 9 claiming PWU owes the group P928 million which was originally a P230 million loan of the school with [[Banco De Oro|BDO]], which the Tanco group assumed. “The notice of default inappropriately and unilaterally demanded payment of the entire amount within a mere seven days. The said notice of default is baseless primarily because, among other reasons, the amount demanded is absolutely and exorbitantly wrong,” the Benitez family said. “The Benitez family is contesting the said default notice and taking legal action to fight this brazen takeover attempt of a revered educational institution,” it added.

The family said the Tanco group knew that they were contesting the notice of default. “Yet without even the cursory attempt to engage in dialogue and refusing to entertain such offers of dialogue to discuss the default or to listen to the Benitez family’s proposal on how to pay the correct amount of the loan, the Tanco group is now attempting to take over PWU,” the family added.<ref name="Benitez_family">http://www.philstar.com/business/2014/12/24/1406019/benitez-family-take-legal-action-vs-sti</ref>

This unfortunate turn of events on what was once a promising arrangement was brought about by a difference of principles between the parties. “Over the course of three years, the Benitez family realized that Mr. Tanco’s vision to commercialize PWU and [[Jose Abad Santos Memorial School|JASMS]] does not conform to the vision of the founders and the Benitez family’s enduring commitment to education,” the family said.<ref>https://anc.yahoo.com/video/benitez-group-denies-sti-taken-002449365.html</ref>

The Philippine Women's College of Davao (PWC) is not party to the Philippine Women's University-STI Holdings Inc. (PWU-STI) Joint Agreement forged in 2011. This was the statement made by the PWC Alumni Foundation, Inc. Board of Directors to assuage fears amid the worsening rift between the Benitezes of PWU and STI's Eusebio Tanco.<ref>[http://archive.sunstar.com.ph/davao/local-news/2015/01/14/pwc-not-part-mess-386596 PWC not part of mess], ''Sun.Star Archive''.]</ref>

==Notable Alumni==
* [[Boy Abunda]]
* [[Lucrecia Kasilag]]
* [[Carmi Martin]]
* [[Cory Quirino]]
* [[Armida Siguion-Reyna]]
* [[Guia Gomez]]
* [[Laarni Lozada]]
* [[Leonor Orosa-Goquingco]]
* [[Rosa Santos Munda]]
* [[Wilfredo Alicdan]]
* [[Whilce Portacio]]

==University Hymn==

=== Filipino Version ===

I<br />
Hayaang magsialay<br />
Kanilang pamantasan (pamantasan)<br />
Nang papuri't pagdakila<br />
Paaralan nilang Lahat

Ngunit sa aming puso<br />
Iisa ang sinusuyo<br />
Ang mahal naming kolehiyo<br />
Kayamanang walang hanggan (kayamanan)

Chorus<br />
Halina at ating tupdin<br />
Alay niya'y ating sundin<br />
Masayang ipagkapuri<br />
Ating Philippine Women's University

II<br />
Iba't-ibang kulay at damdamin<br />
Nagpapahayag ng diwa (ng diwa)<br />
May abo pula't bughaw<br />
Puti't maroon ang sa akin

At saan man magsitungo<br />
Kahit sa iba mang dako<br />
Aral niya ay isaisip<br />
Sa Diyos bansa't lahi (bansa't lahi)

Repeat Chorus

Coda<br />
Philippine Women's University<ref>Filipino version posted by Manuelito Torres, October 28, 2007, graduate, Philippine Women's University, Bachelor of Science in Information and Computer Science, major in Information Technology, 1997</ref>

===English version===

I<br/>
Let other sing Their Praises<br/>
Of their Alma Mater Fair (Alma Mater)<br/>
Let Them Ponder on the Graces<br/>
of their college Great and Rare

II<br/>
But my Heart Beats true Forever for the<br/>
college I Love Best<br/>
I Shall Cease to Treasure Never Mem'ries of<br/>
her in My Breast (In My Breast)

Chorus<br/>
Loyal May we Ever be<br/>
May We Learn Her Lessons Right<br/>
Proud May we Ever be<br/>
of the Philippine Women's University

III<br/>
Other Hues Thrill Other Bosoms<br/>
Red, Blue and Gray in Other Sight (Other Sight)<br/>
Are the Fairest tints of Bosoms<br/>
But For Me Maroon and White

IV<br/>
Wherever we may Wander<br/>
and Wherever we may Roam<br/>
On Its Message Let Us Ponder<br/>
Love of Country, God and Home (God and Home)

Chorus<br/>
Loyal May we Ever be<br/>
May We Learn Her Lessons Right<br/>
Proud May we Ever be<br/>
of the Philippine Women's University

Coda<br/>
Philippine Women's University


==Affiliations==
==Affiliations==

PWU is a member institution of Philippine Association of College and Universities (PACU), Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools, Colleges and Universities (PAASCU), Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities Commission on Accreditation (PACUCOA) as well as the International Association of Universities and the International Association of University Presidents.
PWU is a member institution of Philippine Association of College and Universities (PACU), Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools, Colleges and Universities (PAASCU), Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities Commission on Accreditation (PACUCOA) as well as the International Association of Universities and the International Association of University Presidents.


==Sports==
==Sports==

PWU is active in the Women's National Collegiate Athletics Association (WNCAA) and Women's Collegiate Sports Association (WCSA). The official school moniker is the PWU Patriots.
PWU is active in the Women's National Collegiate Athletics Association (WNCAA) and Women's Collegiate Sports Association (WCSA). The official school moniker is the PWU Patriots.


== See also ==
As of 2008:

Table Tennis
*WCSA Champion (2006–2007 and 2007–2008)

Swimming
*WNCAA 2nd Overall (2006–2007 and 2007–2008)
*WCSA 2nd Overall (2006–2007 and 2007–2008)

Basketball
*WCSA Champion (2008–2009)
*WNCAA Champion [Division B] (2008–2009)
*WNCAA 3rd Place [Division B] (2007–2008)
*WCSA 2nd Place (2007–2008)

Futsal
*WNCAA 4th Place (2007–2008)
*WCSA Champion (2007–2008)

Volleyball
*WNCAA
*WCSA

Badminton
*WNCAA
*WCSA

Taekwondo
*WNCAA
*WCSA

=== Gallery ===
<gallery>
File:PWUjf0237 03.JPG|PWU Main Campus facade

File:PWUjf0249 02.JPG|Historical Marker
File:PWUjf0249 04.JPG|Details of the Entrance Doors
File:PWUjf0249 10.JPG|Details of the Windows
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==See also==

*[[STI College]] (the flagship educational institution by the STI Group owned by Eusebio Tanco which disputes the ownership and control of PWU from the Benitez family)
*[[List of universities and colleges in the Philippines|Universities and Colleges in the Philippines]]
*[[List of universities and colleges in the Philippines|Universities and Colleges in the Philippines]]


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==External links==
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*[http://www.pwu.edu.ph The Philippine Women's University Official Website]
* {{Official website|http://www.pwu.edu.ph}}
*[http://www.pwc.edu.ph The Philippine Women's College of Davao - Official Website]
* [http://www.pwc.edu.ph The Philippine Women's College of Davao - Official Website]
* [https://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/philwomenian/&date=2009-10-26+00:33:45 PWU @ WebCite GeoCities Archive]
* [https://archive.today/20240524161552/https://www.webcitation.org/5knwWE96K?url=http://www.geocities.com/philwomenian/ PWU @ WebCite GeoCities Archive]

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Philippine Women's University
Pamantasang Pambabae ng Pilipinas (Filipino)
Former names
Philippine Women's College (1919–1932)
TypePrivate Coeducational Basic and Higher Education institution
Established1919; 106 years ago (1919)
Founders
  • Clara Aragon
  • Concepcion Aragon
  • Francisca Tirona Benitez
  • Paz Marquez Benitez
  • Carolina Ocampo Palma
  • Mercedes Rivera
  • Socorro Marquez Zaballero
Academic affiliations
ChairmanVictorina Amalingan Sales
PresidentMarco Alfredo Benitez
Academic staff
Approx. 500
UndergraduatesApprox. 5,000
Address
1743 Taft Avenue Malate
,
Manila
,
Metro Manila
,
Philippines

14°34′27″N 120°59′23″E / 14.5742°N 120.9896°E / 14.5742; 120.9896
CampusUrban
Main:
Malate, Manila
Satellite:
Congressional Avenue, Quezon City
Alma Mater songPWU Hymn
ColorsMaroon   and   White
NicknamePWU Patriots
Sporting affiliations
UCAL, WNCAA, WCSA, ISAA
Websitewww.pwu.edu.ph
Philippine Women's University is located in Manila
Philippine Women's University
Location in Manila
Philippine Women's University is located in Metro Manila
Philippine Women's University
Location in Metro Manila
Philippine Women's University is located in Luzon
Philippine Women's University
Location in Luzon
Philippine Women's University is located in Philippines
Philippine Women's University
Location in the Philippines

Philippine Women's University (PWU) is a coeducational tertiary education school which has its main campus in Manila, Philippines. An institution exclusive for girls from its inception until the 1970s, the PWU now admits both women and men as its students.[1][2]

PWU's basic education department is called the Jose Abad Santos Memorial School (PWU JASMS) and has two campuses in Manila and Quezon City.[3]

History

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Philippines Historical Committee marker installed in 1952

Early years

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In 1919 during the American colonial era, the Philippine Women's University was established as the Philippine Women's College (PWC) by a group of Filipino women consisting of Clara Aragon, Concepcion Aragon, Francisca Tirona Benitez, Paz Marquez Benitez, Carolina Ocampo Palma, Mercedes Rivera and Socorro Marquez Zaballero with the assistance of Filipino lawyer José Abad Santos, who drafted the university's constitution and by-laws. It had an initial enrollment of 190 students.

The American colonial government granted the Philippine Women's College university status in 1932, and was renamed as the Philippine Women's University. It was the first university for women in Asia founded by Asians. From 1928 up to the outbreak of the World War II, Philippine Women's University introduced the following programs: Home Economics, Music and Fine Arts, Social Work, Nutrition, Pharmacy and Business. In 1938, a course in Social Civic training was incorporated into the curriculum. The academic programs were based on the founders' objectives to train Filipinas in civic responsibility.[4]

Established families from all over the Philippines who could afford higher education sent their daughters to PWU. Most institutions offering higher education at that time were exclusively for young men, like PWU's neighbor, De La Salle College. Schools for women offering higher education were operated by secular or religious sisters of the Roman Catholic Church, including PWU's neighbors, Santa Isabel College, Assumption College, St. Paul College, Manila and St. Scholastica's College. There was also the Centro Escolar de Senoritas College which predated PWU by some 12 years, having been founded in 1907. The PWU had a more 'Americanized' curriculum than the former institution.

Second World War and afterward

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The Philippine Women's University survived the Japanese occupation of the Philippine islands of World War II from 1942 to 1945. For a time, classes at the PWU were held intermittently due to the extraordinary conditions imposed by the Japanese. The PWU campus, a building occupying an entire city block, was converted to a hospital, known as the 'Pagamutan ng Maynila (lit. 'Manila Hospital').

The university sustained major damage during the war and barely survived the siege during the Battle of Manila in 1945. The school resumed its operations a few months prior the granting of independence to the Philippines by the United States on July 4, 1946.

The university opened to elementary and secondary education when it founded the Jose Abad Santos Memorial School (JASMS) which now has two campuses in Manila and Quezon City and is called PWU JASMS.

Reform to a co-educational institution

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The university had its first male president in 1993 with the election of Jose Conrado Benitez.

  • In the 1970s, PWU started admission of male enrollees as students and became co-educational.
  • In 2003, Amelia Benitez Reyes became the eighth university president.
  • In 2009, the Board of Trustees appointed Alfredo Benitez Reyes as the chief executive officer. As CEO, Reyes became the de facto head of the institution. Amelia B. Reyes retired then.
  • In 2011, Jose Francisco Benitez became the ninth, and second male president of the PWU.

Issues with STI

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PWU Main Campus facade
JASMS Quezon City campus

In 2011, PWU was involved in a joint venture plan to infuse much-needed capital from STI, an educational institution owned by Eusebio Tanco. [5] STI stated it assumed debts of PWU, and claimed it prevented an earlier declaration of bankruptcy.[6]

The deal went sour in 2014 and a legal battle ensued when the Benitez family refused to accede to STI's plan to develop a mini-mall and residential condominiums with Ayala Land on the property associated with the PWU JASMS Quezon City campus.[7] STI sought to secure controlling stake over PWU.[8][9] An amicable settlement was reached by the two parties in 2016 which saw STI stepping down from all involvement with PWU and JASMS in exchange for land owned by the Benitez family, which was used to pay back PWU's debts.[5]

Notable alumni

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Outside Metro Manila

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Davao campus

Less than 50 years since the university's founding, PWU opened similar campuses for women in the country, such as in Iloilo City in the Visayas and Davao City in Mindanao (opened on June 8, 1953, and actively operating as 'Philippine Women's College of Davao' or PWC).[10] In 1972, the Iloilo City Colleges (now the University of Iloilo) purchased the PWC of Iloilo campus in its Jaro District. They turned the buildings into the Don Benito Lopez Memorial Hospital. Fifteen years later, in 1987, Don Benito Lopez Memorial Hospital was acquired by the West Visayas State University. It became the WVSU Hospital, a 150-bed tertiary, teaching and training hospital.[11]

PWU opened a satellite campus in Cebu City but it has since been closed down. It was located at the corner of Leon Kilat and Colon Streets. They also had a satellite campus in Cagayan de Oro, along Antonio Luna Extension, but was later closed and soon renamed "Professional World Academy".

The PWC in Davao City was granted autonomy from PWU and operates under a separate charter as a co-educational institution.

PWU started the Career Development and Continuing Education Center (CDCEC) in 1978 as a means to enable the benefits of a PWU education to reach other areas in the country. There are several CDCEC franchises in Calamba, Sta. Cruz, Baguio, Camarines Norte, Tarlac and Bulacan owned and operated by private individuals and groups.

Affiliations

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PWU is a member institution of Philippine Association of College and Universities (PACU), Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools, Colleges and Universities (PAASCU), Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities Commission on Accreditation (PACUCOA) as well as the International Association of Universities and the International Association of University Presidents.

Sports

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PWU is active in the Women's National Collegiate Athletics Association (WNCAA) and Women's Collegiate Sports Association (WCSA). The official school moniker is the PWU Patriots.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "The Philippine Women's University Ranking & Overview 2024". www.4icu.org. Retrieved December 1, 2024.
  2. ^ "Philippine Women's University". Saylor Academy. Retrieved December 1, 2024.
  3. ^ "PWU OFFICIAL WEBSITE". pwubataan.com. Retrieved December 1, 2024.
  4. ^ "Unilab Foundation explores academic partnership with Philippine Women's University". Philstar.com. Retrieved December 23, 2024.
  5. ^ a b Dumlao-Abadilla, Doris (April 2, 2016). "Feud over PWU ownership settled". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved July 20, 2024.
  6. ^ "Benitez matriarch files petition for PWU bankruptcy". Philippine Daily Inquirer. March 16, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2024.
  7. ^ Flores, Wilson Lee (February 2, 2015). "The battle for PWU: Benitez clan vs. Yosi Tanco of STI". Philstar.com. Retrieved July 20, 2024.
  8. ^ Dumlao, Doris (December 10, 2014). "STI moves to take over PWU after Benitez group refuses to honor 2011 deal". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved July 20, 2024.
  9. ^ Dumlao, Doris C. (December 23, 2014). "Benitezes lose prized family heirloom: PWU". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved July 20, 2024.
  10. ^ Philippine Women’s College of Davao
  11. ^ WVSU History
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