Divine Word College of San Jose
Roman Catholic college in Occidental Mindoro, Philippines / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Divine Word College of San Jose is a private, Catholic, coeducational basic and higher education institution run by the Philippine Central Province of the Society of the Divine Word or SVD in San Jose, Occidental Mindoro, Philippines. It holds the distinction of being the first and oldest educational institution in Mindoro island, even predating the island-province's separation in 1950 into two provinces[17] by five years.[18][2]
Latin: Ecclesiasticus Sancti Iosephus Collegium Verbi Divini | |
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Motto | Witness to the Word |
Type | Private not-for-profit Catholic research coeducational basic and higher education institution (HEI) |
Established | August 8, 1945; 78 years ago (August 8, 1945) |
Founders | Atty. Gabriel F. Fabella[2] Dr. Felix Gabriel[2] Federico Castillo[2] |
Accreditation | PAASCU[3][4] |
Religious affiliation | Roman Catholic (Verbites) |
Academic affiliations | |
President | Fr. Felino B. Javines Jr. SVD[7] |
Vice-president | |
Dean | |
Academic staff | 32–40 (2017–2020)[lower-alpha 1] |
Students | 2,441 (2017)[5] |
Undergraduates | 857 (2017)[12] |
Address | General Lukban Street, Barangay 8 , , , 5100 , 12°21′10″N 121°04′13″E |
Campus | Urban; 15,788 m2 (1.58 ha)[lower-alpha 2] |
Newspaper | The Pioneer |
Patron saints | |
Colors | Orange and green |
Nickname | Divinians |
Sporting affiliations | |
Website | dwcsj |
DWCSJ Hymn | |
Choral version performed by DWCSJ Choir accompanied by the DWCSJ Marching Band. Conducted by Mr. Arnold Napas | |
Divine Word College of San Jose, as it is known today, traces its roots to Southern Mindoro Academy,[1][19] a secondary school established in the middle of 1945 by Gabriel Fabrero Fabella,[20][21] a lawyer and prominent historian, which became exclusive to boys upon its incorporation into the Society of Divine Word (SVD) in 1960. It was renamed to Divine Word Academy a year after its acquisition by the SVD, and again to Divine Word College in 1966,[1] and has since offered complete academic courses from basic to tertiary education and postgraduate and vocational programs. Its patron saints are St. Arnold Janssen, the founder of the Society of the Divine Word, and St. Joseph Freinademetz, a missionary priest in China.