Mindanao Polytechnic State College

Infobox_University
name = Mindanao Polytechnic State College


motto = "Soaring to greater heights of Universityhood"
established = 1927
type = Semi-public school, run by government
president = Dr. Ricardo E. Rotares
campus = 1 campus and 5 external campuses
city = Lapasan, Cagayan de Oro City
state = Misamis Oriental
country = Philippines
students = 15,000
undergrad = 8000
grad = 500
faculty = 500
staff = 1000
colors = Blue
nickname = M.P.S.C.
affiliations = Public School and Semi-Public. Run by the Philippine Association of State Universities and Colleges and a member of Mindanao Association State Colleges and Universities Foundation, Inc.
website = http://www.mpsc.edu.ph

Mindanao Polytechnic State College, MPSC, or popularly known as Don Mar, is a higher education institution in the Philippines. It offers (UTC)vertically articulated programs to poor but deserving students. Its main campus is situated in Lapasan, Cagayan de Oro City, with satellite campuses in Jasaan, Oroquieta and Panaon, Misamis Occidental.

Mindanao Polytechnic State College, or MPSC, is one of the leading higher education institutions in the Philippines. It offers vertically articulated programs to poor but deserving students. MPSC is strategically located in the fast-growing industrial pace of Northern Mindanao, with its main campus situated in Lapasan, Cagayan de Oro City, and with satellite campuses in Jasaan, Oroquieta and Panaon.

It is the mission of this College to provide quality, relevant, and trained human resources, and to promote research and extension services, supportive of the Industrialization Act of Northern Mindanao, pursuant to Section 2 of PD 1431; the College Charter as amended by RA 7102.

The Corporate Vision of MPSC, reflected in the Corporate Plan for CY 2002-2005 provides that, "MPSC is the Philippine showcase for a Corporate University in the Brunei-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines-East Asia Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA)". This implies a business-like orientation in the way that the goods and services of the corporate university are delivered to its clientele while maintaining the primacy of social service as its function in the Philippine society. MPSC's role as a state corporate university shall transcend national and cultural boundaries and will be felt immediately in the BIMP-EAGA.

The Logo

The portion colored red, yellow and blue represents the flag of the Philippines which hung vertically.

The book and the torch symbolize the education that every student wants to acquire from this College.

The gear represents “Technology” which is considered as the flagship course of this College.

The twenty-four (24) teeth of the gear symbolize the 24-hour service of our College to the community.

The figure 1927 shown inside the book represents the year when MPSC was founded.

Logo Design created for MPSC by Mr. Eliezer Arnejo

High school

MPSC has a Secondary Laboratory School (1st to 4th Year), running under the Science and Technology Curriculum.

The Milestones of MPSC

- 1927 Pre-Commonwealth Act No. 3377 known as the Vocational Act of 1927 established Misamis Oriental Trade School (MOTS) operating at the elementary level. In 1936, the intermediate program was replaced with the four-year secondary trade program. - 1952 Republic Act No. 672 converted MOTS into the Mindanano School of Arts and Trades (MSAT) offering two-year trade technical education. In 1970, Republic Act of 3959 authorized the offering of Bachelor of Science in Industrial Education and the Evening Opportunity Programs. - 1978 Presidential Decree 1431 converted MSAT to Don Mariano Marcos Memorial Polytechnic State College (DMMMPSC) with the mission "to provide quality relevant and trained human resources and to promote research supportive to the industrialization of Northern Mindanao." - 1991 Republic Act No. 7102 renamed DMMMPSC to Mindanao Polytechnic State College (MPSC) with the addition of the third function of the college - extension services - in the original mission. - 1995 Proposal for Mindanao University of Science and Technology (MUST) was presented to the faculty and staff, students, PTA officials, and the general public. In 2002, Congressman Constantino J. Jaraula of the Lone District of Cagayan de Oro filed House Bill No. 4582 for the conversion of MUST. The House Sub-Committee on Higher Education approved the bill in 2003.

External links

* [http://www.mpsc.edu.ph Mindanao Polytechnic State College Official Website]
* [http://www.mb.com.ph/issues/2007/10/19/SCAU20071019105849.html How MPSC leaves tracks in the orchard of the academic world]
* [http://www.mb.com.ph/issues/2007/10/19/SCAU20071019105847.html Manila Bulletin News]
* [http://profiles.friendster.com/33540700/ Mindanao Polytechnic State College Friendster Website]
* MASCUF