May 21, 12:20 a.m.- UST HAS revived its Filipino department more than three decades after putting all languages under a single department.

The
Filipino department was resurrected in time for the UST
quadricentennial celebration next academic year. Faculty of Arts and
Letters professor Imelda de Castro will serve as its head.

Department
of Languages Chair Marilu Madrunio said the revived Department of
Filipino will better cater to the needs of Filipino subjects, which her
centralized unit could not address.

“There
are many issues in the language department that the Filipino section is
not part of. This reform will help them address their needs like
financial assistance and Filipino language development in the
University,” Madrunio said.

It was a sort of a
“merry-go-round” for the UST Filipino Department. After its merger with
other languages in 1979, the Department of Filipino was placed under
general education subjects.

Under the previous setup, Madrunio’s Department of Languages supervises the English, Filipino, and Spanish units.
The three language agencies shared the same budget under one department.

The
Filipino department is the second department to be revived under the
vertical articulation project of the University, where departments are
created to focus on a specific subject matter. Last year, the
Department of History was revived with Augusto de Viana as head. Darenn G. Rodriguez

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