Tag: College of Accountancy

July 4, 2015, 2:25 p.m.  - A THOMASIAN has been selected as one of four Philippine representatives to the 13th annual Hitachi Young Leaders Initiative (HYLI).

Fifth-year accountancy student Ariel Joseph Nipas was chosen to represent UST after a screening process conducted by Hitachi executives, HYLI alumni, and former Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonio Eduardo Nachura.

Nipas will join 31 other delegates from eight participating countries: Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.

May 22, 2015, 5:47 p.m. - THE UNIVERSITY improved its passing rate in the off-season licensure examinations for certified public accountants, with 18 out of 27 Thomasian examinees making the cut.

UST registered a 66.67-percent passing rate, higher than last year’s 39.88 percent wherein only 65 of 163 Thomasians passed the exam.

Sixteen out of 22 second-time takers and two out of five first-time takers passed.

THE FACULTY of Engineering emerged as the Pautakan 2015 champion after besting 13 other teams in the intercollegiate quiz contest last April 13 at the Medicine Auditorium.

The Engineering team finished with 200 points, defeating perennial podium finisher Faculty of Arts and Letters (Artlets). Artlets led early in the competition but fell short and ended up with 165 points, good for a runner-up finish.