RE:GOVUnofficial concept30 pages reimagined from cm.edu.ph by an AI agent · not affiliated with CMOfficial site ↗ReportFeedbackFounded in 1924 by Rev. Angel C. Espina so that the young people of Maasin could continue their education close to home.
In the early 1920s, young people in Maasin who finished their intermediate grades had nowhere nearby to continue to secondary school. The only option was the national high school in Tacloban City.
Rev. Angel C. Espina knew this hardship from his own search for knowledge. He had been fortunate to study at Silliman Institute, now Silliman University. Inspired by that experience and by his dedication to quality Christian education, he founded the Maasin Institute on August 25, 1924.
The school became a training ground for men and women who brought a Christian dimension of leadership to many fields. After the Second World War it began offering collegiate programs in Teacher Education and Liberal Arts, and in 1963 the Maasin Institute was renamed The College of Maasin (CM).
The rapid social change of the 1970s brought a serious struggle for survival. In 1971, with the founder advancing in age, the Espina family donated the college to the United Church of Christ in the Philippines (UCCP) to ensure that its mission in education would continue. The 1974 UCCP General Assembly in Cebu City accepted the donation, and CM joined the network of UCCP church-related schools.
The collegiate programs nearly closed in the mid-1970s. Through the faith and commitment of church and academic leaders, the college survived economic recession, political conflict and a legal battle over its ownership between 1984 and 1992.
In 1993, CREATE-UCCP, the network of UCCP-related schools and colleges, together with the UCCP national leadership, reorganized the Board of Trustees, elected new leadership and formulated a ten-year Comprehensive Development Program (COMDEP). The following year, with support from CREATE-UCCP and the Central Agency of the Evangelical Church of West Germany (EZE), construction began on the main college building housing the administration, collegiate classrooms, science and business laboratories, and the library.
From 1995 onward the college continued its journey of academic rehabilitation, recovery and the pursuit of quality education, growing into the institution it is today, with programs from pre-elementary to law and graduate studies. In 2024, The College of Maasin marked one hundred years since its founding.
Rev. Angel C. Espina founds the Maasin Institute on August 25.
Collegiate programs in Teacher Education and Liberal Arts begin after the war.
Maasin Institute becomes The College of Maasin.
The Espina family donates the college to the UCCP.
The UCCP General Assembly accepts the donation.
Board reorganized; the ten-year COMDEP is drawn up.
Construction of the main college building begins.
Centennial of the founding.
R. Kangleon Street, Tunga-Tunga, Maasin City, Southern Leyte 6600
R. Kangleon Street, Tunga-Tunga, Maasin City, Southern Leyte 6600
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RE:GOVUnofficial concept30 pages reimagined from cm.edu.ph by an AI agent · not affiliated with CM · Filipino text machine-translated by Muse SparkOfficial site ↗ReportFeedbackItinatag noong 1924 ni Rev. Angel C. Espina upang makapagpatuloy ng pag-aaral ang mga kabataan ng Maasin nang malapit sa kanilang tahanan.
Noong unang bahagi ng 1920s, ang mga kabataan sa Maasin na nakatapos ng intermediate grades ay walang malapit na mapapasukan para magpatuloy sa secondary school. Ang tanging opsyon ay ang national high school sa Tacloban City.
Alam ni Rev. Angel C. Espina ang hirap na ito mula sa sarili niyang paghahanap ng kaalaman. Pinalad siyang makapag-aral sa Silliman Institute, na ngayon ay Silliman University. Dahil sa karanasang ito at sa kanyang dedikasyon sa dekalidad na edukasyong Kristiyano, itinatag niya ang Maasin Institute noong August 25, 1924.
Naging training ground ang paaralan ng mga lalaki at babae na nagdala ng Kristiyanong dimensyon ng pamumuno sa maraming larangan. Pagkatapos ng Second World War, nagsimula itong mag-alok ng mga collegiate program sa Teacher Education at Liberal Arts, at noong 1963 ang Maasin Institute ay naging The College of Maasin (CM).
Nagdulot ng matinding pakikibaka para mabuhay ang mabilis na pagbabago sa lipunan noong 1970s. Noong 1971, dahil tumatanda na ang founder, idinonate ng pamilyang Espina ang kolehiyo sa United Church of Christ in the Philippines (UCCP) upang masigurong magpapatuloy ang misyon nito sa edukasyon. Tinanggap ng UCCP General Assembly sa Cebu City noong 1974 ang donasyon, at sumali ang CM sa network ng mga church-related school ng UCCP.
Halos nagsara ang mga collegiate program noong kalagitnaan ng 1970s. Sa pamamagitan ng pananampalataya at paninindigan ng mga lider ng simbahan at akademya, nakaligtas ang kolehiyo sa economic recession, political conflict at sa legal battle tungkol sa pagmamay-ari nito mula 1984 hanggang 1992.
Noong 1993, muling binuo ng CREATE-UCCP, ang network ng mga school at college na kaugnay ng UCCP, kasama ang national leadership ng UCCP, ang Board of Trustees, naghalal ng bagong pamunuan at gumawa ng sampung taong Comprehensive Development Program (COMDEP). Nang sumunod na taon, sa suporta ng CREATE-UCCP at ng Central Agency of the Evangelical Church of West Germany (EZE), sinimulan ang pagtatayo ng main college building na kinalalagyan ng administration, mga collegiate classroom, mga science at business laboratory, at ng library.
Mula 1995, nagpatuloy ang kolehiyo sa paglalakbay nito tungo sa academic rehabilitation, recovery at paghahangad ng dekalidad na edukasyon, at lumago bilang institusyong kilala ngayon, na may mga program mula pre-elementary hanggang law at graduate studies. Noong 2024, ipinagdiwang ng The College of Maasin ang isang daang taon mula nang ito ay itatag.
Itinatag ni Rev. Angel C. Espina ang Maasin Institute noong August 25.
Nagsimula ang mga collegiate program sa Teacher Education at Liberal Arts pagkatapos ng giyera.
Ang Maasin Institute ay naging The College of Maasin.
Idinonate ng pamilyang Espina ang kolehiyo sa UCCP.
Tinanggap ng UCCP General Assembly ang donasyon.
Muling binuo ang Board; ginawa ang sampung taong COMDEP.
Sinimulan ang pagtatayo ng pangunahing gusali ng kolehiyo.
Sentenaryo ng pagkakatatag.
R. Kangleon Street, Tunga-Tunga, Maasin City, Southern Leyte 6600
R. Kangleon Street, Tunga-Tunga, Maasin City, Southern Leyte 6600
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