RMTU,Centennial a A Week Long Celebration
Ramon Magsaysay Technological University marks centennial (The Philippine Star) Updated February 04, 2010 12:00 AM Ramon Magsaysay Technological University, Iba, Zambales | Zoom MANILA, Philippines - Ramon Magsaysay Technological University , one of Central Luzon’s leading state technological schools, will mark its centennial founding anniversary from Feb. 8 to 12 in Iba, Zambales. The weeklong celebration will bear the theme, “Remembering, Celebrating and Envisioning RMTU on its 100th Year” and will highlight the strides it has made since its establishment as a farm school in 1910 by the Americans, according to RMTU president, Dr. Feliciano Rosete. Named after the former Philippine president, RMTU became a state university on Feb. 12, 1998 with the merger of the Ramon Magsaysay Polytechnic College in Iba, the Western Luzon Agricultural College in San Marcelino, and the Candelaria School of Fisheries in Candelaria. The school’s organic act, Republic Act 8498, was a...