PGMA inaugurates new CSU Andrews campus

Tuguegarao City (28 August) — President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has unveiled the new four-storey academic and administrative building of Cagayan State University (CSU) Andrews Campus in Caritan, this city.

The President, together with Sec. Silvestre Bello III, Gov. Alvaro Antonio, Cong. Manuel Mamba, Bishop Ramon Villena and CSU President Roger P. Perez, has unveiled the new marker of the University with 32 classrooms worth more than 58.7 million pesos.

CSU Andrews Campus which is formerly known as Caritan Campus houses students of the College of Education, College of Human Kinetics, College of Law, Graduate School and College of Medical Technology. It was named after Claude Edgar Andrews who donated the lot where the university stands.

The CSU administration building was funded and constructed by the students of the university with the design and supervision of the college of engineering.

The campus is now the seat of governance of the university, where the central administration holds office. It is one among “Circa 50″ buildings in different campuses which serve not only as institutional facilities but as aesthetic icons, representing the university motto: “Ad Optimum Educans”, meaning “Educating for the Best”, and are now in the final phase of their construction process.

The high rise academic building which started in 2006 is now taking full shape towards 2009 which is the target date for its completion, financed through internally-generated income.

The President appreciated the improvement of the university as the model university not only in academe but also in physical infrastructure as an evidence and is geared at developing and encouraging higher aspirations among its poor students. (Oliver B./PIA 2)