URDANETACITYUNIVERSITY

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE

Course Code: Q125

Subject: ORATA 1

Requirement No.: ACTIVITY 1

Requirement Title: DR. PEDRO ORATA
Date Due: Oct, 30, 2022

Submitted by:

Name: Marquez, Javen Lei M.

Student No.: 20223670

Submitted to:

IRENE F. SALVADOR

Instructor
 URDANETACITYUNIVERSITY
COLLEGEOFENGINEERINGANDARCHITECTURE
#1 San Vicente West, Urdaneta City, Pangasinan

ACTIVATING PRIOR KNOWLEDGE

What are the things that you know about the history of your
university?

List five things down below.

1. Urdaneta City University was founded on February 4, 1966.

2. It was founded by Dr. Pedro T. Orata, world renowned
educator and a Ramon Magsaysay awardee, to establish a
community college.
3. UCU was formed by the merger on 1 June 2006 of the
Association of University Teachers (AUT) and the National
Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education
(NATFHE).
4. Pedro T. Orata, the father of the barrio schools and the
founder of Urdaneta City University, established what was
then the Urdaneta Community College (UCC) in 1966. As the
first community college in the Philippines, UCU, formerly
known as the City Colleges of Urdaneta (CCU) and Urdaneta
Community College (UCC).
5. UCC proved its worth despite its limited resources. Many
times, the College managed to be one of the top performing
higher learning institutions in the field of education, nursing
and midwifery. With this, it continues to attract students as far
as Abra, Aurora, Isabela, Ilocos, Nueva Vizcaya, Tarlac,
Quezon, Mt. Province, Pampanga, and other neighboring
provinces.