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CHED finally approves AUP's Application to Open Doctor of Medicine Program in August 2015!
TO GOD BE THE GLORY! This is the praise song of every faculty, students, and alumni of AUP together with the Adventist church leaders and members all over the world who have been praying for the approval of AUP's application to open the Doctor of Medicine program in August 2015. The long wait of more than 30 years is finally over when the Commission on Higher Education during its Commissioners' en banc meeting on December 17,2014 approved AUP's application. This was announced by Dr. Francisco Gayoba during the the AUP workers' yearend fellowship at the university gym on December 18, 2014. Below is the message of Dr. Francisco Gayoba, President of the Adventist University of the Philippines:
"The approval process was different this time. We did not get any information from the Technical Committee, whether we met all the requirements or we still have deficiencies. We were just told to wait until the CHED Commission en Banc makes the decision. The Commission met several times since September but our application was not in the agenda. We learned just a few days ago that our application was in the agenda already but again, we did not know what the recommendation of the Technical Committee was." - FG
December 18, 2014
Dear Alumni and Friends:
We praise the Lord for the news we received today. The 35-year-old dream of starting the MD program in the Philippines is coming to pass. To God be the Glory!
The journey has been difficult but the Lord has been guiding all the way. God has worked through various ways and means to make the dream come true. We praise Him for your prayers and support. Were it not for the encouragement of the Church leaders, from the local missions and conferences, the North Philippine Union Conference, the Southern Asia Pacific Division, and the General Conference, we would not have the determination to keep on. Loma Linda University had sent several consultants to assist us in the preparations. Our leaders did not only provide counsel but strength to the vision.
This project would not have been possible without the support of our alumni and friends. You trusted us and encouraged us. We did not start with much when the ground was broken end of 2011. Just a mustard seed. God was working in the hearts of those who believed. Two and a half years after, the Alumni Hall was finished and we satisfied the facilities requirement. The building is a monument to those who believed.
Three times the Technical Committee on Medical Education checked our readiness to open the program. Step by step, we worked hard. God provided people to lead the program. Many times we could not understand why the delay nor the detours. But the Lord continued to lead. Just before the last visit, we received notice that we had complied with almost all the curricular requirements except the base hospital issue. Since August 2014, our College of Medicine team with the Academic leaders, as they have been since the beginning, worked double time. We had submitted our compliance report by end of September and had been waiting since then for the decision. The approval process was different this time. We did not get any information from the Technical Committee, whether we met all the requirements or we still have deficiencies. We were just told to wait until the CHED Commission en Banc makes the decision. The Commission met several times since September but our application was not in the agenda. We learned just a few days ago that our application was in the agenda already but again, we did not know what the recommendation of the Technical Committee was.
The faculty and staff had a special prayer meeting yesterday because we knew the Commission was meeting that day. Though we have not received the official written notification, the CHED director for our region called us up this noon and informed us that we can announce the approved application to open the Doctor of Medicine program by August 2015. God be Praised!
The faculty and staff had a special prayer meeting yesterday because we knew the Commission was meeting that day. Though we have not received the official written notification, the CHED director for our region called us up this noon and informed us that we can announce the approved application to open the Doctor of Medicine program by August 2015. God be Praised!
“Ebenezer, Thus far the Lord has helped us." To each of you who has a part of this faith project, we give our thanks for allowing God to use you. Your prayers and gifts are part of this journey. We still have some work to do. We have not finished raising the full amount that will cover the cost of the building. A remaining challenge is to complete the team that will actually operate the program and produce medical missionaries. These still need our prayers and support. Let us continue to work and give, trusting that even as God has blessed us thus far, He will continue to bless our labor of love and work of faith.
To Him be the Honor and Glory, forever and ever.
Maranatha!
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