Sunday, March 4, 2012

Temporary COM or Future AUP Administration building?




Proposed 3-Storey AUP College of Medicine Building [aka Plan C: B1+B2]



To All fellow alumni and friends, 

Greeting to you all! 

What a beautiful thought to start the new year 2012 with the hope that soon we are going to witness the realization of our dream to put up a medical school at AUP. 

By God's amazing grace,this will be the 4th SDA medical school around the world. As for your information, we only have 3 SDA medical school in existence so far; in Loma Linda, California, in Argentina, and in Mexico. I invite each one of you to be a part in the fulfillment of our vision. 


Please send this attachments to your family and friends to join us in our faith journey in this big venture. Let us attempt big things for God for we serve a big GOD. 

Even with a meager funds on hand, we are moving by faith to start the building construction last Dec. 15, 2011, believing that what God has started He will finish. The total cost of the building project is USD $1.9 Million, with a total area of 4,733 sq.m. To date, we received USD $216,000.00 cash and $ 888,443.00 pledges. We are still short of about USD $ .9 Million to complete the building project budget and to finish the building construction as planned, so we can offer the course Doctor of Medicine on June, 2013. 

Each one of you can take part supporting this project through your prayers and by sending your financial assistance through your sub-alumni chapter president. To donate, please visit us at our web page 
www.aup.edu.ph . or email the office of the university advancement at bethcasel@yahoo.com or the president@aup.edu.ph for further inquiries.

Your prayers and financial support is invaluable. Thank you for joining us in our faith journey to see the dawn of the new college that has been dreamed of by our visionary leaders. May God bless you with inner joy and great satisfaction for knowing that You have a part in the realization of the long awaited dream. Please view the attached slideshows. 

MABUHAY ANG AUP! Shine on forever. 

Very sincerely yours, 

Beth 

Mrs. Lilibeth de Belen- Casel Director, Alumni Affairs and Philanthropy Office Adventist University of the Philippines Puting Kahoy, Silang, Cavite Tel. #: (049) 541-1211 to 25 loc. 317 Fax: (049) 541-1228 Mobile: +639329482689 Email: bethcasel@yahoo.com Website:
www.aup.edu.ph 






“The best place for the COM would be adjacent to the present academic cluster and not near the New Gate as originally planned.  The location near the Tagaytay-Sta. Rosa road would be reserved for the future development of a bigger COM complex and the hospital…[snip]

“The building planned  [aka Plan B] would cost around 70 million pesos...."




"The COM will be sharing facilities with the Medical Technology (MT) department which could not be accredited until now despite their excellent academic performance due to lack of a building... There will be four classrooms that can be used by other science courses in the basement.”



Monday, January 23, 2012

Chronicles of a Two-Front War

Chronicles of a Two-Front War: Civil Rights and Vietnam in the African American Press Univ of Missouri; 1st Edition edition (October 1, 2011)

by Lawrence Allen Eldridge

During the Vietnam War, young African Americans fought to protect the freedoms of Southeast Asians and died in disproportionate numbers compared to their white counterparts. Despite their sacrifices, black Americans were unable to secure equal rights at home, and because the importance of the war overshadowed the civil rights movement in the minds of politicians and the public, it seemed that further progress might never come. For many African Americans, the bloodshed, loss, and disappointment of war became just another chapter in the history of the civil rights movement. Lawrence Allen Eldridge explores this two-front war, showing how the African American press grappled with the Vietnam War and its impact on the struggle for civil rights.

Read the rest of the product description and reviews here:


http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/ER/detail/hkul/2696995


L to R:  Robert Rawson, Sydney E. Allen, Jr., and Lawrence A. Eldridge

Above:  Larry, in 1969, with Philippine Union College student 'activists'.  This was extent of peace demonstrations on campus.
Below:  Professor Eldridge with three of his graduate religion students in the late 1960's at Philippine Union College; L to R:  Herbert C. Sormin, Pak Hai-chong, and Joselito Coo



Saturday, January 21, 2012

AUP College of Medicine - Plan C [B-1+B-2]


Plan A [marked with + sign]: 8,933 sq.m. for PhP150 mil [PhP 16,791.67 per sq.m]



http://wikimapia.org/#lat=14.223985&lon=121.0416931&z=15&l=0&m=b&search=adventist%20university%20of%20the%20philippines




 Plan C: 4,733 sq.m. for USD1.9mil [USD401.44 per sq.m.]

The total cost of the building project is USD $1.9 Million, with a total area of 4,733 sq.m.

To date [as of 15 January 2012], we received USD $216,000.00 cash and  $ 888,443.00 pledges.

We are still short of about USD $ .9 Million to complete the building project budget and to finish the building construction as planned, so we can offer the course Doctor of Medicine on June, 2013.

Lilibeth de Belen-Casel
Director, Alumni Affairs and Philanthropy Office
Adventist University of the Philippines

























Comparative Charts of Plans A, B, C
Total Floor Areas in Square Meters
Approx. Construction Costs Per Square Meter in US$


https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?hl=en_US&hl=en_US&key=0AnxFdTu7W9TldFpqMHhySXBzNE9IQjNZbG5OeXJieGc&output=html

Plan A: 8,933 sq.m. for PhP150 mil [PhP 16,791.67 per sq.m] @Php40 to one US$ = US$420

Plan B-1: 1,532 sq.m. for PhP70 mil. [PhP 45,691.00 per sq.m.] consists of several rooms at USD 1,659,573.00 [roughly USD 1,083.27 per sq.m.]


Plan C [B-1 + B-2]: 4,733 sq.m. for USD1.9mil [USD401.44 per sq.m.]  Note the extensions in the back. There are now two facades: the original Plan B Front North Western View and the Plan C South Eastern View extensions/additions in the back. Briefly, it was a leap from a two-storey Plan B: 1,532 sq.m. to a three-storey Plan C: 4,733 sq.m. with a covered car park in the basement and additional rooms.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AnxFdTu7W9TldC00TXBlQTlJV1ZrQk5lRWg4djM0cXc&hl=en_US#gid=0














Sunday, January 8, 2012

AUP COM Donor List


Received - TOTAL US$ 168,883.00 
Unrestricted Capital Building Fund from other Alumni and Friends US$ 44,553.00  
GRAND TOTAL US$ 213,436.00



College of Medicine -- Room Donors

Room/Facility
Cost (USD/sqm)
Cost (USD)
Donor
Amount received/given

Amphitheater #1
US$1,106.96
US$108,483
Pastor Ben Martin
Pledges
Amphitheater #2
US$1106.97
US$85,237
AWESNA - Loma Linda Chapter
US$10,000

2 MT Classrooms
US$1,135.57
US$59050
US$59050
Consuelo Roda-Jackson & Son
US$30,000
Jelyn Picar
Pledge

MT Lecture room
US$1124.77
US$39,367
Anonymous
US$10,000

2 Tutorial rooms
US$1,125.21
US$47,259
US$47,259
Open
MT office
US$1121.09
US$70,629
Open

COM Dean's Office
US$1,124.77
US$39,367
AWESNA -Cascadia Chapter
US$3,187

COM Dept Offices
US$1,123.25
US$70,765
Open

Micro/Para lab
US$928.3
US$97,472
Clinical Laboratory scientists
US$5,620

Resource Learning Center
US$1,124.92
US$125,992
AWESNA - Glendale Chater
US$1,000
Physio/Biochem Lab
US$928.29
US$77,977
The Villanuevas
US$100
Virtual Skills Lab
US$928.29
US$71,479
Drs Elnora and Editha Inandan sisters
US$1,500

Histo/Anatomy Lab
US$928.3
US$149,457
Dr Alfonso, Jr and Loida Miguel
US$64,000
3 MT Labs
US$928.3
US$38,989
US$38,989
US$38,989
Exekiel Lacrida
Pledges
Tam Mateo
US$6,976
Alcaide clan
Pledges

MT Clin/Micro Lab
US$928.3
US$38,989
Leonardo Camagay
US$4,000

MT Stockroom
US$884.42
US$12,382
Open

4 Classrooms
US$1,358.69
US$85,598
US$85,598
US$85,598
US$85,598
Albert Bagingito & Sons
US$30,000
Esther Bautista
US$2,500
Trillium Sub-chapter Canada
Pledges
AUP chapter/faculty and staff
Pledges
  
Mean Ave cost per sq m: US$1,083.27

Received as of Nov 2011 - TOTAL US$ 168,883.00 
Unrestricted Capital Building Fund from other Alumni and Friends
US$44,553.00
GRAND TOTAL US$ 213,436.00