Location: San Miguel, Manila
Category: Association/Institution/Organization
Type: Institutional marker
Status: Level II – Historical marker
Marker date: 1952
Installed by: Philippine Historical Committee (PHC)
Marker text:
CENTRO ESCOLAR UNIVERSITY
FOUNDED AS CENTRO ESCOLAR DE SEÑORITAS IN 1907 BY LIBRADA AVELINO AND CARMEN DE LUNA, GRADUATES OF THE ESCUELA NORMAL SUPERIOR DE MAESTRAS. PIONEER FILIPINO COLLEGE FOR GIRLS TO BECOME A UNIVERSITY IN 1932. FIRST NON-SECTARIAN UNIVERSITY GIVING GRADUATE STUDIES LEADING TO THE DEGREES OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY AND OF DOCTOR OF EDUCATION.
