Central Mindanao University
CMU the Academic Paradise of the South
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Former names
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Mailag Industrial School (1910-1918) Bukidnon Agricultural School (1918-1923) Bukidnon Rural High School (1923-1928) Bukidnon Agricultural High School (1928-1938) Bukidnon National Agricultural School (1938-1952) Mindanao Agricultural College (1952-1965) |
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| Motto | Instruction, Research, Extension, Production |
| Type | State university |
| Established | 1910 |
| Affiliation | PASUC, MASCUF |
| President | Dr. Maria Luisa R. Soliven |
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Academic staff
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500 |
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Administrative staff
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800 |
| Students | 12,000+ |
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Musuan, Dologon, Maramag, Bukidnon, Philippines 7°51′53″N 125°3′3″E / 7.86472°N 125.05083°ECoordinates: 7°51′53″N 125°3′3″E / 7.86472°N 125.05083°E |
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Forest Green Maize Yellow |
| Nickname | CMU Bulls |
| Website | www |
Forest Green
Central Mindanao University is a public research university located at the heart of Mindanao Island in the Philippines, specifically at University Town, Musuan (Barangay Dologon), Maramag, Bukidnon. It is one of the only two state universities in the province Bukidnon along with Bukidnon State University. One of the top performing universities in the country, it ranked 8th in the CHED 2011 top universities in the Philippines ranking.
Central Mindanao University was transformed from a settlement of farm schools organized by the Americans. It started as the Mailag Industrial School in 1910 and offered only the first four grades of the elementary agriculture curriculum. Situated in Mailag, Malaybalay, Bukidnon, this school was opened to address the necessity of training Bukidnons to teach in their own province as it was difficult to recruit non-Bukidnon teachers to serve in newly opened public schools.
In 1918, the school was renamed the Bukidnon Agricultural School and offered the last three grades of the elementary agriculture curriculum. This was later relocated to Managok, Malaybalay, Bukidnon. After a few years it offered the secondary agriculture curriculum. By 1923, the Governor General renamed the school to the Bukidnon Rural High School and allocated 724 hectares for the school’s reservation by virtue of Proclamation No. 30.
In 1928, the Philippine Legislature changed the named of the school to Bukidnon Agricultural High School, which was then a secondary agricultural school for male students. In 1938, it was renamed the Bukidnon National Agricultural School which implemented the secondary homemaking curriculum for female students.
After the war, Superintendent Zosimo Montemayor reopened the school but due to its terrible condition ccaused by World War II, the school was transferred to Musuan, Maramag, Bukidnon, Philippines
Congressman Cesar Fortich of Bukidnon sponsored House Bill 3041, which elevated BNAS into an agricultural state college. On June 21, 1952, President Elpidio Quirino signed Republic Act 807, otherwise known as the Mindanao Agricultural College (MAC) Charter which also installed Zosimo Montemayor as President. This law also paved the way for funding from national, as well as foreign sources. In 1957-1960, three Stanford consultants, namely James Wall, Donald Green and John McCleland, lived in the locality and provided technical assistance in agricultural technology.
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