Gordon College, Bags Bronze in Nursing Olympiad
Gordon College – College of Nursing grabbed third place in the First Inter-Collegiate Nursing Olympiad held at the University of the Philippines-Diliman last January 7 to 11, 2008.
During the recent flag ceremony of city officials and employees, Mayor Bong Gordon congratulated the six nursing students of Gordon College who represented the school in the Olympiad.
“This is another proof that our nursing students are indeed fighting for excellence”, the mayor proudly said.
The six nursing students who brought home the bacon are also scholars of the city government. They are Monte Ray Cruz (team captain), Mark Rosal, Shaila Nazareno, Alvin Herilla, Richard Nico De Leon and Jose Gedaria with Jujen Gomez and Idy Caba as their advisers.
According to Dean Randy Concepcion of Allied Medical Studies of Gordon College, the college was able to join the said competition ‘by invitation’. Only the best performing schools in the country were invited to compete. Gordon College, well-known in the region for its excellent academic performance especially in the field of nursing was chosen among the few best nursing schools in the Philippines to join in the said nursing Olympiad.
The six scholars earned medals, certificates plus P20,000 worth of educational materials and free one month review for their nursing licensure examination.
Gordon College is known for its quality education in the field of nursing. In the nursing licensure examination last June 2007, 60% of the nursing graduates of Batch 2007 passed, higher than the 48% national board passing rate of the 2007 nursing licensure examination.
During the recent flag ceremony of city officials and employees, Mayor Bong Gordon congratulated the six nursing students of Gordon College who represented the school in the Olympiad.
“This is another proof that our nursing students are indeed fighting for excellence”, the mayor proudly said.
The six nursing students who brought home the bacon are also scholars of the city government. They are Monte Ray Cruz (team captain), Mark Rosal, Shaila Nazareno, Alvin Herilla, Richard Nico De Leon and Jose Gedaria with Jujen Gomez and Idy Caba as their advisers.
According to Dean Randy Concepcion of Allied Medical Studies of Gordon College, the college was able to join the said competition ‘by invitation’. Only the best performing schools in the country were invited to compete. Gordon College, well-known in the region for its excellent academic performance especially in the field of nursing was chosen among the few best nursing schools in the Philippines to join in the said nursing Olympiad.
The six scholars earned medals, certificates plus P20,000 worth of educational materials and free one month review for their nursing licensure examination.
Gordon College is known for its quality education in the field of nursing. In the nursing licensure examination last June 2007, 60% of the nursing graduates of Batch 2007 passed, higher than the 48% national board passing rate of the 2007 nursing licensure examination.
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