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San Marcos Academy is a fully accredited coeducational Christian school for boarding students in grades 6-12 and day students in grades K-12. Our college preparatory curriculum is designed to engage and inspire students, preparing them for college and life success. Located in the beautiful hill country, our boarding school in Texas has a diverse population of students worldwide, across the United States, and all over Texas. Since 1907, San Marcos Academy has provided a tradition of excellence in private school education. In 1908, the first graduating class of SMA, the Class of 1909, began classes on our original campus on Academy Street. We are now more than halfway through the 2019-20 school year, in which the 112th class, the Class of 2020, will complete their Upper School experience and receive their diplomas. Even more extraordinary, we are watching the 125th class, the Class of 2033, finish the first year of their educational careers in Kindergarten. San Marcos Academy is settled within the Texas Hill Country's beautiful hills, just outside of San Marcos. Our 220-acre campus allows us the opportunity to educate students, giving them a competitive edge as they move into career opportunities or enroll in University higher education. Above all, our Christian heritage encourages our students in their faith as we become the shining light on a hill, not just in Texas but in the world. For more than a century, San Marcos Academy has educated students from around the world. Both our Boarding and Day programs are designed to provide a strong academic foundation built on excellence and equip our students with the values and virtues that enable them to become upstanding citizens. The leadership opportunities are immense, and students are encouraged to get involved in campus organizations, athletics, fine arts, and service to the surrounding community. We look forward to seeing you on the SMA Campus. The academics program at San Marcos Academy is designed to prepare our students for success in college and life. Our faculty and staff are dedicated to meeting each student's individual needs, presenting content through the prism of a Christian worldview. San Marcos Academy has three academic divisions: a Lower School (grades K-5), a Middle School (grades 6-8), and an Upper School (grades 9-12). To learn more about academics at SMA, explore the links below or contact the Academic Dean at 512-753-8040. View full school

In 2005 President Karen Haynes started a Tribal Initiative at CSUSM. She began her work by creating a Native Advisory Council (NAC) comprised of faculty, staff, and, most importantly, representatives appointed by local tribal communities. The NAC is a broad-based tribal community council with a mission to "assist regional tribal communities in Indian country in articulating educational needs through advisement and regular meetings with CSUSM President and CSUSM Leadership." The NAC works to increase educational, professional, and research opportunities while preserving the cultural integrity of tribal communities and realizing individual and unique concerns. The members first conceived the American Indian Studies Department of the President's Native Advisory Council. In 2007, CSUSM hired the first full-time tribal liaison, Ms. Tishmall Turner (Rincon Band of Luiseno Indians) in the CSU system from a local tribal community. In 2008, Dr. Joely Proudfit (Payomkawichum) joined CSUSM faculty in Sociology/Native Studies and was hired to take the leadership role in developing the California Indian Culture and Sovereignty Center (CICSC). The CICSC charter was approved in 2009, and the doors opened November 17, 2011. The CICSC has a mission to foster collaborative research and community service relationships between faculty, staff, and students at CSUSM and local tribal communities. With tribal staff, faculty, and community support firmly in place at CSUSM, the prominent missing piece to the Tribal Initiative was in curricular offerings. Since 2008 the work to develop an American Indian Studies major/department has been a combination of community-based and formal university-wide collaborations. In the Fall Semester 2014, Provost Graham Oberem convened an American Indian Task Force to determine the need to create an American Indian Studies Department. The Task Force recommended that such a department be created and that a significant study area is also considered shortly. In the Spring Semester 2015, Provost Oberem announced his support of the Task Force's recommendation to create an American Indian Studies Department at the Academic Senate meeting (May 2015). He also announced Dr. Joely Proudfit as the inaugural chair of the American Indian Studies Department. Following her appointment as department chair, Dr. Proudfit was tasked with convening a strategic planning process to develop a vision, mission, and strategic objectives for the AIS department. In the Fall Semester of 2015, Dr. Proudfit worked with a consultant to develop its strategic plan. A core committee and a larger campus-community committee were invited to attend three planning meetings. The Strategic Plan's key outcomes were the creation of a vision statement, a mission statement, and objectives that outlined the process to submit a request for a major in American Indian Studies. The American Indian Studies (AIS) Department was formed by the recommendation of the Provost's Task Force in the Fall Semester 2014. Dr. Proudfit was named the inaugural chair in Spring Semester 2015, and the Native Studies Minor was wholly revised and reformed to meet the educational needs of AIAN in the 21st Century. A proposal to develop a Bachelor of Arts Degree in AIS was submitted for curricular review in the Fall Semester 2015 and is pending approval. The goal was to launch the AIS Major in Fall 2016. The Mission of the American Indian Studies Department is to provide students with research, community- and place-based program of study through an integrated approach to understanding tribal knowledge about the diverse history, government-to-government relationship, community, culture, and social needs of American Indians in California and the U.S. to work effectively with and for tribal communities as they interface with non-Indian communities to exercise tribal sovereignty. AIS provides a bridge between campus and community activities and engagement. Our goal is to create culturally intelligent graduates who will contribute to the regional workforce, including working for Tribal Nations in meaningful ways. Our courses include tribal community engagement, guest lectures, field trips, participatory research, and service-learning activities. The byline for the California Indian Culture and Sovereignty Center states, "Education is the Path to Self-Determination." These words greet our staff, students, faculty, and visitors to our ad hoc American Indian Studies Department, and they are words that we live by. We live in a fast-moving and complicated era of tribal sovereignty in which the most common image that everyday citizens have of American Indians is a casino. As an American Indian educator, I have spent my entire life combating American Indians' harmful stereotypes ranging from the drunken and poor Indian to the Indian-maiden costume that shows up all too frequently at Halloween and in "cowboys and Indians" themed parties. The motivation for me to fight the good fight always boils down to the byline for the CICSC-education is the path to self-determination, and this is true for all of us Indian and non-Indian alike. For American Indian people, mainly, the need for education to sustain the milestones and achievements that our tribal ancestors and leaders have worked so hard to build is paramount. Building a 21st century AIS department, minor, and, hopefully, major will contribute to the pipeline of success that local tribes are building in Southern California. At CSUSM, we are committed to building a healthier and more vibrant community by connecting university knowledge with community knowledge in mutually beneficial ways. In all of our work, we emphasize university-community partnerships that are collaborative, participatory, empowering, systemic, and transformative. View full university

On January 15, 1981, through P.D. 1778, the Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University (DMMMSU) was created to cater to the people's aspirations. The University has three (3) major campuses located in different towns of the province of La Union: the North La Union Campus in Bacnotan and the seat of the Central Administration the Mid La Union Campus and the DMMMSU Open University System in the City of San Fernando, and the South La Union Campus in Agoo with the Institute of Agriculture in Rosario and Institute of Fisheries in Sto. Tomas. The North La Union Campus (NLUC) of the Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University (DMMMSU) evolved through a metamorphosis series from June 18, 1969, to the present. The Campus had its beginning as the La Union Agricultural School (LUAS) established through R.A. No. 2692 and signed on June 18, 1960. Then Congressman Francisco Ortega was among the prime movers in drafting the law that had established the LUAS. LUAS became operational in 1963 with the appointment of then Mr. Victor V. Luis as a school principal with a total enrollment of 139 students. The first curricular offerings were limited to secondary vocational agriculture for boys and secondary agricultural home-making for girls. On June 15, 1968, LUAS attained its college status through R.A. No. 5310. LUAS became Don Mariano Marcos Memorial College of Agriculture (DMCA), in honor of the illustrious father of the late President Ferdinand E. Marcos, the late Don Mariano Marcos. He died in Salincob, a barangay adjacent to the school site. The school's conversion into a College was attained through concerted efforts of Congressman Francisco Ortega, Senator Magnolia Antonio, La Union Governor Juvenal Guerrero, and Bacnotan Mayor Francisco Fontanilla. Six years later, DMMMCA became a chartered state college. It became the Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State College (DMMMSC) through P.D. No. 615 was signed on December 19, 1974. Dr. Crispin E. Cabanilla became the first DMMMSC President until his death on November 9, 1977. Dr. Bienvenido P. Agpaoa became the second President on February 7, 1978. He took over from then NEDA Region I Director Joseph Alabanza, who acted as Officer-In-Charge since Dr. Cabanilla's death. Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University (DMMMSU) was created to cater to people's aspirations. The University has three (3) major campuses located in different towns of La Union. Namely: the North La Union Campus in Bacnotan as the Main Campus and the seat of the Central Administration the Open University System and the Mid La Union Campus in San Fernando and South La Union Campus in Agoo with the Institute of Agriculture in Rosario and Institute of Fisheries in Sto. Tomas. n January 15, 1981, through P.D. 1778, the Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University (DMMMSU) was created to cater to the people's aspirations. The University has three (3) major campuses located in different towns of La Union. Namely: the North La Union Campus in Bacnotan as the Main Campus and the seat of the Central Administration the Open University System and the Mid La Union Campus in San Fernando and South La Union Campus in Agoo with the Institute of Agriculture in Rosario and Institute of Fisheries in Sto. Tomas. The University has 78 academic programs broken down into seven (7) Post Graduate courses in Philosophy and Doctor of Education 24 Graduate Courses in Masters Degrees, 36 Undergraduate Courses, nine(9) post-secondary non-degree programs, two(2) laboratory programs, and the Open University System offers two(2) Masters degrees and four(4) Certificate courses. Don Mariano Mariano Marcos Memorial State University has three academic programs that have been re-accredited to Level III status by the Accrediting Agency of Chartered Colleges and Universities of the Philippines. These are Graduate College, Teacher Education, and Agriculture. For the past several years, DMMMSU had produced topnotchers in national board examinations in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Agriculture, Agricultural Engineering, Veterinary Medicine, Forestry, Midwifery, Master Electrician, and Education. The University was ranked among the top ten higher education institutions in the Philippines, as surveyed by the Commission on Higher Education in 2001. It was ranked number seven among the more than a thousand private and public colleges and universities. Areas evaluated were faculty, student admission, library, and research. The DMMMSU Open University System or DOUS was established in 1996. It first began as a particular project under the supervision of then-University President, Dr. Manuel Corpus. The project was conceived by Dr. Corpus to give people in remote areas access to higher education. A task force was formed to prepare a comprehensive proposal on the offering of DOUS. This proposal was submitted to Speaker Jose De Venecia for approval and funding with the assistance of then-Congressman Victor Ortega. After its approval, faculty members in the program prepared modules and instructional materials and later became the first DOUS tutors. On October 21, 1996, the DOUS program was approved by the DMMMSU Board of Regents under BOR Resolution Number 96-064A. Then, on November 28, 1996, DOUS was formally launched by Speaker De Venecia, where a memorandum of agreement was signed between government agencies and DMMMSU to support DOUS. To begin its operations, Speaker De Venecia released P4.8M in 1996 and P2.8M in 1997 from his Countrywide Development Fund through the then Department of Education, Culture, and Sports. View full university

The Mariano Marcos State University (MMSU) is a comprehensive institution of higher learning in the Ilocos region established on January 06, 1978, by Presidential Decree (PD) 1279 and named after the father President Ferdinand E. Marcos. The decree merges two state colleges in the province of Ilocos Norte, the then Mariano Marcos Memorial College of Science and Technology (MCST) with campuses in Batac, Currimao, Paoay, and Dingras, and the Northern Luzon State College (NLSC) in Laoag City. It also transferred the Ilocos Norte College of Arts and Trades (INCAT) college departments in Laoag City and Ilocos Norte Agricultural College (INAC) in Pasuquin. The University is relatively young compared to other state universities in the Philippines. However, MMSU's root anchored deep, its foundation is strong, and its beginnings all proven historical turning points as far back as the early 1900s. To date, the University has ten academic units: Graduate School, College of Agriculture, Food and Sustainable Development, College of Aquatic Science and Applied Technology, College of Arts and Sciences, College of Business, Economics and Accountancy, College of Engineering, College of Health Sciences, College of Industrial Technology, College of Teacher Education and College of Law. The OSSD shall have an integrated student services development program ready to serve all MMSU campuses' needs. This program shall provide a healthy atmosphere in the University to develop a well-rounded personality to attain their success goals in life. The Student Services and Development aim to enrich students' experiences and supplement academic programs through educational, athletic, cultural, spiritual, civic, and social activities. Inaugurated on January 06, 1983. The University Main Library is strategically located at the heart of the Main Campus. It has a total space of 6,025 sq m. It houses extensive collections of undergraduate and graduates information resources in various formats such as books, serials, and other printed materials and audiovisual and electronic media materials. The Main Library is also a repository of historical, ethnic, cultural, and art materials not only about the Ilocos and the Philippines in general, but also about other countries such as the United States of America, United Kingdom, Israel, Japan, People's Republic of China, and Taiwan. The establishment of the University Library System (ULS) in 1980 has become one of the most significant achievements of the University's development programs. Since then, the ULS continuous to serve as a vital resource in the University. Guided by the "information access" and "multimedia" concepts, the ULS intends to deliver quality service to you in your use of the information needed to transform and improve your life. Thus, it is operated by professionally qualified and competent staff, maintains appropriate and extensive facilities, and collects and organizes relevant information resources in various formats. As of September 2014, the US has a total book collection of 42,241 titles and 66,988 volumes. Other library holdings include serials, theses/manuscripts, clipping/information files, brochures, pamphlets, art and museum materials, and audiovisual and electronic media materials (e.g., VCDs/DVDs, CD-ROMs/DVD-ROMs, audiobooks, e-books, online databases, and Internet resources). As a system, the libraries can share information and human resources and facilities with one another. Despite the largeness of the Main Library, branch/unit libraries have also been established because the various colleges/units are geographically situated far from each other and have different types of the population to cater to. While the Main Library lends most of the reading materials and some facilities, the reading centers are direct reading extensions maintained and operated by the units where these are located. The Business Directorate includes Food Service, Accommodation, and Agribusiness. Food Service includes the operation of the cafeteria, satellite canteens, and catering services. The Accommodation section includes the operation of dormitories, rental housing, mansion, and the hostel. Agribusiness includes meat processing and Iloko vinegar production, piggery, poultry (layers), rice and other dry season crops, pomology/vegetables, and university share. There are long-term projects which include water refilling station, small ruminants, cattle, fishponds, and floriculture. Rentals of properties like lands, fishponds, academic gowns, equipment, and University facilities contribute to income generation. In as much as academic and non-academic units are encouraged to participate in income-generation, projects undertaken by these units include uniform sewing, bookbinding, t-shirt printing, and ink-refilling. View full university