DWCC POSITION LETTER

To provide for general education that will develop the whole human personality and seek to create a cultural environment that will prepare him to be professionally competent for life

The Divine Word College of Calapan or DWCC surged to its status to the urgent needs of the province of Oriental Mindoro. The main reasons for its establishment were to provide college educational services to high school graduates who could not pursue college education in Manila or neighboring provinces due to financial constraints and to prepare teachers for mission schools of the Mindoro provinces.

Divine Word College of Calapan, envisions itself as an academic Christian community in the service of the Word and the people of God, working together in faith towards the total development of the person, faithful to the teaching and tradition of the church, under the patronage of St. Arnold Janssen and the inspiration and guidance of the Holy and Triune God.

Divine Word College of Calapan, as an academic Christian community, subscribes and binds itself to develop, enhance and strengthen the intellectual, spiritual, moral and physical capabilities of the person, through its religious, educational and administrative services consistent with its thrust of professionalism and excellence.

The institution produced high-rated people in the fields of engineering, accountancy, etc. Faculty members, students and the entire community proved to the province’s heart that indeed, DWCC is in the midst of competency and efficiency backed up by its outreach programs, external affairs, national and international activity invitations.

In 1995, DWCC was selected a Center of Excellence for Teacher Education in Region IV by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED). This had been followed continuously by reaping honors and awards in different local, regional, national and international levels. Highlighting this is the Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE-DWCC Chapter) bagging the national championship and representing the Philippines in the international arena. These are just few of the many accomplishments DWCC garnered for years, for decades – for 58 years.
Being the paragon in education in Oriental Mindoro, it survived itself from the demands of the community, of education, of people’s mental uprising, development, of threats, of humanity’s cry for hunger and taste of evolution. It is in the general sense. We did survive those times. We did. That is also the reason why most of the successful, efficient and competent persons in various fields in Oriental Mindoro are products of this institution.
To wit, these are just some of the notable persons molded by DWCC:
Hon. Rafael Infantado – a person with integrity, honesty and has a sense of justice and fairness
Hon. Juan Paolo Luna - a person who serves as the inspiration of the youth; at a young age visualized innovations and courage
Hon. Joji Malapitan – a person who upholds the truth for the welfare of the people
Hon. Marino Ylagan – a person who truly imbibes local governance and fairness between and among members of the barangays
Hon. Vic Ulayan – a person who values education as an outlet in one’s personal growth and success
Hon. Allan Mañibo – a person who is persistent and firm in goal-oriented activities
And other honorable councilors who at present, in one way or another, stands for the truth and their support and beliefs for the DWCC’s vision-mission. Also, other Divinistas to be mentioned are just to be mentioned but the history will not permit us, generally, to hold them back. So many Divinistas. So many achievements. So many Divinistas. So many memories. For 58 years, so many…
DWCC salutes the former Col. Rodrigo Poja for his dedication and loyalty to the Philippine National Police. Until his last hours, he still imbibed the ideals of being a Philippine Military Academy graduate. DWCC is fortunate to have Col. Poja as an alumnus having finished his secondary education and a Graduate School student. He imbibed the ideals of DWCC. In its truest essence, he is a real Divinista.
These names spell victory and dedications. These letters spell success. Didn’t they? Don’t these people mastered their crafts in timely manner and styled their status in a coincidental way? It may happen. It may not. For the institution that shaped these persons blasted its core resources and mental possessions to the fore. These are just few who moved and will continue to move this city and the province to a more progressive one. This is not a coincidence. This is a planned coincidence.
Thus, the Divine Word College of Calapan, will not let these matter into oblivion. DWCC built its name for 58 long, hardworking, fruitful years. DWCC built its name in the palms of young Mindoreños’ hands. DWCC sculpted its image in certainty and reality of life. DWCC mastered its art…and is still dedicated and has unwavering vision to fulfill the aspirations of the youth, of the Mindoreño youth.
The Divine Word College of Calapan had been tried and tested in community affairs, educational management, arts, business, engineering, financial, etc. It already moved the walls once bizarre for us to change then. In short, DWCC is always on its climax.
That is why it is biased, unjust, one-sided statements made by Col. De Mesa of Philippine Army that pulled our heels up high now to position this institution’s concern – students. Being a catholic institution, the point of the matter is raising the young with high level of education in a reasonable obligation with the guidance of the Holy Spirit. Now, tell us if we are being infiltrated as your remark leads into? Tolerance of such heinous and activities not relevant to education is not in our system. We value unity, not rebellion. We value a legal system, not illegal. We value human’s cause – human’s worthy cause.
The statements made are infecting our nerves. It soothes down inside the membrane. It reverberates. It manages to pinch. It does. But it is not painful. It is not due to the fact that those are not facts – merely illusions out of incomprehensive opinion. It is not painful because it just got inside, but it didn’t bite what this institution has. It’s just that we stood by the times 58 years and we will not just let all these things upside down. No things should be left unturned and unjustified.
We may not know it or we just ignore that within our family circles, most of the members are DWCC graduates or they have been in DWCC for a limited time or they just passed by. These corporate the composition of the DWCC: Having graduated holds the heart of being Divinista in its truest sense. Having been in a limited time shows the partial image of the institution in its broadest form. Passing by is illustrating the picture of the institution to the external in its expansive fashion.
This is to clear things out. To map the real and noble representation of DWCC is significant to the education status of Oriental Mindoro. Let us pause… a province named Oriental Mindoro … an educational institution called Divine Word College of Calapan. We are characterizing now a success.
Let us quantify. In the field of education: Oriental Mindoro = DWCC; Oriental Mindoro = Success; DWCC = Success. Therefore, Success = Success. Most of us hate Math but now, we are enjoying it as long as this correlation will bring back DWCC to where it should be.
No one, ever, can tarnish the veins of years of existence of this community. All of us are being strengthened by the entire community: employees, faculty members, students and parents. Students, being the bloodline of any educational institution, empower the hub of the schools’ values, moral ethics and principles.
Divine Word College of Calapan vehemently refutes those statements. For a weak institution, those comments are fiery. For a newly-established, those are blazing. For a newly-acquired, those are sizzling. For an unstable, those are flaming. With that, we are not experiencing any inferno. For DWCC is a strong, dynamic, value-driven and stable catholic institution.
Divine Word College of Calapan fervently denies accusations that it is an infiltrated school. The description is a preconceived notion. It is a baseless, malicious remarks to a definite, high standing DWCC. The institution is not bragging what it had accomplished. But is a gift-given to anyone who succeeded the demands of times. It just presents the things and issues need to be raised in times like this – being thrown out of the pedestal in which Mindoreños are the ones who put this institution in the position.
Divine Word College of Calapan fervidly rebuts that this institution is being penetrated by such. The curriculum mandates a social, educational and religious way of higher learning not a rebellious, idiocy and personal, moral and educational skepticism.
Divine Word College of Calapan, then Mindoro Junior College, was born July 6, 1946. History doesn’t know its zodiac sign. History doesn’t know its birthstone. History only knows its vision, its mission.
Divine Word College of Calapan chooses to wrest its laurels in Oriental Mindoro. It will lift the province’s claim to moral, social and educational certainty. It will. History knows its experiences with this community. History befriended DWCC. DWCC befriended history.
Who dares to say that DWCC is being infiltrated? Who dares to claim that DWCC is being ransacked by evil forces? Who dares? Will you question DWCC’s credibility? If you will say that the institution is an infiltrated school then let your own conscience guide you or question you…or dare you.
Far away there in the sunshine are our highest aspirations. We may not reach them but we can look up, see their beauty, believe in them and try to follow where they lead.
Where it leads. Where DWCC leads.