HISTORY
The University of San Carlos traces its humble beginnings to Colegio de San Ildefonso, a school founded by Jesuit missionaries Antonio Sedeño, Pedro Chirino and Antonio Pereira on August 1, 1595.
The school closed down in 1769 when the Jesuits were expelled from the Philippines but reopened in 1783, through the initiative of Bishop Mateo Joaquin de Arevalo, as theSeminario-Colegio de San Carlos de Cebu.
The management of the school was handed down to the Dominicans in 1852 and then to the Vincentians in 1867 until the SVD Fathers (Societas Verbi Divini or Society of the Divine Word) finally took over in 1935. Classes were interrupted during World War II but subsequently resumed in 1945. In 1948, it was granted university status.
Through the years the university has produced a number of notable graduates like Sergio Osmeña Sr., the second president of the Commonwealth of the Philippines, John L. Gokongwei Jr., an industrialist and tycoon who belongs to one of Asia’s richest, and Christopher Go, a Filipino astronomer who discovered a new red spot on Jupiter.
University of San Carlos Main Campus
Talamban Campus
USC ATO HISTORY
Alpha Tau Omega Philippines is a fraternity founded in the University of Southern Philippines Foundation,Cebu City, Philippines on August 15, 1968 by Manuel M. Momongan along with Rolando Marigomen, Jesus Flores, Raul Murillo and Wilfredo Ursal his co-founders. On March 5, 2000 The second Founding at Hardrock Beach Resort, Victoria, San Remigio, Cebu. Rolando Marigomen, the owner of the resort, went ahead of the group to prepare the place in this historic event. The first batch composed of 14 undergraduates started at the University of San Carlos who were initiated on July 23, 2000 at Hardrock Beach Resort. They were Lawrence Dwight T. Savior, Rannie T. Bayulos, Raul Gemchrist T. Macachor, Jordan E. Abano, Jerome E. Abano, Carlos O. Casas Jr., Michael Vincent O. Casas, Lyle Razon, Wenifredo Cahilog, Victor V. Lagnada Jr., Jose Juliever C. Carido, Joryll Ceasar de Dios, Eleuterio B. Navia Jr. and Eduardo D. Sacay Jr.
