FEU taps WEnergy Global to power group of schools

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In its pursuit to creating sustainable academic institutions, Far Eastern University (FEU) partners with WEnergy Global, a leading provider of solar energy. The collaboration will equip FEU’s campuses with cost-effective and greener source of power.

The project commences at one of FEU’s affiliate schools, Roosevelt College Inc, (RCI). The solar panels will serve 25% to 30% of the total electrical consumption of the campus in Rodriguez, Rizal. After these installations, the next set of major projects will be in FEU Silang in Cavite.

Standing (left to right): RCI Business Unit Head Tereas Angeles, RCI Vice President for Academic Affairs Gillian Joyce Virata, RCI Finance Manager Analiza Ventura,  RCI Vice President for Facilities and Technical Services Engr. Edward Kilakiga, and

Former DENR Secretary and Advisor of WEnergy Power Pilipinas, Inc. Elisea Bebet Gozun

Seated (left to Right): FEU Treasurer Rosanna Salcedo, WEnergy Power Pilipinas, Inc. President Quintin Pastrana,

FEU Chief Finance Officer Juan Miguel Montinola, and WEnergy Power Pilipinas, Inc. Antonio Gozun

“Investing in better solutions for energy conservation and efficient power utilization is not just a conscious effort to fight climate change, but also our contribution to the advancement in Philippine education. We aim to offer our students and community with sustainable structures that will withstand this century and beyond,” explains FEU Chairman Aurelio Montinola.

The partnership reflects the university and company’s shared passion for excellence and innovation.

“It gives us hope to have a private university taking the lead for green growth. There is nothing like sustainability where it counts the most: the place where we educate our nation's best and brightest,” says Quintin Jose Pastrana, President of WEnergy Power Pilipinas Inc.

Embracing advance Solar PV Energy in FEU is also in line with the university’s commitment to providing quality, future-ready education. It continues to find ways to utilize technology in its campuses, from the state-of-the-art facilities to its outcomes-based curriculum.

FEU Makes Choral History with 10th Musica FEUROPA

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Musica FEUropa, the annual choral festival and competition of Far Eastern University done in collaboration with the European Union in the Philippines, is set to make history with some of the best choirs in the country battling in the newly re-opened prestigious FEU Auditorium.

On its 10th year, the celebration of Filipino and European music and culture returns to its original home, the FEU Auditorium. The country’s cultural center since the 1950s continues to feature local and international performances, including the seventeen choirs who will participate in this anticipated music festival.

“We envision a bigger and bolder 10th run of Musica FEUropa. We are happy to be hosting the competition back in the place where it all started,” says Musica FEUropa festival chairman Karl Angelo Tangco. “For the past two runs, we had to move to the FEU Chapel due to the renovation and retrofitting of the Auditorium. Now, with upgraded facilities, the venue will provide the participants and audience an exceptional musical experience.”

All competing choirs will perform two songs, one from any EU composer and one from the Philippines. In the last nine years, the competition has featured a wide range of classical, contemporary and challenging melodies in different European and Filipino languages.

The internationally-recognized choral festival welcomes respected and renowned musicians as this year’s adjudicators. Joining the roster are choirmaster of the Philippine Madrigal Singers Mark Anthony Carpio, internationally-published composer and arranger Jude Bautista Roldan, University of the Philippines Singing Ambassadors founder and conductor Dr. Ed Lumbera Manguiat and two-time Choir of the World Grand Prize winner Prof. Fidel Calalang, Jr. of the University of Santo Tomas Singers among others.

Musica FEUropa 10 competition dates are on May 26 to 27, 2018. Admission is free. The Grand Champion, first runner-up, and second runner-up will each receive a trophy and cash prize of P100,000, P30,000 and P20,000, respectively.

For more information, please visit https://www.musicafeuropa.com/ musicafeuropa.com and follow Musica FEUropa on Facebook and Twitter, and Instagram.