The Commission on Higher Education has granted West Negros College university status, giving Bacolod City three universities now.

The school was evaluated by CHED on its student admission policy, degree program, accreditation status, quality of instruction including faculty and personnel staff, research program and extension services, library and laboratory facilities, a statement from the information office of WNC said.

CHED commissioners Nona Ricafort Luningning Umar and Saturnino visited WNC on Feb. 5 to inspect and evaluate the school's level of compliance for a university status.

The statement added that, after a rigorous and detailed process of verification and thorough deliberation, the commission granted the WNC a university status in its Feb. 11 en banc meeting.

The other day, students, faculty, school personnel and administrators gathered at the gym for a thanksgiving service, a WNC faculty member who refused to be identified said.

Founded in 1948, West Negros is a second level accredited school by the Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities-Commission on Accreditation and awards degrees in associate, bachelor, master, and doctoral levels.

An average of 1,500 students graduate from the school every year, making a sizable contribution to the city's roll of young professionals in different fields, information from WNC's website said.

The school's mission statement is to provide an excellent education that is Christian in orientation, holistic in approach, Filipino in character, global in perspective and geared towards the total development of the person, it also said.

The other universities in Bacolod are the University of St. La Salle and the University of Negros Occidental-Recoletos . *NAB

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