Daily Star News: IN USA Alumni mark LCC 90th foundation day

[Andrea Lizares Si (HS'73,AB '78)]

(Link to Daily Star on-line page for the March 7-8, 2009 Weekend issue)

March 7, 2009. Bacolod City. More than 200 alumni of La Consolacion College in Bacolod City will gather in La Mirada, California, U.S.A. today, in the first grand LCCians-in-the-USA get-together that coincides with the opening day of LCC's 90th Foundation Week tomorrow, a press release from Andrea Si said.

Si is the incoming president of the College Alumni Association. A member of LCC HS Class '73 and AB-English Class '78, she is the daughter of the late Aida Servando Lizares who was president of the General Alumni Association for more than 20 years.

The gathering is made possible by the modern phenomenon of Social Networking. LCCians of the World, http://lccians.ning.com, that was created on August 27, 2008.

From the first two members, Si’s classmates Rodolfo Castillo and Amela Mirpuri Ucol, also the initiators of LCCians in the USA gathering, the network now connects almost 1,500 LCCians in five continents, the press release said.

The occasion is described as inaugurating a bridge that spans the Pacific Ocean, allowing LCCians in the USA to join in the 90th anniversary celebration of the school’s foundation. Organizer Amela Mirpuri writing from the USA said that in addition to commemorating their Alma Mater’s success, they are also on both sides of the globe, to celebrate their lives that have been shaped to a significant extent by the lofty standards of education provided by LCC, the press release said.

The "United States of Arfien," the lccians.ning.com group of LCC Architecture, Fine Arts, and Interior Design alumni in the U.S,. has announced that it is supporting the big get-together but will also be celebrating LCC's 90th Foundation anniversary through a series of activities for the Arfien in the USA. Arfien in Dubai will also have their own get-together.

La Consolacion College-Bacolod was founded on March 12, 1919. It is the oldest Catholic school in Negros Occidental, the press release added.*

(Link to Andrea Si's Message to LCCians in the USA)
In LCC's Daily Star Page (paid for by the College Alumni Association), Messages from Sr. Myrna Concepcion, Amela Mirpuri Ucol for LCCians ...

[Eustaquio O Abay II]

Representatives from different classes were listed during the La Mirada Gathering.

I presume the next steps is to get these reps together to organize the LCCB Alumni USA or the World as the case may be. Would like to call on Rodolfo Castillo and Amela Mirpuri Ucol to perhaps proceed with the next steps while the "iron is hot".

If things cool off, starting over could be more difficult.

God Bless!

[Andrea Lizares Si (HS'73,AB '78)]

Thanks for the follow-up, Boy and for your comment on the page started for Mom. I guess we all have to catch our breath, clean up (including make the financial reports), then organize again for the next steps.

Eustaquio O Abay II said:

Representatives from different classes were listed during the La Mirada Gathering.

I presume the next steps is to get these reps together to organize the LCCB Alumni USA or the World as the case may be. Would like to call on Rodolfo Castillo and Amela Mirpuri Ucol to perhaps proceed with the next steps while the "iron is hot".

If things cool off, starting over could be more difficult.

God Bless!