Office of Academic Affairs
The Office of Academic Affairs (OAA) is driven by Guang Ming College’s vision, mission and objectives to serve the academic needs of the institution’s stakeholders.
In GMC, though the OAA is relatively small, the Office aims to be dynamic, innovative, agile, and effective as it is committed to fostering quality education, scholarship, and service through involved and informed faculty, staff, and students.
Admissions
INCLUSIONS OF THE SCHOLARSHIP
Eligibility
Process & Requirements
“Students with health conditions are welcome without discrimination but must work with our medical team; withdrawal fees apply unless for verified debilitating conditions.”
Organizational Structure
Office of Academic Affairs
Academic Affairs Team
Administrative Staff
Katherine Mae Sabate, MA
Director
(Academic Affairs)
Jared Jonathan Luna, MA
Coordinator
(Research & Development)
Roderick Ramos
Librarian
Margret Javier
Registrar
Gellie Rose Cubio
Admin Officer I
Rocelle Harayo
Admin Assistant / Support Staff
Yuki Peñafiel
Library Support Staff
Program Chairs
Katherine Mae Sabate, MA
Program Chair
(BPA Theatre)
Pio Niño Opinaldo, MS
Program Chair
(Sports Science)
Shena Marie Pacano
OIC, Program Chair
(BA Buddhist Studies)
Regina Angelica Bautisa, MA
Program Chair
(BPA Dance)
Full-Time Faculty
Paul Libo-on
Instructor
John Adolfo, MA
Instructor
Jared Jonathan Luna, MA
Instructor
Edwin Anadon, MS
Instructor
Arjay Viray, MM
Instructor
Music Theatre
Wincy Ramilo, MFA
Instructor
Ralph Jade Tampal, MFA
Instructor
Heidi Salih Emelo, MFA
NSTP Coordinator
Japhet Mari Cabling
Instructor
Academic Calendar
Programs offered
Undergraduate
We offer two performing arts degrees, one in dance and the other in theater. The two programs share common subjects in performing and visual arts, music and creativity. With National Artist for Dance Alice Reyes as our director of an Artists’ Residency Program, all performing arts students are privileged to learn and to perform with Filipino professional artists.
Bachelor of Arts in Buddhist Studies
As a Buddhist-affiliated college, we started with a program in Buddhist Studies, recognizing that Buddhism, as a 2500 year old religion and philosophy, offers a wealth of knowledge and skills. We are transitioning the program to Human Services, which will allow more practical applications of Buddhist Studies, integrated with psychology, social work, sociology and other related fields, geared towards improving the well-being of individuals, families and communities.
BACHELOR OF PERFORMING ARTS (DANCE)
The Dance Program offers a holistic program designed to produce dance artists trained in techniques in several genres of dance, with strong foundations on ballet and contemporary dance. Complementary to embodied training is the grounding practice with theories that allow imaginative and unique ways of dancing and choreographing the body and space. Co-curricular activities allow students to practice their craft with professionals and explore different facets of artistic production.
BACHELOR OF PERFORMING ARTS (THEATRE)
The Theater Program offers comprehensive training in theater, from acting to the production of theater props and costumes to stagecraft to semiotics and playwriting to pedagogy – focusing on the training of the students as artists, creators, and community builders. Our definition of the scope of theater includes film, television, and the moving arts. Students tackle Philippine, Asian, and international plays, probing into important issues of dramaturgy and cultural sensitivity. The faculty includes experts in innovative and transformational theater.
BACHELOR OF PERFORMING ARTS (Music Theatre)
Bachelor of Performing Arts – Music Theater Track provides a holistic education that transforms students into globally competitive 21st century artist-performers who perform local and international musicals of various genres. In response to the rise of locally produced Musical Theater productions, students under the Music Theater Track will be given individual vocal training, as well as intensive classes in dance, acting, and stage management. With high value for praxis, students are provided with opportunities to practice and demonstrate their theoretical knowledge in classroom, college performances, and even in professional productions.
Bachelor of Science in Exercise and Sports Sciences
Major in Fitness and Sports Coaching Program
The Sports Program offers training for competency in science-based sports, in particular basketball and track and field. Foundational human kinetics courses include anatomy, physiology, nutrition and psychology. Students are then able to choose from among different strands, from sports coaching to the teaching of physical education, from gym management to exercise and fitness programs, and recreational sports. Students are exposed to competitive sports throughout their stay in college, and since the start of the Sports Science Program, our varsity teams have excelled and won in many league competitions, both here and overseas.
Liberal Arts and Life Education
Besides specialized subjects in their chosen majors, all students take liberal arts subjects, a time-tested core of education that is based on the concept of education for freedom (from the Latin liberalis, free and ars, the arts), preparing our students to become productive citizens.
We also have a wide range of elective and minors based on Life Education, allowing students opportunities to cross disciplinary boundaries such as in the case of Sports Science majors participating in the Dance and Theater programs, and performing arts students taking up gymnastics with the Sports programs.
Subjects currently offered as Life Education
Agroecology
Cultural Heritage
Emergency Responder
Plant-based Foundations (in partnership with Center for Culinary Arts)
Mindfulness for Compassion and Well-being (in partnership with Friendly Care Foundation)
Self and Family Care
Minor Courses
Besides specialized subjects in their chosen majors, all students take liberal arts subjects, a time-tested core of education that is based on the concept of education for freedom (from the Latin liberalis, free and ars, the arts), preparing our students to become productive citizens.
Development Programs
Performing Arts Laboratories
The GMC Performing Arts Laboratories provide professional and pre- professional training, creation and performance opportunities to the GMC community of artists and scholars. Under the offered performing arts programs of the Office of Academic Affairs, GMC PALs shall facilitate and manage all productions and activities to complement and supplement the curricula. It provides curricular and co-curricular support for the students’ learning through practice of their arts.
VISION
A leading, dynamic and sustainable home for training, creation, and scholarship through the art of performance that celebrates humanity’s oneness in its diversity.
Its main objectives are:
•To nurture talent in the Performing Arts by establishing GMC as a dynamic creative hub.
•To promote humane, ethical, and collaborative culture through Performing Arts.
GUANG MING CHORUS
GUANG MING RITMO
GUANG MING CUERDAS
Guang Ming Theatre Ensemble
GUANG MING ATMOS
GUANG MING DANCE PROJECT
GUANG MING BODHISATTVA
SPORTS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
The Sports Development Program unit supports the college’s vision and mission of cultivating the innate talents of sports-inclined students, grounded on the principles and practices of Humanistic Buddhism and Life Education, relevant and applicable to various aspects of society and thus making a difference in the student-athletes’ professional and personal lives.
Men's basketball team
athletics team
pep squad
ARTIST RESIDENCY PROGRAM
The Artist Residency Program (ARP) oversees and manages the creative productions and processes of the Guang Ming College campuses (Tagaytay, Manila, and Cebu), in collaboration with GMC offices, including the Office of Student Affairs and International Mobility and the Office of the Academic Affairs. ARP, headed by National Artist Alice Reyes as the Artistic Director, is a team of artists-in-residence that designs programs for students to have intensive and integrated mentorship of the knowledge and skills needed for contemplative creativity, including artistic performance, repertory process, scripting and choreography, staging and theatre design, musicianship, management and entrepreneurship.
GMC Library
Guang Ming College Library is located on the 2rd Floor, Academic Building, Guang Ming College Tagaytay, Patutong Malaki North, Tagaytay. Cavite. The library houses materials for research and study, and various audio-visual materials and journals. The library has collections in the areas of Buddhist Studies, Theatre, and Dance. It is open for use by the students, faculty, staff and administrators of the college. At present, it has a growing collection of quality materials to support the curriculum of the school.
The Library started as the library of the Fo Guang Shan Mabuhay Temple, and the collection for the college was added when the school began in 2014.
NSTP
Adhering to the National Service Training Program of 2001, Republic Act 9163, the Guang Ming College NSTP is a unit under the Office of Academic Affairs, emphasizing education that is focused on serving the community. GMC-NSTP provides program-based initiatives designed to meet specific community needs, that integrate academic learning with community engagement in collaboration with the Community Development Unit. The GMC-NSTP focuses on Civic Welfare Training Service (CWTS), instilling values of civic responsibility and social awareness to foster socially-conscious students that will contribute to holistic community development.
Research and Development
The research and development unit works both internally and externally to develop programs and partnerships that enable the college’s culture of research to flourish. Internally, it is focused on improving the school’s processes through data gathering and analysis projects, as well as overseeing the implementation of the undergraduate and faculty research and conferences. Research produced is uniquely of the qualitative and practice-based paradigm that presents the critical and artistic growth of each individual student. Externally, it generates and oversees linkages with other experts and institutions to grow the school’s network on the basis of knowledge exchange and production through programs and academic conferences.