19th NYC in Metro Manila the biggest ever

STI College Global City's 

Stage Group

interpret the Invocation Hymn

A view from the seats

Spanky Enriquez discusses the 

Do's and Dont's in Social Media

Sonnie Santos points out that Social Media is like a double bladed sword - its both beneficial & dangerous

Ricky Bunag of STI College Bacoor discusses Cloud Computing to 

IT students of STI College Caloocan, Fariview, Las Piñas 

Ricky Bunag shows 

how a server works  

Ms. Rica Rustia - Uy of 

Philippine Airlines talks about

the tips, tricks & trends of the "Service Industry"

Edwin Ebreo asks the audience 

about their future

A view of the crowd that totaled 24,000 STIers in 4 days and 

8 sessions of the NYC

Edwin Superable of

 STI College Novaliches 

was the host of the Feb. 5 NYC

STI College Global City Alumna

AJ Abuallata was the host of the February 6 and 7 NYC

Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra performs at STI College Ortigas-Cainta

HIMIG NG PASKO: CELEBRATE THE HARMONY OF CHRISTMAS. Watch out for the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of revered Maestro Olivier Ochanine as they perform for the people of Cainta on December 19, 2013, 6:00 pm at the STI Academic Center Ortigas-Cainta along Ortigas Extension.  "Himig ng Pasko" tickets are at P 500.00 only! This is your chance to watch the renowned orchestra that will feature 77 musical instruments and help some people in the process since proceeds of the concert will go to the Typhoon Yolanda victims. For ticket reservations and inquiries please call (02) 230 -0100.  For a map of the STI Academic Center please click here

19th NYC launched in Baguio City

The Deaf Association Students 

of STI College Baguio led the Invocation Hymn.

Do you really think before you post something? To rant at someone?  To post a hanging question that is addressed to someone? Have you ever posted a picture that eventually you regretted? How can you make the most out of Social Media? Here comes the STI National Youth Convention wherein three topics are discussed to STIers nationwide that will help them know the latest trends and more importantly help them plan for their future. STI has invited three revered guests as it launched the NYC in Baguio City last November 29, 2013 at the CAP-John Hay Trade and Cultural Center.  This year’s theme is Social Media and Me – Discover the real ife impact of every like, share and post. Here are some highlights of the their talks.

WE ARE WHAT WE LIKE – THE INFLUENCE OF SOCIAL MEDIA

MR. VINCENT "VINCE" TABOR

Google Business Groups Philippines Country Champion and 

GBG Baguio Community Manager

Vince tackled a emerging Social Media platform which is being used by 540 million people worldwide and has now overtaken Twitter with the most number of subscribers – Google Plus. What makes Google plus different from other social media platforms is that Google uses its own products to make your Google plus experience better. Highly recommended for your barkada is the Google Hangouts so go and check it out. Lastly, Vince showed a glimpse of the future here in the Philippines about a technology that is actually finished but is not yet available here – the Google Glass. The influence of Social Media is really upon us and its up to us to use it wisely or make it use us.

  

THINK BEFORE YOU POST – ACT AGAINST CYBERBULLYING

MR. SONNIE SANTOS

Social Business and Brand Strategist

Advocate of Social Computing  Privacy & Social Good

Sonnie said bullying has three components – the agrressor, the accomplice and the one being bullied! There are many situations that Sonnie described and most often times the aggressors are sometimes the ones being bullied themselves and they look for other means to refocus their insecurities.   What was very important in his talk was that one must really think first before you post any picture out in public specially the ones that might be easily manipulated in photoshop and videos that will haunt you in the future.  Lastly he mentioned that if you are cyberbullied by anonymous people there is a way to trace them through the NBI. So do remember to think before you post.

I CARE TO SHARE – RECRUITMENT & CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

EDWIN EBREO

President of Exeqserve,

Trainer and Organizational Development Consultant

One of the best ways to take advantage of Social media is to use some tools that would benefit you. One thing that STIers should do is to create their online portfolio.  First you can use an infographic resume to show off what you have and eventually build on it as the years pass by. If you are in first year, now is the best time to start while if you are in fourth year its never too late. Edwin, also discussed various characteristics  that employers look for in job applicants.  Lastly, Ed said that STIers should take advantage of various online job  sites most specially the I-CARES sites where STIers can apply and eventually get called to get a job. 

The three NYC Speakers

Ed Ebreo, Sonnie Santos , Vince Tabor

The 19th STI National Youth Convention is back!

 Once again the 19th STI National Youth Convention is back and STI students are already excited to become a part of this spectacular roadshow presentation. This year the them centers on Social Media as students from all over the country will be treated with lots of additional knowledge and surprises during the event.  The theme is "Social Media and Me, Discover the real life impact of every like share and post. " You can interact with every NYC site by logging in at the STI NYC fan page, Twitter page, Google plus page, Tumblr and Instagram. See you at the NYC.

 INTERACT WITH US!

BE STI DANCERS 2013

A Photo AVP of the BE STI Dancers
Performance at the STI Anniversary Celebration

STI 30th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION

Grand Winners of the Mr. STI 2013 Competition

Mr. STI 2013 :  MARK ANTHONY D. HERRERA, STI COLLEGE FAIRVIEW

1st Runner -UP:  GLENN MARC SERRANO, STI COLLEGE TARLAC

2nd Runner -UP :  BERNARD M. SAMBAJON, STI COLLEGE CALOOCAN

3rd Runner -UP :  TURKY BRAVO A. HUSSEN, STI COLLEGE DASMARIÑAS

 4th Runner -UP :  ZACHARY BRIAR E. PENERA, STI COLLEGE BAGUIO

Amidst all the rains and flood, the STI College network of schools celebrated its 30^th Anniversary during the week of August 21, 2013.  That anniversary week signaled the start of the STI Talent Search that culminated with a grand celebration at the Enchanted Kingdom in Sta. Rosa, Laguna on September 27, 2013.  Although this is the first time that the STI network held it’s Grand anniversary celebration in September, there were still around 22,000 STIers that went to the newly refurbished theme park.  This number was bigger compared to the delegation in 2012.

Grand Winners of the Ms. STI 2013 Competition

Ms. STI 2013 :  ALYNNA  P. DE GUZMAN, STI COLLEGE SAN FERNANDO

1st Runner -UP :  MARY RUTH V. DELA PEÑA, STI COLLEGE GLOBAL CITY

2nd Runner -UP : ANGELYNNE M. CABRERA, STI COLLEGE TARLAC

   3rd Runner -UP :  AUDREY A. MACALADLAD, STI COLLEGE LUCENA

 4th Runner -UP :  REGINA ROSE ORIENDA, STI COLLEGE STA. ROSA

Two sets of ride all you can tickets were sold to STIers in this one day celebration with the first batch from 8:00 am to 3:00 pm while the second batch from 3:00 pm to 10:00 pm.  Majority of the STI students enjoyed their visit to the world class theme park as they were able to take pictures and post it in their own Social Media account through their mobile phones without any hitches. This was made possible by Globe Telecoms, one of the major sponsors of the event, that provided Free WIFI access through the whole park. While others enjoyed the rides and other park attractions, the other STI students supported their respective bets in the National finals of the STI Talent Search 2013.

The Balaraw Dance group of STI College Balagtas

repeated as National champions

In 2012, Enchanted Kingdom introduced the Enchanting Events place, a covered tent which is part of EK’s three phase expansion.  This venue can accommodate a crowd of around two thousand people. It was in this venue where all the major competitions took place - the  Battle of the Bands, the STI Idol Solo singing competition, the Hataw Sayaw Grand National Finals and the Search for Mr. & Ms. STI 2013.

STI's newest singing sensation

Cathrine Jane Loayan of STI College Southwoods

This year’s Talent Search was full of fun and notably one of a kind competition as the BARESWITCH Band of STI College Las Piñas came out the winner in the Battle of the Bands competition while STI College San Fernando and last year’s champion STI College Novaliches came in 2^nd and 3^rd respectively.  STI College Balagtas’ BALARAW dance group on the other hand came out the best dance team nationwide for the second straight year followed by STI College Southwoods and STI College Las Piñas. Cathrine Jane M. Loayon of STI College Southwoods came out as the newest STI singing sensation  while Bai Aniraton Sumalampong of STI College Cotabato and Dan Daryl Carating of STI College Meycauayan came in second and third in this year’s STI Idol Singing competition.

STI Battle of the Bands National Champion

Bareswitch of STI College Las Piñas

The highlight of the competitions went to Mark Anthony D. Herrera of STI College Fairview and Alynna Alexandria de Guzman of STI College San Fernando who were adjudged Mr. and Ms. STI 2013 by a panel of very distinguished judges that included an Artist recruiter from GMA 7, Mr. Bing Manalo, Binibining Pilipinas World 2008 Ms. Janina San Miguel together with Ms. Bikini Philippines 2013 and runner up to Ms. World Megan Young in the Ms. Philippines-World 2013 competition, Ms. Janicel Lubina.  Guests stars included Ms. Coleen Garcia of ABS-CBN and Derrick Monasterio of GMA 7 who serenaded the contestants.   

As the Search for Mr. and Ms. STI came to a close, the event itself reached the climax with a fireworks display that made enchanted kingdom truly an enchanting place to be.  Happy 30^th Anniversary STI.

The STI Anniversary website can be accessed through this link: http://www.anniversary.sti.edu/

STI College Ortigas-Cainta inauguration

Building Marker

Strong winds, heavy rains and waist high floods suspended the original date set to inaugurate STI College’s newest milestone last August 20, 2013 which coincides with the 30th Anniversary of the number one IT school in the country.  Heavy rains may have fallen but it did not dampen the spirit of the STIers who worked hard once again to finally push through with the inauguration of STI’s newest building which is located along Ortigas Avenue Extension last September 25, 2013. STI College Ortigas-Cainta is located in a four hectare property that has two buidlings – a three storey edifice that is now the STI head office and a seven storey building  which is the house of STI’ers in the province of Rizal.

STI Chairman Mr. Eusebio Tanco with distinguished guests

unveiling the building marker

This new STI building known as STI College Ortigas-Cainta has LED monitors installed in every classroom with hot and cold kitchen laboratories, fully equipped computer laboratories and more importantly a great landscape which boasts of a campus like life for STI students. This facility can accommodate close to 8,000 STI students.

STI ESG President Monico V. Jacob 

delivers a message

STI has since upgraded its courses as this branch will cater to students who will take up Bachelor of Science in Tourism Management, Bachelor of Science in Hotel and Restaurant Management, Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, and Bachelor of Science in Information Technology. There are also two-year courses on Tourism and Events Management, Computer and Consumer Electronics, Information Technology, and Hospitality and Restaurant Services.

A view of "the Plaza"

STI Education Services Group President Monico V. Jacob said that STI aims to continually improve its facilityes and upgrade its quality of educaiton which is STI’s commitment to the future of Filipino Youth! As a matter of fact, STI College Caloocan is next on the list of upgrades as it will be inaugurated in the next few months and its building will be bigger and can accommodate 10,000 students. In the 2014-2015  school year STI College Cubao, Las Pinas, Calamba and Lucena will be in full swing with new buildings as part of the nationwide expansion of STI. As everyone  else in our organization says – the best is yet to come.  Congratulations to STI College Ortigas-Cainta and to the STI Education Services group for giving Filipino students a venue to pursue their dreams.

The STI Girls handling the registration

30 Years of Quality Real life Education

The first STI branch in 1983 

“First we’ll teach you then we’ll hire you!” This was the unique value proposition that our forefathers thought which until now is still what Systems Technology Institute or STI is all about. August 23, 1983 was the day when Augusto C. Lagman, Herman T. Gamboa, Benjamin A. Santos and Edgar H. Sarte came together to set up a training center that delivers basic programming education to professionals and students who want to learn this new skill.

STI College Sta. Rosa when i entered STI in 2001

The first two schools that were inaugurated were in Buendia, Makati and España in Manila which offered basic computer programming courses.  Since computer literacy was on a rise on that time the franchise added three more franchises in Binondo, Cubao and Taft.  The trend would continue with STI gaining more than 100 branches before the school celebrated its 18th year in 2001. That year saw the changing of the guard as STI dropped the Systems Technology Institute name and rebranded as STI College and Mr. Eusebio H. Tanco took over as Chairman of the STI Education Services Group.

STI College Naga from humble beginnings

to a promise of a good future for Nagauenos

Mr. Tanco brought in a more professional approach to the school as he got former Petron head honcho Monico V. Jacob to “reformat” STI.  Their partnership together with the new breed of STI Executives clicked as the network experienced growth year in and year out. The new management created better benchmarks and set out once in for all that STI is in the business of Education and not a business masquerading as a school.

STI Head Office at Ortigas, Cainta

Once known as a computer learning center, a technical vocational school, STI eventually offered 4-year Computer Science courses, Computer Engineering Courses and lately computer enhanced courses which includes Nursing, Business Managment, Hotel and Restaurant Management and eventually other courses that will be in demand in the future.  The network currently serves close to 70,000 students nationwide and will hopefully grow in the next few years. The STI Campuses in Southwoods, Sta. Rosa, Dasmarinas, Cagayan de Oro City, Fairview, Novaliches, Tacurong, Malolos and Ortigas-Cainta will be joined by other schools that are now upgrading the facilities in their respective schools namely our branches in  Caloocan, Cubao, Las Pinas, Calamba, Cebu, and Vigan.

A view of the future

From “First we’ll teach you then we’ll hire you” to “Enrollment to Employment” STI has gone a long way in providing quality computer enhanced education. I am so happy, lucky and proud to be part of an institution like STI. Here’s to the next thirty more years.

STI College Caloocan will open by SY 2014 - 2015

The STI College Global City Team

 THE STI COLLEGE 

GLOBAL CITY TEAM

 Abby Chavez on the lay in

Pull Up Jumper 

Three Pointer 

Another Lay -up 

Abby drives to the hoop 

Arjay Napeñas in the paint 

Arjay Jumper 

Arjay unmolested lay in 

 Bulandus scores

Erven Silverie Three

 Erven scores inside

 Three pointer by Silverie

 Pangilinan rebound

  Pangilinan another rebound

Bernal drives 

 Jerome Ortega on the drive

To the middle 

 Jerome over Derek

Ortega on the fastbreak 

Lefty Lay in 

Baquiran scores 

Lester Bocablo

 Lester Bocablo

Lester drives to the middle

Bocablo fastbreak 

Sultan jumper 

Sultan grabs the rebound