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Cristina Padolina | |
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| 7th President of the Centro Escolar University | |
| Assumed office June 2006 | |
| Preceded by | Dr. Rosita L. Navarro |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1946 (age 77–78) |
| Alma mater | University of the Philippines Diliman |
Maria Cristina Damasco-Padolina (born 1946) is the current and seventh president and chief academic officer of Centro Escolar University in Manila,Philippines. [1]
In 1999,Padolina received the Most Distinguished Alumna Award given by the UP Alumni Engineers. Padolina is a member of the Advisory Group of the National Health Promotion Committee,and was on the executive board of the Asian Association of Open Universities from 1998 to 2001. She was appointed as the university's president and chief academic officer in September 2006. She led the university's centennial in 2007. [2]
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