Maria Cristina Damasco-Padolina (born 1946) is the current and seventh president and chief academic officer of Centro Escolar University in Manila, Philippines.[1]

Cristina Padolina
7th President of the Centro Escolar University
Assumed office
2006
Preceded byDr. Rosita L. Navarro
In office
June 2006 – Present
Personal details
Born1946 (age 77–78)
Alma materUniversity of the Philippines Diliman

Career edit

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, replacing the retiring . She led the university's centennial in 2007.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ "10 outstanding teacher awardees announced". Philippine Daily Inquirer. 8 August 2009. Archived from the original on 11 August 2009. Retrieved 22 June 2010.
  2. ^ "Lifestyle and Goings On". Philippine Daily Inquirer. 23 November 2007. Retrieved 22 June 2010.