Central Mindanao University

It all started as a settlement farm school, one of the few in Mindanao organized by pioneering Americans in 1910. Simply named Mailag Industrial School, this pilot school offered only the first four grades of the elementary agriculture curriculum. In 1918, it was renamed Bukidnon Agricultural School to which three more grades were added completing the elementary agriculture to grade seven. With this, the school was transferred to Managok, a wider and greener part of Malaybalay, Bukidnon. Several renaming, relocations, and proclamations colored the historical beginnings of CMU from Bukidnon Rural High School (BRHS) to Bukidnon Agricultural High School (BAHS), and to Bukidnon National Agricultural School (BNAS). Congressman Cesar Fortich of Bukidnon sponsored House Bill 3041 which elevated Bukidnon National Agricultural School to an agricultural state college. This proved successful when President Elpidio Quirino signed Republic Act 807, otherwise known as Mindanao Agricultural College (MAC) Charter on June 21, 1952. In 1957-1960, three Stanford consultants, namely: James Wall, Donald Green, and John McCleland, lived in Musuan and provided technical assistance in Agricultural Technology. Musuan provided fertile and wide tracts of land ideal for diverse agricultural tillage that President Carlos P. Garcia, through the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources issued Proclamation No. 476 granting CMU 3,401 hectares of land. On June 19, 1965, MAC became Central Mindanao University by virtue of Republic Act 4498. In 1974, Cadastral court decision for the segregation of several hectares was amended to support the agrarian program of the 3,401 hectares. 321 were properly segregated and given to legitimate claimants. A total of 3,080 hectares was granted and titled in the name of CMU. Section 2 of Republic Act No. 4498 mandates that Central Mindanao University shall provide programs of instruction at all levels in the arts, sciences, technical, profes...