BOR Resolution No. 042-390-13
Administrative Council Resolution No. 02-007-13 Executive Committee Resolution No. 25, Series of 2013
(Date of Official Commencement of Use: September 16, 2013)
In the Philippine myths, a legendary figure named Bernardo Carpio is a giant. He had a strength similar to that of Hercules of the Greek mythology. Giants possessed an overwhelming physique and power beyond human capacity. The basic form of the legend is that Bernardo Carpio, a being of great strength, is trapped between two great rocks in the Mountains of Montalban. Accordingly, he keeps the mountains from crashing into each other, and when he shrugs his shoulder, an earthquake occurs.
As an “icon” in the URS Vector, Bernardo Carpio depicts that the enslaving poverty and oppressing ignorance will be replaced with freedom and happiness through perseverance and education. In its colossal glory, the Giant is at the center while lifting the word “Giants” with the name/acronym of the University written at the top. The Giant’s brusque and masculine demeanor represents the institution’s excellence and greatness and holds the URS core values.
