UST Student Organizations Coordinating Council

The logo

The logo of the Student Organizations Coordinating Council, represented by a red ball with a face would be referred to as

The Big 4

The BIG 4 are the four major projects of the Student Organizations Coordinating Council.

Makibata

The community development of Student Organizations Coordinating Council.

Himig Tomasino

This annual Intercollegiate Choral Competition, organized by the UST-SOCC, is participated by the official chorales representing the different colleges and faculties. The event is usually held in the UST Medicine Auditorium. However, in 2012 it took place at the PhilAm Life Auditorium—the first time it was held outside the campus. In the years 2013 and 2014, the Meralco Theater was chosen to be the venue for the competition. In the year 2015, it went back to the UST Medicine Auditorium. However, the competition again took place outside the boundaries of UST where it was held in the UP Cine Adarna in the University of the Philippines Diliman campus. Prior to 2006, a solo-category singing contest was also part of this annual event.

During the competition, each chorale is set to perform the contest piece, arranged by the conductor of the world-renowned UST Singers, Prof. Fidel G. Calalang, Jr. and another piece of their own choice. Aside from the Champion and 1st and 2nd Runners-up, special awards such as "Best in Costume", "Best Conductor" and "Best Interpretation of the Contest Piece" are also decided by the judges while the "People's Choice" is awarded to the participating chorale with the most no. of SMS votes or "Likes" from Facebook. However, in the recently concluded Himig Tomasino 2016, the recipient of the People's Choice Award was determined through live ballot voting, whereby the tickets were used as ballots to write the name of the choir they were betting upon. The event is often graced by a performance from the UST Singers and various other music-oriented groups from the University. In spite of the competition among the college chorales, it has been a tradition that a theme song collaboration, from representatives of each chorale, is presented prior to the announcement of the winners. Below is a tabulation of the past winners from 2003-2016 and participating chorales.

Cheermania

The Intercollegiate Cheer-dance Competition.

The Search for the Ideal Thomasian Personalities

The Pageant of the University of Santo Tomas has always been different and unique because it is not only a contest of beauty but more importantly, a contest of brains and personality. The Search for the Ideal Thomasian Personalities (TSITP) is the annual Personality Search of the University of Santo Tomas. This activity shall serve as an avenue for the different Colleges and Faculties to come together in a friendly competition and to build stronger ties among the members of our community.

Other events

Minor events and Special events that caters to the students needs.

Recruitment 101: Your Subject on Student Involvement

Recruitment 101: Your Subject on Student Involvement is the annual jump-start Organization Fair event of Student Organizations Coordinating Council and Office for Student Affairs for the University-Wide Organizations.

Diamonds: Treasurer's Forum

Diamonds: Treasurer's Forum co-headed by the Central Student Council and the Accountancy Student Council is the annual student council and student organizations' financial information and stability forum. Remembering new policies and guidelines in the request for funds.

Organization Recognition Day

(in coordination with Office for Student Affairs)

Pintig Tomasino

Pintig Tomasino is made in commemoration with the celebration of the linggo ng wika. During the week different events were mounted like free concert, "Salu-salo, exhibit, fashion and cultural show.

Wellness Festival

In coordination with Yoga Club, the wellness festival radiated health concern techniques and healthy alternatives during a week-long celebration.

UAAP Pep Rally

In cooperation with the Institute of Physical Education and Athletics (IPEA), Office for Student Affairs (OSA), and the UST-Yellow Jackets, the UST Student Organizations Coordinating Council brings the Thomasians the UST Salinggawi Dance Troupe's special presentation for the Thomasians before they finally compete in the much awaited UAAP Cheer Dance Competition.

Soundcheck

Souncheck is the prestigious university-wide band competition of the university. To take it to the next level SOCC in coordination with the different student council made it into an inter-collegiate band competition.

USTv Students' Choice Awards Kick-off Party

Headed by the Office of the Secretary General with Student Organizations Coordinating Council as its implementing arm, the USTv Students' Choice Awards Kick-off Party is an avenue for the different local broadcasting channels to bring their artists to promote positive values on television.

Hype: The SOCC Street Dance Competition

Hype: The SOCC Street Dance Competition is the annual event of Student Organizations Coordinating Council for Thomasian dance crews.

Quadricentennial Celebration

(in coordination with Office for the Secretary General)

Neocentennial Celebration

(in coordination with Office for the Secretary General)

USTv Students' Choice Awards Night

Headed by the Office of the Secretary General with Student Organizations Coordinating Council as its implementing arm, the USTv Students' Choice Awards Night is the night where the different broadcasting channels receive their awards in different categories for promoting positive values on television.

Student Awards

The Student Awards is the annual awards day of University of Santo Tomas to students who have shown extra ordinary excellence in various fields:

Rector’s Academic Award.

For Academic Excellence

This award stands for the University’s recognition of consistent academic excellence-the primary objective of the University as an academic institution.

Pope Leo XIII Community Development Award.

For Active Involvement in Community Development with Partner Communities.

In recognition of the University’s role on social transformation, this award is conferred on a student or group of students for outstanding involvement in community development programs duly recognized by the Office for Community Development (OCD) and the Office for Student Affairs (OSA).

Quezon Leadership Award.

For Exceptional Leadership

Symbolic of the exemplary leadership of one of the great heroes of the Philippines and alumni of the University, the award is given to a deserving officer of a duly recognized organization of the University for his singular ability to lead and organize activities of meaningful significance to the entire university other than community service.

Benavides Outstanding Achievement Award.

For Outstanding Achievement of Regional, National or International Importance.

A tribute to the pioneering spirit of the founder of the University, the award is conferred on student(s) whose performance in regional, national or international competitions, conferences or congresses symbolizes the University’s commitment to excellence.

St. Dominic de Guzman Award.

For Outstanding Team Work.

This award is given to a student organization for its outstanding performance in organizing activities that are of significance to the entire University during the current academic year other than community service.

St. Thomas Aquinas Award.

For Exceptionally Outstanding Performance.

This award is conferred only upon those students who received the Rector’s Award and any two other personal awards: namely; the Quezon Leadership Award, the Benavides Award, or the Pope Leo XIII Community Service Award, either during the same year or within the duration of their program.

Organizations

Every year organizations petitions for recognition.

Natures of Organizations

Culture and Academic Arts – Organizations involved in theater, music, other talents, and culture

Socio-Civic – Organizations involved in outreach programs such as medical and dental missions, environmental concerns, and other socio civic services

Religious – Organizations that are Christ centered

Sports and Wellness – Organizations that promotes physical wellness

Technical – Organizations related to the operation of specialized equipment, system, and technique

Academic Society – Organizations related to a particular major, course or discipline of an academic unit.

University-wide organizations

The following 36 University-wide Organizations are recognized by the Student Organizations Coordinating Council and the UST Office for Student Affairs for the Academic Year 2012-2013.

1. AIESEC - UST (Association Internationale des Étudiants en Sciences Économiques et Commerciales UST)
2. Alpha Phi Omega Pi Chapter
3. Annyeong Tomasino
4. Batas Tomasino
5. Becarios de Santo Tomas
6. CFC - Youth for Christ
7. CFC - Youth for Family and Life (CFC-YFL)
8. Christ's Youth in Action
9. Circulo Hispano Tomasino
10. Community Achievers Association
11. EARTH - UST (Environmental Advocates Reaching Towards Humanity - UST)
12. Espanya United
13. Fotomasino - The Thomasian Photographer's Guild
14. Lingkod E.R. - UST
15. Marian Evangelization Community
16. MEDIARTRIX
17. Musikang Sikat ng mga Tomasino (MuSikaT)
18. Rotaract Club - UST Chapter
19. Teatro Tomasino
20. Thomasian Debaters Council
21. Thomasian Film Society
22. Thomasian Nihon Kyoukai (former Nippon Sei)
23. Thomasian Writer's Guild
24. Tomasian Cable Television (TOMCAT)
25. TomasinoWeb (TomWeb)
26. UST Amateur Radio Club, Inc. (DX1-UST)
27. UST Filipino Martial Arts
28. UST International Students Association (UST - ISA)
29. UST Mountaineering Club
30. UST Pax Romana Central Coordinating Council
31. UST Red Cross Youth Council
32. UST Salinggawi Dance Troupe
33. UST Scarlet - Filipino Chinese Students Organization
34. UST UNESCO Club
35. UST UNICEF Volunteers
36. UST Yellow Jackets
37. UST Yoga Club
38. UST Wushu Flaming Tigers

College-based organizations

The following 158 College-based Organizations are recognized by the Student Organizations Coordinating Council and the UST Office for Student Affairs for the Academic Year 2012-2013.

UST Alfredo M. Velayo - College of Accountancy

1. Community Achievers Association (ComAch) - Accountancy Unit
2. Junior Philippine Institute of Accountants
3. Paci Rhutmos
4. Pax Romana - Accountancy Unit
5. Red Cross Youth Council - Accountancy Unit
6. Rotaract Club - Accountancy Unit
7. Scarlet - Accountancy Unit
8. Society of Business Managerial Accountants
9. Thomasian Youth Builders
10. The Accountancy Chamber Singers

College of Architecture

1. Architecture Network (ArchiNet)
2. Arki Dance Troupe
3. Arkipella Mix Ensemble
4. Arkitrato: Architecture and Photography
5. Community Achievers Association (ComAch) - Architecture Unit
6. Heritage Conservation Society - UST Youth Chapter
7. Red Cross Youth Council - Architecture Unit
8. United Architects of the Philippines (UAPSA - UST Chapter)
9. Thomasian Expedition Society (ThomEx)

Faculty of Arts and Letters

1. AB Dance Synergy
2. AB Debate Parliament
3. Artistang Artlets
4. Artlets Economics Society
5. Asian Studies Society
6. Behavioral Science Society
7. Communication Arts Students Association
8. Concilium Philosophiae
9. International Youth Council - AB unit
10. Legal Management Society
11. Pax Romana - AB unit
12. Red Cross Youth Council - AB Unit
13. Rotaract Club - AB Unit
14. Scarlet - AB Unit
15. The Political Science Forum
16. UST Chorus of Arts & Letters (AB Chorale)
17. UST English Language Studies Society
18. UST History Society
19. UST Journalism Society
20. UST Literary Society
21. UST Sociological Society

Faculty of Civil Law

1. Astrea Law Sorority
2. Lex Aequitas Sorority
3. Libertas Et Iusticia
4. Regina Legis et Juris Sorority
5. UST Law Review

College of Commerce and Business Administration

1. Community Achievers Association (ComAch) - Commerce Unit
2. UST Economics Society
3. Junior Financial and Investment Executives
4. Junior Thomasian Executives Association (former Pre-Com Society)
5. Pax Romana - Commerce Unit
6. Red Cross Youth Council - Commerce Unit
7. Rotaract Club - Commerce Unit
8. Scarlet - Commerce Unit
9. Society of Thomasian Entrepreneurs
10. Thomasian Junior Association for People Management
11. UST Junior Marketing Association

College of Education

1. Community Achievers Association (ComAch) - Education Unit
2. Elementary Education Society (EES)
3. Guild of Thomasian Speducators (GuTS)
4. Library and Information Science Students' Association (LISSA)
5. Pax Romana - Education Unit
6. Philippine Association of Food Technologists (PAFT)
7. Philippine Association of Nutrition - Omega Chapter (PAN)
8. Red Cross Youth Council - Education Unit
9. Rotaract Club - Education Unit
10. Education Prime Movers (formerly Rythmyx Dance Troupe)
11. Scarlet Club - Education Unit
12. Student Teachers Association of the University of Santo Tomas (STAUST)

Faculty of Engineering

1. Advantage Management Group (AMG)
2. American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers - UST Student Branch (ASHRAE)
3. Association of Civil Engineering Students (ACES)
4. Chemical Engineering Society (ChES)
5. Cisco Networking Academy Gateway (CNAG)
6. Community Achievers Association (ComAch) - Engineering Unit
7. Computer Science Society (CSS)
8. Electrical Engineering Circuit (EEC)
9. Engineering Dance Troupe (EDT)
10. Engineering Team for Emergency Response and Community Development (En.T.E.R.Co.De)
11. Industrial Engineering Circle (IEC)
12. Information Systems Society (ISyS)
13. Junior Philippine Computer Society - UST Chapter (JPCS)
14. Mechanical Engineering Club (MEC)
15. Network of Electronics and Communication Engineering Students - UST Chapter (NECES)
16. One Voice Engineering Chorale (OV)
17. Operations Research Society of the Philippines - UST Chapter (ORSP)
18. Organization of Aspiring Students of Engineering (OASES)
19. Pax Romana - Engineering Unit
20. Red Cross Youth Council - Engineering Unit
21. Rotaract Club - Engineering Unit
22. Scarlet - Engineering Unit
23. Society of Information Technology Enthusiasts
24. UST Mechatronics and Robotics Circle
25. UST Tech Advancement Group

College of Fine Arts and Design

1. Art Association of the Philippines - UST Junior Chapter (AAP)
2. Community Achievers Association (ComAch) - CFAD Unit
3. Haus Industriel Design
4. Hinabi ng Isang Musika, Inspirasyon at Gilas (HIMIG)
5. Interior Design Innovators
6. One Shade Dance Squad
7. Red Cross Youth Council - CFAD Unit
8. The illUSTrators Guild of UST
9. Touch Point

Faculty of Medicine and Surgery

1. Alpha Delta Mu Sorority
2. Asian Medical Students' Association
3. Gamma Beta Epsilon Fraternity
4. Medical Missions, Inc. - Student Group
5. Medicine Glee Club
6. Mu Sigma Epsilon Sorority
7. Phi Sigma Gamma Fraternity
8. Sigma Beta Tau Phi Fraternity: TITANS
9. Tau Mu Sigma Phi Fraternity
10. Sigma Tau Delta Sorority
11. Terpsichorean Circle

Conservatory of Music

1. Pax Romana - Music Unit

College of Nursing

1. Medical Missions, Inc. - Nursing Group
2. Nursing Association of Student Achievers
3. Nursing Dance Troupe
4. Nursing Varsity Council
5. Pax Romana - Nursing Unit
6. Red Cross Youth Council - Nursing Unit
7. Rotaract Club - Nursing Unit
8. UST Coro de Ruiseñores (former Nursing Chorale)

Faculty of Pharmacy

1. Clinical Pharmacy Society
2. Community Achievers Association (ComAch) - Pharmacy Unit
3. Junior Pharmacists' Association - Gamma Chapter
4. Medical Technology Society
5. Organization of Medical Technology Interns
6. Pax Romana - Pharmacy Unit
7. Pharmacy Dance Troupe
8. Pharmacy Glee Club
9. Pharmacy Sports Club
10. Red Cross Youth Council - Pharmacy Unit
11. Rotaract Club - Pharmacy Unit
12. Scarlet - Pharmacy Unit
13. Scholia Tutorial Club
14. Theatre Catalyst
15. UST Biochemical Society

College of Rehabilitation Sciences

1. Occupational Therapy Society
2. Physical Therapy Society
3. Red Cross Youth Council - CRS Unit
4. Rotaract Club - CRS Unit
5. Scarlet - CRS Unit
6. Speech - Language Pathology Society
7. Sports Science Society
8. Performing Arts Guild

College of Science

1. Applied Physics Society
2. Biology Society
3. Chemical Society
4. Community Achievers Assoc. - Science Unit
5. Mathematical Society
6. Microbiology Society
7. Pax Romana - Science Unit
8. Psychology Society
9. Red Cross Youth Council - Science Unit
10. Rotaract Club - Science Unit
11. Scarlet - Science Unit
12. Science Dance Troupe
13. Science Debate and Drama Society
14. Science Glee Club
15. Science Varsity Council

College of Tourism and Hospitality Management

1. Hotel and Restaurant Management Society
2. Intenzyc
3. Pax Romana - CTHM unit
4. Students Tourism Society