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Accountancy), School of Engineering and Computer Studies (SOECS) (formerly College of Engineering and Computer Studies), School of Nursing (SoN) (formerly College of Nursing), School of Hospitality and Management (SHoM) (formerly College of Hospitality and Management). Graduate School of Business and Management. As part of the institutional thrust of developing would-be-leaders in the business community, the Graduate School of Business and Management (GSBM) was opened in 1978, offering Master in Business Administration (MBA).In 1980, DWCL was one of the 13 Charter Member-institutions of the Bicol Conference for Higher Education (BCHE), the forerunner of the Bicol Foundation for Higher Education (BFHE).
584:. Financial limitation became a major problem for its survival. To save the school from possible closure, series of negotiations to take over the management of the school were done between the then Bishop of Legazpi, Bishop Flaviano B. Ariola, D.D. and the Societas Verbi Divini (SVD) Congregation. Coming to an agreement, the Liceo de Albay was officially turned over by Bishop Flaviano B. Ariola, D.D. to the Provincial Superior of the SVD, Fr. Alfonse Lesage, SVD in 1961.The Society of the Divine Word appointed Fr. Joseph L. Bates, SVD, to administer the school with Msgr. Honesto A. Moraleda, a diocesan clergy, as Principal. The new school was exclusive for the education of boys and renamed Divine Word High School.
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