Terry Mistica Magdongon, this year’s recipient of the Hall of Fame award in Education, is adjunct professor of
English at National-Louis University and at the Harrington College of Design, both in Chicago. Terry has
also taught at Wright College, Columbia College, and DeVry Institute of Technology (now DeVry University).
At National-Louis University, in collaboration with a colleague in the English Department, she developed the
curricular program for Minority Literature. In recognition of her exemplary dedication to education and to her
students, National-Louis University presented her the Excellence in Teaching Award for 2005.
Terry Mistica Magdongon’s teaching career started at the University of the Philippines Preparatory School, a
unit of the University of the Philippines, established to prepare exceptionally bright and talented students for
college. Subsequently, she joined the English Department of the College of Arts and Sciences at the
University of the Philippines in Diliman. As a tenured professor, she taught English Composition, World
Literature, Sixteenth Century English Literature, and Eighteenth Century English Literature. With a team of
other English professors, she co-authored A Complete Course in Freshman English, which was adopted as
textbook in the University of the Philippines English classes. Concurrently, while teaching at the Diliman
campus, she also taught college English courses at the UP branch at Clark Air Force Base and graduate
linguistics courses at the UP branch in Iloilo.
Prior to her return to her teaching career in Chicago, Terry served first as staff assistant and subsequently as
Director of Information Services at the Chicago Transit Authority, where she was one of a few women and
one of a few minority in management. As Director of Information Services, she developed administrative
procedures for the administrative staff in the organization and she monitored the organization’s compliance
with the Freedom of Information Act.
Terry Mistica Magdongon obtained her bachelor’s degree (majors in English and LibraryScience) with
honors (cum laude) from the University of the Philippines. On graduation, she was elected to membership in
the International Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi and in the National Honor Society of Pi Gamma Mu. She
earned her Master of Arts degree in English Language and Literature from the University of Michigan in Ann
Arbor, Michigan. She also did graduate work in English literature at the University of Illinois in Champaign
and at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Testimonials of her academic excellence are the following scholarships: full Fulbright Hays grant,
Rockefeller grant, and the East-West Center for Cultural Interchange grant in Honolulu, Hawaii.
For her achievements and services during her teaching career at the University of the Philippines and in the
different schools in Chicago, Terry Mistica Magdongon deserves the Hall of Fame award in Education for
2006.
English at National-Louis University and at the Harrington College of Design, both in Chicago. Terry has
also taught at Wright College, Columbia College, and DeVry Institute of Technology (now DeVry University).
At National-Louis University, in collaboration with a colleague in the English Department, she developed the
curricular program for Minority Literature. In recognition of her exemplary dedication to education and to her
students, National-Louis University presented her the Excellence in Teaching Award for 2005.
Terry Mistica Magdongon’s teaching career started at the University of the Philippines Preparatory School, a
unit of the University of the Philippines, established to prepare exceptionally bright and talented students for
college. Subsequently, she joined the English Department of the College of Arts and Sciences at the
University of the Philippines in Diliman. As a tenured professor, she taught English Composition, World
Literature, Sixteenth Century English Literature, and Eighteenth Century English Literature. With a team of
other English professors, she co-authored A Complete Course in Freshman English, which was adopted as
textbook in the University of the Philippines English classes. Concurrently, while teaching at the Diliman
campus, she also taught college English courses at the UP branch at Clark Air Force Base and graduate
linguistics courses at the UP branch in Iloilo.
Prior to her return to her teaching career in Chicago, Terry served first as staff assistant and subsequently as
Director of Information Services at the Chicago Transit Authority, where she was one of a few women and
one of a few minority in management. As Director of Information Services, she developed administrative
procedures for the administrative staff in the organization and she monitored the organization’s compliance
with the Freedom of Information Act.
Terry Mistica Magdongon obtained her bachelor’s degree (majors in English and LibraryScience) with
honors (cum laude) from the University of the Philippines. On graduation, she was elected to membership in
the International Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi and in the National Honor Society of Pi Gamma Mu. She
earned her Master of Arts degree in English Language and Literature from the University of Michigan in Ann
Arbor, Michigan. She also did graduate work in English literature at the University of Illinois in Champaign
and at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Testimonials of her academic excellence are the following scholarships: full Fulbright Hays grant,
Rockefeller grant, and the East-West Center for Cultural Interchange grant in Honolulu, Hawaii.
For her achievements and services during her teaching career at the University of the Philippines and in the
different schools in Chicago, Terry Mistica Magdongon deserves the Hall of Fame award in Education for
2006.
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