By: JORGE D. CABALIT (President, University of Bohol / Rafael Palma College Alumni Association, Inc.)

The University of Bohol, the first university of the province of Bohol, was founded in 1946 through hope, faith and prayer by more than 224 stockholders dedicated to the education of the masses. It was originally named Rafael Palma College (RPC) after the greatest scholar of his time, the late Dr. Rafael Palma. Its history is an account of how a group of public and civic-spirited citizens of the province of Bohol ventured to establish an educational institution in answer to a long-felt need of college education to those who could not afford to study outside the province.