Cristina Padolina
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|office1 = 7th President of the Centro Escolar University
|term_start1 = June 2006
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|predecessor1 = Dr. Rosita L. Navarro
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|birth_date = {{birth year and age|1946}}
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|alma_mater = University of the Philippines Diliman
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Maria Cristina Damasco-Padolina (born 1946) is the current and seventh president and chief academic officer of Centro Escolar University in Manila, Philippines.{{cite news|url=http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20090808-219340/10-outstanding-teacher-awardees-announced|title=10 outstanding teacher awardees announced|date=8 August 2009|newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer|accessdate=22 June 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090811085127/http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20090808-219340/10-outstanding-teacher-awardees-announced|archive-date=11 August 2009|url-status=dead}}
Career
In 1999, Padolina received the Most Distinguished Alumna Award given by the UP Alumni Engineers. Padolina is a member of the Advisory Group of the National Health Promotion Committee, and was on the executive board of the Asian Association of Open Universities from 1998 to 2001. She was appointed as the university's president and chief academic officer in September 2006. She led the university's centennial in 2007.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3FI1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=bCUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1960,4321239&dq=cristina-padolina&hl=en|title=Lifestyle and Goings On|date=23 November 2007|newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer|accessdate=22 June 2010}}
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