The Philippine Junior Marketing Association (PJMA) is the official youth affiliate of the Philippine Marketing Association (PMA) and the national alliance amongst different Junior Marketing Association (JMA) organizations from different colleges and universities within Metro Manila and across the country. PJMA now has 123 member schools and a member base of over 30,000 students nationwide.

Yearly, they have the Synergy Training Program. Marketing students from different universities and colleges within Metro Manila and nearby provinces participate in this program to become trainees under the National Executive Board. These trainees will be honed and trained in different departments of the organization to develop their leadership, communication, event skills and more as well as their commitment to become the next National Executive Board for the following academic year.

Out of 178 applicants, 50 were screened and chosen as the Synergy Trainees for Academic Year 2013-2014. They took significant parts in every event organized by PJMA, like the General Assembly, Chapter Events, GOLTS and Madworld. After Madworld 2014, The trainees were filtered down to the Top 20 Synergy Trainees.

The top 20 trainees presented and defended their chosen positions to be the National Executive Board for Academic Year 2014-2015. CKS College BSBA-Marketing Management 4th year student, Mary Grace khu, is now the PJMA Vice President for Marketing (A.Y. 2014-2015). They will be officially inducted on July 25 at the Stratmark Conference 2014, themed "TurnAround Marketing," at CCF, Pasig City.

The 2014 Watercube Cup Overseas Chinese Youth Singing Competition (Philippine Elimination Round) was held last June 15, 2014 at the FFCCCII auditorium. Out of 27 contestants (elimination round), 10 were able to got into the final round of the competition. Mary Grace Khu, CKS College 4^th year BSBA-Marketing Management student bagged the 1^st place together with the winners namely Jason Justin Khu (2^nd place), Jazel Joyce Khu (3^rd place), Wilber Jan Ching (4^th place) and Wilhem Julio (5^th place). 

Both Mary Grace and Jason will be representing the country in Beijing for the World Watercube Competition from July 20 to August 08, 2014.

Last June 13, 2014, the Chiang Kai Shek College­-Faculty of Business, Arts, and Sciences Student Executive Council held its Frosh Fest, the first event of the council for theAcademic Year 2014­2015, at the 7^th floor of the CKS College campus. The Frosh Fest has been a tradition in the campus as a welcome party for the freshmen, and it aims to help the students feel comfortable and part of the CKSCian family. A total of one hundred twenty (120) freshmen and bridging program students attended the event.

Starting the program, Ms. Mary Grace Khu delivered the formal introduction and served as the master of ceremonies. Ms. Regine Mae Lao, Student Executive Council Programs Coordinator, delivered the opening remarks and welcomed the new members of the CKSCian family. Taking advantage of the program, Sharamain Esteban, Student Executive Council President, introduced the various student and academic organizations, and the council’s action plan for the events and programs for the academic year. Ms. Esteban called upon the representatives of the student and academic organizations to discuss the purpose, activities, and benefits of being a member of th eorganizations, and took the event as a chance for the organizations to recruit new members.

The attendees of the Welcome Part played three games. They were discretely and randomly grouped with other participants upon registration. The games played involved promoting and inculcating the importance of unity, sportsmanship, and smooth interpersonal relationships among students. For the first game entitled “Group Yourselves”, team white and team green tied up as winners. For the second game entitled “Superlative”, team violet dominated the round. For the third game entitled “Spelling Game”, team green once again stood out against other teams.

After the participants had played the three games, the CKS College Dance Troupe, led by NicoleHarvey Garcia, former lead choreographer of the dance troupe and also alumna of CKS College, presented an intermission number. After the intermission number, the organizers awarded the winners of each game simple prizes, which were shared among members of the winning teams.

Ending the FROSH FEST 2014, the Master of Ceremonies herself, Ms. Mary Grace Khu, delivered the closing message.

(Article by: Nielsen A. Tiangco / Photo Credit: Jilbert Tanzo)

Bonafide CKSC-FBAS students may enroll in a minor program, which can complement their academic program. This will allow them to augment their training and beef up their credentials, thereby further improving their employability profile. In addition to his diploma, a student who successfully completes this program shall be awarded a Certificate of Minor by CKSC.

Interested students should meet up with the Dean or coordinator of the program, who shall further clarify and explain the requirements.