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1. Evaluate the community activities of your college.

One of their project for community engagement is Center for Community

Development (CCD).

2. Enumerate specific activities that have been implemented by your college.

Activities that strengthen the spirit of volunteerism among its constituents.

3. What is/are the principles of community engagement applied by your college?

It supports the University’s vision of Improving Man as Man by developing

Individuals with a strong sense of social awareness and concern through its

Community engagement programs.

4. What is the level of engagement of your college with their partner community?

Our Lady of Fatima University envisions itself as among the top higher education

Institutions that provides extension and outreach activities to its adopted

Communities through meaningful and sustainable development programs.

5. In what modality of community engagement are your college community activities

At the moment? Give examples.

The community programs of Our Lady of Fatima University are clustered into what is

Called the HELPS Program. The different OLFU colleges/departments are grouped

Into clusters that are related to their program offerings. The Colleges of Nursing,

Physical Therapy, Medical Laboratory Science, Dentistry,and Pharmacy comprise the

Health cluster. The programs in the Education cluster are led by the Colleges of

Computer Studies and Education. The Livelihood cluster is led by the colleges of

Business and Accountancy, Hospitality and Institutional Management, and Maritime

Studies. The Psychosocial cluster programs are led by the College of Arts and

Sciences. The Safety/Security cluster has the College of Maritime Education and

College of Criminal Justice. The Safety/Security cluster was previously under the

Education cluster but was separated to its own cluster to give emphasis to programs

Related to issues on safety and security in the community such as disaster

Preparedness and crime prevention.


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What can you do to help your college provide better community engagement?

Our Lady of Fatima University already had community engagement programs. It

Provides an avenue for the promotion of volunteerism among students, employees,

And other stakeholders through its programs that are sustainable, empowering,

Gender-sensitive, and issue-related. These focus on the areas of Health, Education/

Environment, Livelihood, Psychosocial, and Safety/Security targeted at its partner communities.

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