Campus Life

OUTREACH IN FOCUS

An educational institution is established within the bounds of three major pillars: instruction, research, and community extension. While its primary function focuses on the provision of formal education, it is also expected to serve the community where it is a part of.

There are impoverished communities where people live in deprivation. Hard as they labor and toil to change their lot, these people need to be assisted to function as productive, useful and participative members of their families and communities.

The Community Outreach Program of Centro Escolar University (CEU) plays an important role in this endeavor.

VISION-MISSION OF THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH DEPARTMENT

• VISION
  • A highly organized Community Outreach Department (COD) rendering  EFFECTIVE, EFFICIENT and HUMANE SERVICE to CEU schools/colleges and organizations.
     
• MISSION
  • The Community Outreach Department (COD) has been established based on the imperative of the school to actively participate in community education and service.
    
    Considering CEU's important role in people empowerment and social development, COD, imbued with the values of love, care, and concern for people, commits itself to:
    • maximize existing manpower and material resources of CEU in order to serve   impoverished families, groups and communities;
    • develop a more facilitative network of cooperation and coordination between and among schools/colleges and organizations within the university;
    • promote the highest level and degree of volunteerism among students, faculty and non-teaching personnel; and
    • contribute to the inculcation of values of social responsibility and promotion of a dignified life for all, within and outside the university.

ORGANIZATIONAL CHART OF THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH DEPARTMENT
 

Carlito B. Olaer, Ph.D.
Vice President for Student Affairs

Lolita D. Pablo, RSW, MSSW, Ph.D.
Head, Community Outreach Department

Mrs. Gemma Gornez
COP Coordinator
 

CEU-Makati

Mrs. Luningning Marcelino
COP Coordinator

CEU-Malolos

Rovi C. Obal, RSW
Outreach Assistant
 

COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAM (COP) ADVISERS

Dr. Margarita Grey
School of Accountancy and Management     

Mrs. Virginia Nuguid
School of Education, Liberal Arts, Music, Social Work

Mrs. Ivy Echano
School of Pharmacy

Engr. Jenifer Santos
School of Science and Technology

Mrs. Lindsay Alvarez
School of Nutrition and Hospitality Management

Dr. Felipe Wilfredo Espineli
School of Dentistry

Mrs. Nenita Lim
School of Medical Technology

Dr. Irynne Cabanban
School of Nursing

Dr. Cecilia L. Yu
School of Optometry

Dr. Lorena C. Balacanao
 Graduate School

OUTREACH PROGRAM VOLUNTEERS AND THEIR ORGANIZATIONS

COMPASS (Community Outreach Movement Pro-Active Student Service)

The students have organized themselves into a strong organization called COMPASS (Community Outreach Movement Pro-Active Student Service).  This university-wide organization was established on June 26, 1998 with the aim of promoting and strengthening student involvement through voluntary participation in the University Community Outreach Program.  It also seeks to coordinate with various community outreach organizations of the different schools, GOs and NGOs in pursuit of exchanging experiences, ideas & furtherance of knowledge in terms of community understanding & genuine community involvement.

TEACH (Teachers’ Empowering Approach as Community Helpmates) 

Aside from the students, faculty members who render voluntary community involvement have also organized themselves into a group called TEACH (Teachers’ Empowering Approach as Community Helpmates). This organization seeks to promote and strengthen faculty involvement through worthwhile activities that would promote participation in the University's Community Outreach  Program. It aims to train faculty leaders who would volunteer to assist in the implementation of the Community Outreach Program.

SUPPORT (Support Personnel Outreach Team)

The Non-Teaching Personnel have also an organization of community volunteers which they called SUPPORT (Support Personnel Outreach Team).  Just like COMPASS and TEACH,  the purpose of SUPPORT is  to encourage the voluntary involvement of non-teaching personnel in community building efforts within and outside the university.
 

OUTREACH PROGRAMS AND COMPONENTS

A. Health and Nutrition

1. Integrated Medical, Dental, Optometry Mission
2. Zero Bungi Project
3. Zero Labo Mata Project
4. Zero Parasite Project
5. Oral Health Education
6. Eye Care Education
7. Public Health Education
8. Free Clinic
9. Nutrition Cooking- Demonstration
10. Operation Tuli
11. Psychological Counseling

B. Education and Values Formation

1. Alternative Learning System (ALS)
2. Computer Literacy Training
3. Training on Community Leaders
4. Training on Day Care Teachers
5. Bibliodrama
6. Theatre Arts Workshop
7. Training on Community Leaders
8. Inter-Alley Sports Competition
9. Community Drama
10. Sharing the Blessings of Christmas with Sectoral Groups
11. Tourism Education
12. Awareness and Education on Alternative Herbal Remedy
13. Seminar on Disaster Risk Reduction and Management
14. Seminar on Drug Addiction

C. Livelihood and Entrepreneurship

1. Business Seminars
2. Souvenir Making
3. Rag Making
4. Food Preservation
5. T-shirt Printing

D. Environmental Care and Protection

1. Vertical Garden
2. Pharmacobotanical Garden
3. Community-based 7s
4. Waste Segregation
5. Vermi-Composting
6. Donation Drive for Calamity-Stricken Communities ( NCR, Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao)

E. DONATION DRIVE

DONATIONS FOR THE VICTIMS OF TYPHOONS ROLLY AND ULYSSES

COP RESEARCHES CONDUCTED MARCH 2017

CEU- Manila

1. Factors Related to the Nutritional Status of 8-71 Months Old Children in Barangay 836, Pandacan, Manila, School of Nutrition and Hospitality Management: Castro, M Cudilla, TB  Jugo, JA, Obial, P., Pascual, C Sarmiento, J  Uy,RG , Fronda, JK, 

March 2017

1. Wellness Profile of the Older Adults in Barangay 836 Pandacan, Manila May 2018 Basis for Implementation of Nursing Clinics, School of Nursing: Mr. Sonny Pura and Dr. Irynne D. Cabanban, May 2018
2. Centro Escolar University, School of Optometry Community Outreach Program: Response to WHO Universal Eye Health 2014-2019, School of Optometry: Maria Cecilia A. Lintag-Yu, OD, MSO, FAOC, 2014-2019
3. Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment and Control of Hypertension and Medication Adherence Among Elderly in Barangay 836, Pandacan, Manila, Philippines, Graduate School, School of Pharmacy, and Community Outreach Department, 2018: R. Arellano, JP. Ramos, M. Delacruz, R. Lequin , CA. Gregorio and MD. Dean.
4. Impact Assessment of Community Outreach Activities on Core Values and Graduate Attributes among School of Science and Technology Volunteers, School of Science and Technology: Adrian M. Segovia, Dorothea dela Cruz, Zenaida DR Los Baños, Jennifer L. Santos , 2014-2018

CEU-Makati

1. Saklolo and Saklola:Understanding the Level of Agonies of the Elderly as Basis for a Proposed Intervention Activities, TEACH: Gemma Rosemarie Gornez, Sonia Pilao, Angelina Villanueva, Jean Marie Villanueva, Agnes Santos, 2018
2. Greening Project: The Social Responsibility of the Students of Centro Escolar University, Makati, TEACH and SUPPORT: Sonia Pilao, Gemma Rosemarie Gornez, Jean Marie Villanueva, and Denise Javal and Marienelle Dimaano, 2020

CEU-Malolos

1. Health Coaching and Education of CWH’s: Partnership in Transforming Health Care Delivery System, Cresencia M. Santos D.N.S., Gerald T. Evangelista M.A.N., and Luningning O. Marcelino M.A.N, 2015-2016