OUR LADY OF FATIMA UNIVERSITY

Valenzuela City • Quezon City •Antipolo City • Cabanatuan • Pampanga

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Session 4: OLFU Vision and & 5, History, Core Values

INTRODUCTION

The University logo bears identifiable images which put into visual symbols the institutional philosophy
of Our Lady of Fatima University.
An academic shield forms the central image of the logo and is adorned with two complementing
banners possessing the name of the University and the Latin words “veritas et misericordia” which stands
for the two principal virtues, truth and compassion, that the institution believes in as it fulfills its mission of
“improving man as man.”
A tall white cross divides the shield into four quadrants. The white cross is the universal symbol for
health that is the very core of existence of the University since it started as a health institution.
The crusader’s cross reflects the forward-looking philosophy of the men and women of the institution
and their unconditional dedication to pursue the envisioned aspirations of the founders.
The book and the laurel emphasize the fact that the University is, first, a learning institution, the primary
goal of which is to usher men and women towards academic excellence. The University recognizes its
mission particularly those, which pertain to the academic development of all the institutional members.
The open book instils the dynamism of life-long learning as an essential virtue for enhancing the
individual’s resistance against the damaging effect of stagnation and mediocrity.
The four white pillars stand for the four operational pillars upon which the existence of the University is
established: Academic Excellence, Professional Competence, Developmental Research, and Social
Compassion.
The roaring lion breathes life to the fortitude of conviction of the dedicated men and women of the
University in living a life of truth and compassion.
The stars, which proudly stand at the base of the shield, represent the sixteen disciplines of the
sciences and humanities of Our Lady of Fatima University. They represent the sixteen operational units at
the time of conversion of the college to a University namely: Fatima University Medical Center, College of
Medicine, College of Dentistry, Graduate School, College of Nursing, College of Rehabilitation Medicine,
College of Arts and Sciences, College of Computer Studies, College of Hotel and Restaurant Management,
College of Maritime Education, College of Criminology, College of Education, the BS Pharmacy program,
the BS Tourism Program, the BS Nutrition and Dietetics Program, and the Basic Education Department.

Learning Outcomes: At the end of the lesson, students are expected to:
 Be familiarized with the university’s vision, mission and objectives (VMO’s)
 Explain the University’s vision, mission, and objectives (VMO’s)
 Trace the humble beginnings of the university
 Identify the values exemplified by the university founders

MODULE LESSON

VISION
To improve man as man by developing individuals through a legacy of excellent education and
compassionate value formation.

MISSION
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The noble dictum, “Improving Man as Man”, embodies the existence of Fatima Medical Science
Foundation, Inc. and Our Lady of Fatima University as an educational institution dedicated to the holistic
formation of men and women imbued with knowledge, skills, virtues and academic competence.

OBJECTIVES

To achieve this end, the University aims to:

 Commit itself to the service of society through quality education;
 Develop the capabilities of individuals to maximize their potentials;
 Nurture future professionals with the academic foundation, virtues, and skills to become respected
leaders and productive members of society;
 Respond effectively to the changing needs and conditions of the times through continuing professional
education and research;
 Inculcate social awareness through community outreach programs;
 Imbue the faculty, staff, and students with a deep sense of nationalism and pride in our Filipino
heritage; and
 Uphold the virtues of truth, justice, integrity, compassion, and faith in God.

INSTITUTIONAL CORE VALUES

Through innovative learning strategies focused on strong and updated academic foundation with
enhanced industry skills experience, a graduate of Our Lady of Fatima University is expected to be an
ACHIEVER. In the community and in the work place, an OLFU graduate will be known as a person who:
A - ASPIRES to do his best
C - is CREDIBLE yet COMPASSIONATE
H - is HARD-WORKING and HONORABLE
I - is an INSPIRATION to others
E - is EFFICIENTLY ENTREPRENEURIAL and
V - is VISIONARY
E - is ETHICAL and has EXCELLENT WORK HABITS
R - is RESPONSIBLE
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OUR LADY OF FATIMA UNIVERSITY: FULFILLMENT OF A VISION

A HUMBLE BEGINNING. In 1967, Jose C. Olivares, a Chemistry professor-entrepreneur and his son-in-
law Dr. Vicente M. Santos, a physician, founded Our Lady of Fatima Hospital in Valenzuela, then still a
municipality of Bulacan. The hospital immediately became the primary provider of
medical and health care services for the residents of Valenzuela.
Mr. Olivares, who was then a professor at the Ateneo de Manila University,
envisioned a dream for Fatima. He set his eyes in transforming the Our
Lady of Fatima Hospital from a general hospital to a medical complex
that will be the training ground for health care providers such as nurses
and midwives. Thus, in 1973, the Our Lady of Fatima College of
Nursing was established, and in 1976, the first batch of Nursing
graduates garnered an unprecedented 100% passing average in the
Nursing Board examinations.
As a result of the growth in enrollment in the mid 70’s, the College
expanded its facilities and instituted more curricular programs. In 1979,
Dr. Vicente M. Santos, together with his wife Mrs. Juliet Olivares Santos,
pursued the vision of Mr. Olivares even further by
establishing the Fatima Medical Science
Foundation, Inc.- Fatima College of Medicine. Since
then, Fatima College of Medicine has made its mark in medical education
by producing holistically-empowered graduates who are consistent
Medical Board topnotchers and highly respected medical physicians.
In the 1990’s, a more progressive and responsive perspective was
embodied by Fatima Medical Science Foundation, Inc. and Our Lady
of Fatima College. As a response to the changing social and
technological environment, the college engaged in new academic
programs particularly in technology, maritime education, and business
while at the same time fortifying and improving its performance in the
paramedical courses, which Fatima is known for.

EARLY RECOGNITIONS. In its journey towards academic excellence,

Our Lady of Fatima College received official recognition by achieving accredited status in
its Nursing and Physical Therapy programs from the Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities
Commission on Accreditation (PACUCOA). The Association of Christian Schools, Colleges and Universities
(ACSCU), another prestigious accrediting body, would eventually give its mark of excellence to the
Graduate School programs in MA in Nursing, MA in Educational Management, MA in Teaching,
Master in Public Administration, Master in Business Administration, together with the undergraduate
programs in Psychology and Biology. Fatima Medical Science Foundation- Fatima
College of Medicine was also accredited by the Association of
Philippine Medical Colleges, the New York State Board of
Education, and the Illinois State Board of Education. The
College of Maritime Education, in turn, was ISO certified
9002:1994 and included in the Commission on Higher
Education’s White List (in 1998) as a qualified provider of
maritime education.

EARLY EXPANSION: QUEZON CITY. The next five years

further saw a dramatic increase in infrastructure
development. Modern buildings were established in
Valenzuela City, and in 1996, OLFU made its presence known
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in Fairview, Quezon City with its new campus overlooking the La Mesa reservoir. New curricular programs
were offered, namely: Education, Tourism, Business Administration, Computer Science, Information
Technology, Nursing, Pharmacy, Medical Technology, Psychology and Biology. In addition, Basic Education
(Elementary and High School) was also offered and housed in an imposing four-storey building. Two other
school buildings were constructed to accommodate the growing student population in the Hilltop site, an
affirmation of Fatima’s acceptance by the people of Quezon City. In time, two more buildings were
constructed along Regalado Avenue in Quezon City which houses the Physical Therapy rehabilitation
center, the nursing Laboratories and the medical technology laboratories.

BECOMING A UNIVERSITY. The transformation of the college and its conversion to a university in
December 2002 was indeed a long-awaited fulfillment of the pioneering dream of the founders of this
institution. The installation of Dr. Vicente M. Santos, as the First University President was a fitting
tribute to a quiet and simple man whose empowering commitment and devotion to Our Lady of Fatima
College inspired and propelled the men and women of the college to move from its humble beginning to its
special niche as a premiere educational institution. Indeed, through the years, Our Lady of Fatima
University has embraced the basic educational philosophy of “improving man as a man” and
emulated the virtues of “veritas et miserecordia” (truth and compassion) in upholding the tradition of
academic excellence. With the death of Dr. Vicente M. Santos in 2003, Dr. Juliet O. Santos became the
second President of the university. Through her unique hands-on leadership, she steered the university to
new heights.

BECOMING DEREGULATED. Less than a year after becoming a

university, the Commission on Higher Education (CHED),
recognizing the “enormous contribution of the Our Lady of
Fatima University in the growth and prominence of tertiary
education in the country and the Asia-Pacific and its
commitment through quality education, research and
extension work” granted DEREGULATED STATUS to Our
Lady of Fatima University through CHED Resolution No. 393-
2003 dated October 27, 2003.In 2008, Dr. Caroline Marian
Santos Enriquez became the third University President upon
the death of Dr. Juliet Santos. She continued to build on the
work of her predecessors which resulted to more achievements
and recognitions for the university.

CONTINUOUS EXPANSION: ANTIPOLO. OLFU’s expansion

continued onwards with another campus site being established in 2008 in
Antipolo, the pilgrimage capital of the Philippines. Thus, OLFU Antipolo was launched
and just like in Quezon City, the people of Antipolo and nearby towns of Rizal acknowledged the coming of
OLFU as a major provider of quality education. Presently the Antipolo campus now has expanded to four
modern buildings built in its sprawling campus overlooking the Metro Manila skyline. COD AND
IQUAME. The strong demand for nurses abroad required strengthening the nursing curriculum by
infusing the program with state-of-the-art nursing virtual laboratories and simulators first seen in Philippine
medical education in a wide-scale mock-hospital setting. These cutting edge technology-driven learning
tools offered a wide range of patient scenarios where students can perform an array of diverse nursing
procedures. This paved the way for OLFU’s College of Nursing to be designated by CHED as a CENTER
OF DEVELOPMENT in late 2008. In addition to this, in the later part of 2015, CHED recognized the BS in
Hotel and Restaurant Management program of the Valenzuela City Campus as CENTER OF
EXCELLENCE while the BS in Pharmacy program of the same campus was named as a
CENTER OF DEVELOPMENT. With the prestige and recognition it has accumulated through voluntary
accreditation of its programs within the framework of the Federation of Accrediting Agencies of the
Philippines, the Our Lady of Fatima University in 2008, voluntarily subjected itself to CHED’s Institutional
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Quality Assurance Through Monitoring and Evaluation (IQuAME) resulting to, in early2009, being placed in
CATEGORY A(t) as a mature teaching university.

BECOMING AUTONOMOUS. Cognizant of OLFU’s tradition of integrity and untarnished reputation and “in
recognition of the accomplishments, adherence to quality assurance as a higher education provider, the
Commission on Higher Education through CEB Resolution No. 076-2009 granted AUTONOMOUS STATUS
to the Our Lady of Fatima University for a period of 5 years from March 11, 2009 to March 30, 2014.” And
just recently, the University was granted a fresh three-year AUTONOMOUS STATUS by the Commission on
Higher Education (through CMO No. 20, S. 2016), effective April 1, 2016 to May 31, 2019.

UNIVERSITY-WIDE ISO CERTIFICATION. In 2010, the Quality Management

System of four colleges, namely, Maritime Education, Dental Medicine,
Medical Laboratory Sciences and College of Hospitality and Institutional
Management were certified to the ISO 9001:2008 standard, and in June 2012,
the university-wide ISO

implementation was put into place to increase customer satisfaction, improve

product quality, and achieve international quality recognition. By October
2012, OLFU was awarded the prestigious ISO 9001:2008 Management
Systems certification by the AJA Registrars. Most recently, the ISO
certification, due to having expanded its scope, was also applied to include the
Quezon City and Antipolo City campuses. This was again an affirmation that
the quality of the university’s processes and standards are at par with
international management systems.
Thus, Our Lady of Fatima University is the first private higher education institution in the CAMANAVA area
(Caloocan-Malabon-Navotas-Valenzuela) to have earned the distinction as an Autonomous University,
recognized as a mature Teaching institution by CHED (IQuAME Category A(t) as well as having been ISO
9001: 2008 certified university-wide.

OLFU’S 4TH CAMPUS: PAMPANGA. The accomplishments in Valenzuela, Quezon City and Antipolo City
have to be stretched further to the north. The people of Pampanga were a witness to this expansion last
June 2013. With modern buildings in place right in the heart of the City of San Fernando, furnished with all
the necessary learning resources and equipment, OLFU-Pampanga will undoubtedly become a major
player in the Central Luzon educational landscape. Relevant programs are offered in the
Pampanga campus, namely: Psychology, Criminology, Pharmacy, Medical Laboratory Sciences,
Environmental Science, Communication Arts, Education, Computer Science Business Administration and
HRM.
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OLFU: AN OBE
UNIVERSITY. In compliance
to the directive of the
Commission on Higher
Education (CHED) to
establish an OUTCOMES-
BASED EDUCATIONAL
SYSTEM in all higher
educational institutions
(HEIs), OLFU did a paradigm
shift and became an OBE
university last June 2013.
Outcomes-based education
is a student-centered
learning philosophy that
focuses on empirically
measuring student
performance, which is called outcomes. OBE requires that students demonstrate that they have
learned the required skills and content. Thus, OBE is “building learner competencies and learning new skills
that would enable individuals to cope with the demands of a rapidly changing workplace and a
complex, interdependent world”.

OLFU’S 5th CAMPUS: CABANATUAN. Our Lady of Fatima University now manages and operates the
Nueva Ecija Doctors’ College, Inc. (NEDCI) located in Maharlika Highway, Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija
effective November 9, 2015, making it OLFU’s fifth campus. Although NEDCI is currently offering four (4)
college programs (namely, Pharmacy, Medical Technology, Tourism and Hotel and Restaurant
Management), several distinct programs are currently being lined up to compliment the mission of the
university.

OLFU AND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. OLFU has put in place all mechanisms for the opening of Senior
High School (SHS) this 2016. The OLFU SHS offers Academic Strands in ABM (Accounting, Business and
Management), STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics), HUMSS (Humanities and
Social Sciences) and GAS (General Academic). OLFU SHS is aligned with DEPED’s prescribed curriculum
which is composed of core subjects (subjects common to all strands which have the same content and the
same competencies), contextualized subjects (same competencies but different content depending on the
strand) and specialized subjects (subjects with different contents and different competencies and will
prepare students for the collegiate program they intend to proceed). Furthermore, OLFU SHS has already
established MOAs with numerous academic partners, industries and companies to provide the venue for
the immersion component of SHS Grade 12 where the students will do actual work outside of the campus.

UNIVERSITY OF FIRST CHOICE. All of these achievements undeniably validated the Our Lady of Fatima
University’s status as a university of first choice offering programs which have been given a mark of
excellence by recognized professional bodies and agencies both local and international.
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MODULE ACTIVITIES

A. POSTER MAKING. After your stay in the university, how would you envision yourself?

B. PERSONAL SURVEY. Answer the following questions intelligently.

1) What should you do “to improve yourself as man”? Give specific examples.

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2) As a student, what can you contribute to the fulfillment of the university’s vision, mission, and objectives?
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3. Are you proud being a Fatimanian student? Enumerate the things about the university that you are proud
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B. SMALL GROUP DISCUSSION

After writing individual answers, discuss in your groups the responses you have in Activity A. The
recorder will have to list down the highlights during the discussion. A reporter will have to share the group’s
output in a big group sharing.

C. CREATING A MANIFESTO (To be presented the following week)

Based on the big group sharing, each group will summarize and reflect on the responses imparted
in the class. Afterwards, each group will have to create a group manifesto. Manifestos are declarations of
intentions around a topic or idea.

Here is a sample manifesto.

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Write your manifesto here.

CLOSURE

Journal Writing

How would you describe the founders of the university? Identify and describe the values they had
exemplified as the pillars of the university.

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REFERENCE

University’s Student Handbook

www.ccsr.wichita.edu