Lecture Notes in UBCV 101

Legacy of Love

(PRESENTER NAME)
Other Books Published by BHC
LEGACY BOOK SERIES 2

Legacy of Faith

JOSE ANTONIO O. CASAS

Course Description
• This course deals with the study of the
history of the University of Batangas
with emphasis on the life of the UB
founders.
• It presents an in-depth understanding
of the UB mission, vision, and
philosophy, which will pave the way
for the appreciation of the students’
status as members of the UB family.
• It helps students develop an
appreciation of UB education and an
understanding of UB Identity.
Course Description
• To develop among UB students an identity
peculiar to a member of the UB family.
• To help students develop an understanding
of the philosophy, mission, vision, and
objectives of the University of Batangas as
well as the history of UB.
• To present to students the biography and the
contributions of the founders in the
establishment and the development of the
institution from WPC to UB.
• To provide the students with an idea of the
aims and the goal of UB in providing its
students the best education.
Course Description
• That the students may learn to cooperate
with UB faculty, employees, and
administrators in making the institution’s
goal possible, i.e., to provide the best
intellectual, social, moral and technical
formations that will be beneficial to students.
• The course is designed in order to make the
students (as well as the faculty) of the
University of Batangas understand their
respective responsibilities in the
reconstruction of the society.
Course Description

• It is then our hope that through this course,

each individual people who have passed
through the portals of UB will become
responsible citizens whose aim in life will be
to take part in the rebuilding of the country.
Philosophy of the University of Batangas
• Philosophy is a belief or system of beliefs
accepted as authoritative by some group of
school.
• It is a guide by which a school will be able
to address both the basic and the
pervasive issues and problems that will
arise as the school aims for excellence and
for quality education.
• It also provides a means by which a school
will be able to provide students the basic
idea of what course to take in life and the
ways by which they will be treating the
others.
Philosophy of the University of Batangas

The University of Batangas, a stock, non-

sectarian, private educational
institution, believes in the pursuit of
knowledge, values and skills necessary
for the preservation and improvement
of the Philippines society.
Philosophy of the University of Batangas
• UB follows the philosophical principle that
the human person is good by nature.
• UB believes in the human goodness that
needs to be maintained and developed.
• It upholds the standard that the human
person has to be provided with the proper
environment in order to achieve individual
excellence.
• UB maintains the principle that the human
person is a social being who carries within
himself the responsibility of upholding the
society.
Philosophy of the University of Batangas
• In order to uphold the society, UB makes it
her responsibility to be at the forefront in
the formation of the people so that they may
become effective ingredient in the building
up of a better family, community, and nation,
and a better world.
• Because UB believes in the intellectual
capability of a human person, UB makes it
her responsibility to form the students in
order to develop their knowledge, values,
and skills so as to become useful for the
community.
Mission of the University of Batangas

• A mission is a brief statement of the

purpose of the company or
organization.
• Ideally, a mission statement guides the
actions of the organization, spells out its
overall goal, provides a sense of
direction, and guides decision making
for all levels of management.
Mission of the University of Batangas

The University of Batangas provides

quality education by promoting
personal and professional growth and
enabling the person to participate in a
global, technology-and research-
driven environment.
 Mission of the University of Batangas
• UB is responding to the needs of the times.
Aware of the economic situation of the
Philippines, UB is one with every Filipino family
in preparing the youth for a better future.
• UB is one with the Filipino people in the
understanding that there is no better way of
preparing the future of the youth than providing
for them quality education.
• UB makes it her responsibility to provide her
students with the necessary knowledge and
skills so that they will become adept in facing all
the challenges that will come their way.
Mission of the University of Batangas
• UB upholds professional growth and
enables the person to participate in a global,
technology-driven research environment.
• UB is forming her students to become
morally upright and responsible citizens
whose concern for the community will be of
primary consideration.
• UB provides liberal education. Liberal
education is “a philosophy of education that
empowers individual with broad knowledge
and transferable skills, and a stronger sense
of values, ethics, and civic engagement.
Mission of the University of Batangas

• UB forms her students with the

necessary skills that will make them
critical to social situations; hence,
forming them to become competent
citizens and effective workers.
Vision of the University of Batangas

• A vision statement is a vivid

idealized description of a desired
outcome that inspires, energizes,
and helps us create a mental
picture of our target.
Vision of the University of Batangas

We envision the University of

Batangas to be the center of
excellence committed to serve the
broader community through
quality education.
Vision of the University of Batangas
• In its aim to provide the students with the
best education possible, UB is continuously
upgrading its educational system in order to
make its courses responsive to the needs of
the different industries in the country and
around the world.
• In its desire to improve its services for the
betterment of the students’ formation, UB has
gone through various stages of development,
which includes the improvement of physical
facilities, its services, and the educational
formation that she renders to youths under
her maternal care.
Vision of the University of Batangas
• UB has undergone several stages of academic improvements in
order to make herself and her graduates for that matter
globally competitive.
– UB attained Level III Accreditation by the PACUCOA.
– UB was awarded an Autonomous Status by the Commission
on Higher Education.
– The Anglo Japanese American Registrars, a member of the
International Standardization Organization, has awarded
UB with the ISO 9001:2008 Certification, thereby, making
UB really globally competitive (details about these will be
given ample discussions in the next chapters).
Objectives of the University of Batangas
• UB aims to:
– pursue academic excellence through a continuing search for the
application of truth, knowledge, and wisdom;
– promote spiritual and moral development through an integrated
educational process that will enhance human character and dignity;
– Develop cultural, economic and socio-civic conscience through
educational content, related to national development needs, conditions
and aspirations;
– Strengthen involvement in community services through varied economic
projects;
– Attain institutional self-reliance through steadfast programs for staff and
physical development; and
– Ensure financial viability and profitability
Objectives of the University of Batangas
• UB provides an avenue for the promotion of the spiritual and moral
development of a person.
• It values its students as human persons with value and dignity. It
upholds the view that everyone is inviolable and sacred, hence,
everyone should be given due importance.
• This is to be made possible by means of providing students a
formative activity that will highlight their own character and dignity;
hence, the creation of this course—the UB Core Values.
• As UB is following a pragmatic-reconstructionist ideology, UB
provides an avenue for the students to develop a socio-civic
conscience.
Objectives of the University of Batangas

• Students are to be made critical in the evaluation of the

present social, economic, and political status of the country.
The students will be made to realize that there is a need to
change the society in order to achieve development.
• By making them aware of the present status of the country, it
is the hope of the institution that the students will develop in
themselves the value of patriotism and social responsiveness.
Objectives of the Course
• At the end of the course, the students are expected to:
• Acquire a clear understanding of the history of the University
of Batangas;
• Develop an appreciation of the life and works of the UB
founders;
• Draw a framework of UB philosophy of education;
• Develop a spiritual and moral attitude from the life of the UB
founders and by the system of education being provided by
UB;
• Improve analytical skills in the study of the works of the UB
founders; and
• Show an appreciation of their identity as a member of the UB
family.
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Objectives of the Course
• One can only appreciate UB if he/she understands its history.
• UB feels that it is important for every member of the UB family to
develop an appreciation of his/her identity as a UBean in order for
everyone to learn to take an active part in the fulfilment of the
mission and vision of the University of Batangas.
• UB students should understand the life and works of the founders
• It is the aim of this course that as the students walk along the
corridors of a hall that bears the name of the founder, they should at
least be thankful that their dreams are soon going to be realized
through the efforts of these great people.
Objectives of the Course
• It is also by way of understanding the founders and the history of
UB that both the faculty and students will be able to develop a
framework of the UB philosophy of education.
• Students should be made to realize the meaning of education in
their life and the reason for the sacrifices entailed in finishing their
courses.
• As the UB founders kept on insisting the importance of education in
the life of the people, the students should be led to develop an
attitude necessary to obtain their goal of attaining a successful life
in the future.