HIGHLY QUALIFIED
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INTERNATIONAL
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UNIVERSITY OVERVIEW
Founded in 1967 by Jose Olivares and his son-in-law, Dr. Vicente M. Santos, the university grew out of Our Lady of Fatima Hospital. The hospital became the primary provider of medical and healthcare services for Valenzuela. Olivares was an entrepreneur and previously a chemistry professor at Ateneo de Manila University and at the University of the Philippines. Santos rose from humble origins in Hagonoy, Bulacan, graduated from the University of Santo Tomas, became an obstetrician-gynecologist, and delivered over 96,000 babies during his 40 years of service. The college seeks to promote the virtues of “Veritas et Misericordia” (Latin for truth and compassion).
The founders set about improving the facility from a general hospital to a teaching hospital for health care providers such as nurses and midwives. This began in 1973 with the founding of Our Lady of Fatima College of Nursing. Dr. Santos and his wife Juliet Olivares-Santos continued the school’s expansion, including the 1979 establishment of Fatima College of Medicine with the Pioneer Batch graduating in 1983.
While Fatima still focuses mainly on medical and allied health studies, in the 1990s, the college diversified, starting programs in computer science, maritime education, education, psychology, biology, and business. The college became a university in December 2002, with Vicente Santos as its founding President. Upon his death, his wife, Dr. Juliet O. Santos, became the university’s second president. The next five years further saw an increase in infrastructure development. New buildings were established in Valenzuela City and Quezon City, with nursing virtual laboratories and simulators. This paved the way for Fatima’s College of Nursing to be designated by CHED as a Center of Development in late 2008.[4]Fatima’s expansion continued with another campus being established in 2008 in Antipolo.
Owing to recognition it has received through voluntary accreditation of its programs within the framework of the Federation of Accrediting Agencies of the Philippines, the university voluntary subjected itself to CHED’s Institutional Quality Assurance Through Monitoring and Evaluation (IQuAME) in 2008. In 2009, after being evaluated, it was placed in Category A(t) as a mature teaching university. In recognition of the university accomplishments, the Commission on Higher Education through CEB Resolution No. 076-2009 granted autonomous status to the university for five years from March 11, 2009 to March 30, 2014.
Quezon City Campus
OLFU ATHLETIC CENTER: During the Guidance Week in the QC Campus, the masterplan for the proposed Athletic Center was made public. The OLFU Athletic Center houses the swimming pool for Physical Education, gym, basketball court for the Fatima Phoenix, and the dance studio for the Fatima pep squad. The Athletic Center will be built along Amor Street in Hilltop Subdivision, meters away from the Mathay Court. The project is due for completion in 2014.
Valenzuela City Campus
OLFU Art Gallery : The Our Lady of Fatima University, Antipolo campus held the opening of the Fatima University Gallery’s first art exhibit entitled, Breaking New Ground on February 26, 2012.[5] The exhibit paid homage to the paintings and sculptures of masters and contemporary artists such as Arturo Luz’s Borobodur and Carnival Forms, his paintings Homage to Eusebio Sempere and Homage to Eduardo Chillida.[5] The exhibit also displays Federico Aguilar Alcuaz’s Manila Abstract (ceramic jar), Seascape, and Untitled (Trees), along with Fernando Amorsolo’s piece, Ruins of Manila. (arts)|Realism]].[5] It also displays Jerry Elizalde Navarro works, Abdulmari Imao’s Sarimanok and other works of multi-awarded modern and contemporary Filipino artists.
Pampanga Campus
The Our Lady of Fatima University –Pampanga is the only non-sectarian private university at the heart of the province’s capital, the City of San Fernando. The Pampanga Campus is established through the efforts of the University Administrators headed by University President Dr. Caroline Marian S. Enriquez, the University Executive Vice President Mr. Don August O. Santos, and the Board of Trustees.
OLFU-Pampanga offers secondary, tertiary education, and vocational courses as well under the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA). The tertiary programs of ECC-OLFU are Bachelor of Science (BS) in Accountancy, BS in Business Administration with majors in Marketing Management and Human Resource Development Management, BS in Information Technology, BS in Computer Science, BS in Secondary Education with majors in English, Math, History, Filipino, General Science and BS in Civil Engineering. ECC also has associate courses on Computer Technology, Computer Secretarial, and Bookkeeping, graduate school programs such as Master in Business Administration and Master in Public Administration.
Last September 19, 2012, the university reached a new milestone when it conducted the groundbreaking ceremony of its 4th campus and participated in by the members of the Board of Trustees. On March 1, 2013, the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) granted the Pampanga Campus permit to offer Bachelor of Science in Medical Laboratory Science, Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy, and Bachelor of Science in Travel Management. The BS in Medical Laboratory Science and BS in Pharmacy were granted Government Recognition on March 19, 2015. On April 1, 2013, the CHED granted the campus permit to operate Bachelor of Science in Psychology and Bachelor of Science in Criminology. The Bachelor of Science in Psychology was granted government recognition on May 12, 2015. In June 2013, the second building, Blessed Lucia Building was constructed to house a growing Fatima community.
The succeeding years have been fruitful for the campus as the CHED granted the permit that authorized the Pampanga Campus to operate the Bachelor of Science in Physical Therapy on May 12, 2014, Bachelor of Arts in Communication Arts and Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science on February 25, 2014. On April 10, 2015, the CHED granted Pampanga Campus the permit to operate First Year and Second Year of the Bachelor of Science in Accounting Technology.
On July 7, 2015, the Our Lady of Fatima University Pampanga Campus pioneered the program of Bachelor of Science in Culinary Management in the Philippines that was granted by CHED in virtue of the University’s status as an Autonomous Higher Education Institution and in accordance with the pertinent provisions of RA 7722, otherwise known as the “Higher Education Act of 1994.” Due to this increasing number of students and programs, the second building named after Saint Jacinta was built.
On the 28th of July 2015, the Our Lady of Fatima University – Pampanga already replaced the name ‘East Central Colleges’ by the registration granted by the Security and Exchange Commission in Manila. In October 2015, the campus offered the Bachelor of Science in Hotel and Restaurant Management (BSHRM). This is the result of the autonomous Higher Education Institution status of the University that allows it to offer its courses in Pampanga Campus The University was granted government permit to operate Senior High School program comes from School Year 2016-2017 on the 8th of October 2015.
The University’s Senior High School will offer the Academic Track with four strands, namely: Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), Humanities and the Social Sciences (HumSS), General Academic Strand (GAS), and the Accountancy, Business, and Management (ABM). In preparation for the incoming Senior High School students, the University is now constructing its newest building.
Nueva Ecija Doctors’ College, Inc. Campus
Our Lady of Fatima University (OLFU) now manages and operates the Nueva Ecija Doctors’ College, Inc. (NEDCI) located in Maharlika Highway, Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija effective November 9, 2015.
NEDCI is the fifth campus of Our Lady of Fatima University. Other OLFU campuses are Valenzuela City, Quezon City, Antipolo City, and lastly the Pampanga Campus which was inaugurated in 2013. Students of NEDCI are assured of the same quality of education and services that are provided to students of other OLFU campuses.
NEDCI is currently offering four college programs namely Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy, Medical Technology, Tourism and Hotel and Restaurant Management. Beginning School Year 2016-2017, it will also accept Senior High School (SHS) students offering the four strands of Academic Track, i.e., Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM); Accountancy, Business and Management (ABM); Humanities and Social Sciences (HumSS); and General Academic Strand (GAS), same SHS program offerings as other OLFU campuses.