Community Service and Relations Office

The Community Service and Relations Office administers the social responsibility programs of Malayan Colleges Laguna. In its mission, MCL commits ‘to help solve industry’s and society’s problems by the expert application of existing knowledge’ at it strives for its vision of being ‘a global steeple of excellence in professional education and research’. This commitment of MCL is geared to extending its mission not only to the academic community but also to the entire Filipino nation through community service and corporate citizenship that is aligned to help promote the welfare of the Filipino people in these fast changing times.

Functions and Responsibilities of the CSRO:

• Develop and implement a comprehensive social development framework that will identify the core advocacies of Malayan Colleges Laguna with consideration to the strengths and capacities of the institution, its students, faculty, staff and partners;
• Design a workable civic engagement program for students, faculty members, employees, and institutional partners to make every sector realize that their stake in community service is a stake in nation-building;
• Maintain a harmonious and mutual relationship among community partners and institutions that share a compatible advocacy and social responsibility program with MCL;
• Organize and conduct activities that will promote socio-political awareness for students, faculty members, employees and partners in community service.
• Organize and spearhead the community service initiatives of Malayan Colleges Laguna as its response to the needs of the society;
• Manage the Center for National Service Training Program, as a unit under the CSRO to ensure that all NSTP activities and engagements are aligned with MCL’s social responsibility program and core advocacies;

Core Advocacies of Malayan Colleges Laguna

• Participative Governance- MCL is a part of the academe which is a component of an active civil society. Aligned to this perspective, MCL commits to share with the government’s function of governance by helping in the delivery of the social services to the people given MCL’s capacity and ability. MCL strives to empower marginal communities that need assistance to facilitate their realization of a long-term benefit given their own capacities, and inherent potentials.

• Sustainable Development- development is an ultimate goal for everyone but part and parcel of everyone’s passion for progress is taking good stewardship of the natural environment. MCL takes the lead in promoting environmental awareness, advocacy for its protection, intergenerational equity and capacity-building for the younger generations and their stake in the natural resources.

• Advocacy for Lifelong Learning- continuous quality improvement; and striving for excellence and virtue are the priorities of MCL. To achieve this, MCL must recognize other stakeholders in the process and must promote and share the same developmental objectives to community service. Hence, MCL advocates training teachers into becoming lifelong learners, so they could in turn facilitate a meaningful knowledge transfer and further produce social wealth through education and further research.