UNIVERSIDAD DE STA. ISABEL AND ITS GRADUATES

      

             Universidad de Sta. Isabel graduates speak for themselves. They generate the quality of education they have acquired and nurtured through the years in CSI-USI.  To them, it has made history in their respective lives.  This kind of education, “The torch they hold firmly in their hands”, is continuously lit and echoed not only in Bicolandia but also throughout the archipelago. 

 

            Today, there are hundreds of other institutions of Higher Learning that stud the skyline of the Bicol Region, but UNIVERSIDAD DE STA. ISABEL stands as a monument not so much a relic of the past but as a living symbol of the Church’s on-going commitment to serving and transforming the lives of countless persons in varying situations and degrees of poverty.  With the collaborative   leadership of the incumbent President, Sr. Lourdes L. Albis, DC, installed as the 3rd University President (2011), USI will forever stand regally as a beacon of change without compromising the deep religiosity and morality of every person, of every Bicolano, while bearing the great zeal of love and service for the less privileged – a Catholic, Filipino, Christian, and uniquely Vincentian.

 

 

UNIVERSIDAD DE STA. ISABEL PHILOSOPHY OF LEADERSHIP

            USI education leaders are vision-focused, mission-driven, community-oriented, and change catalyst leaders who put to personal and professional life the ten Vincentian competencies consistent with the values of Humility, Simplicity, and Charity.

 

CORE STRATEGY 

            “Creating Concordance in the Shared Mission” 

 

TAGLINE  “ V CONCORDANCE”

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UNIVERSITY SLOGAN

            “Empowering Communities, Building Futures”

 

OPERATIVE METAPHORS

• The Blue Starfish

• A Flock of Migratory Geese flying in V formation

 

UNIVERSIDAD STRATEGIC DIRECTION-PLAN 2019 - 2024

            Overarching Strategic Target:    National and Global Distinction in all Academic Programs and Social Advocacies through Vincentian Formation, Curricular and Green Innovation.

 

KEY ELEMENTS

            Identity and Mission

            Academic Programs

            Learning Environment

            Human Resources

            Material and Financial Resources

            Community Service

            Research and Innovation

 

KEY STRATEGIES

            Sustaining Vincentian and Globally-Oriented Personnel & Students

            Maintaining International Standardization of Academic Practices

            Leveraging on ICT to provide Transformative Learning and Services

            Pursuing Green Infrastructure Facilities Development

            Prioritizing Innovations that Diversify [1] Career Pathways

Ensuring Effective, Efficient and, Accountable Governance and

Administrative Services

            Managing Linkages, Research, and Innovation 

 

LEADERSHIP GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE

            The University is headed by:

The University President

The Vice President for Catholic Vincentian Identity and Mission

The Vice President for Academics

The Vice President for Administrative Services and Finance

The Vice President for Health Services

The Vice President for or Student Development and Services

 

            Advisory/Consultative Bodies

                        ONE USI Expanded Council

                        ONE USI Board’s Audit Team

                        Executive Education Council

                        Executive Health Services Council

                        Institutional Faculty

                       

            The University Institutional Executive Directors

                        Quality Assurance and Planning

                        Research for International Linkages

                        Infrastructure Development, Campus Security and Safety

                        Villa Marillac Home for the Elderly

                        University RegistrarRegisrar

 

 

EARLY BEGINNINGS.

 

THE DAUGHTERS OF CHARITY – an international Company of consecrated women founded by St. Vincent de Paul and St. Louise de Marillac on November 29, 1633.

Centralized Religious Institute of Consecrated Life of Pontifical Right

 

MOTHERHOUSE:  140 Rue du Bac, 75340 PARIS Cedex 07

CHARISM of the DAUGHTERS OF CHARITY:  A way of life within the Church, a road to sanctity, the sanctification of our own lives and the lives of others.

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MISSION:  To heal, empower and educate children and families to instill hope for a more fulfilling future, faithful to Catholic Social Teaching,  rooted in the gospel of Jesus Christ 

 

CORE VALUES.

• Respect. Recognizing our own value and the value of others

• Compassionate Service. Providing excellent care with gentleness and kindness 

• Simplicity. Acting with integrity, clarity and honesty

• Advocacy for the Poor. Supporting those who lack resources for a healthy life and full human development

• Inventiveness to Infinity. Being continuously resourceful and creative

 

JOURNEY THROUGH THE YEARS- COLEGIO DE STA. ISABEL/

UNIVERSIDAD DE STA. ISABEL

• APRIL 4, 1867. Arrival  of six Hijas de Caridad: Crisologo Navarro, Ignacia Ostolozas, Juana Morga, Rita Deloe, Antonioa Novao, and Sales Montoya, at Pasacao Beach; welcomed by Fr. Vicente Garcia, together with the jubilant crowd.

• APRIL 5, 1867. The six Sisters left for Pamplona, cruised the Bikol River to Camaligan; disembarked and proceeded to Nueva Caceres, and were warmly welcomed by Most Rev. Francisco Carraciolo Gainza, O.P., Bishop of Caceres. 

• NOVEMBER 5, 1867. Royal Decree from Queen Isabela II of Spain creating the Escuela Colegio Diocesano de Sta. Isabel.  The Escuela-Colegio consisted not only of escuelas internas but also externas  and thus had the character of a municipal school.  The school had two departments, the Colegio de NiñasNiñsd Internas Y ExternasExtenas and the Escuela Municipal Para Las Niñas Pobres.

• APRIL 12, 1868.  The Escuela-Colegio de Sta. Isabel was formally opened.

• JANUARY 11, 1872.  A Royal Decree signed by Amadeo of Saboya raised the Colegio de Sta. Isabel of Caceres to “Escuela Normal de Maestras”. It was solemnly inaugurated on the feast of the Our Lady of Peñafrancia.

• SEPTEMBER 18, 1875.  Colegio became the First Normal School for Girls in the Philippines and in the Far East. One hundred pensioned students (one from each of the 100 towns of Caceres) underwent a three-year Normal School Program.

• 1877. Colegio graduated its first eleven (11) students.

• 1898. Operations of the Colegio were cut short by the Spanish-American War.  Colegio became the seat of the  government organized by then Corporal Elias Angeles

• SEPTEMBER 19, 1898.  Gov. Vicente Zaldin signed the paper of capitulation ending the Spanish rule in the Bicol Region.

 

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EXPANSION OF THE COLLEGE

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At the turn of the 20th century, Colegio received several recognitions in the following areas:

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1913                          Primary Course

1916                          Intermediate Course

1924                          Secondary Course

1932                          Secondary Home Economics Course

1939                          Music Teachers Course in Piano

1940                          Junior Normal Course

1940-1941                At the request of the Bishop, the Colegio admitted boys

                                  whose school was closed due to war.

1946                          The first post liberation graduation was held with sixty

                                   students.  Sta. Isabel received the permit for the opening of

                                   the College of Education and Liberal Arts (A.A.) courses

1950                          The CSI College Department for many years concentrated on

                                   Education of women towards Bachelor degree in Secondary

                                   Education

1954                          The Pre-Nursing Course was opened with the students  

                                   completing their Nursing  Course at the San Juan de Dios

                                   Hospital in Metro Manila.

1955                          The CSI College Department concentrated on the education of 

                                   women towards a Bachelor degree in Elementary Education.

1957                           Junior Secretarial Course was offered to answer the need for

                                    a short course for young girls seeking employment.  From a

                                    basically teacher-training institution, Colegio opened  

                                    Bachelor of Arts in the following:

1960                                 - Music Education

1963                                 - Home Economics

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