University of Southern Mindanao

UNIVERSITY GUIDANCE CENTER

Vision
Conceptualize, coordinate and implement quality guidance services and programs for students to develop their unique potentialities to the fullest
extent as possible.
Mission
To provide students with innovative, responsive and integrated co-curricular development programs and services. Specifically, it aims to develop
self direction and personal growth so that students will become mature, intellectually competent, culturally sensitive, morally responsive and
effective individuals of society.

General Objectives
1. Assist students individually in their adjustment to school life.
2. Help the students in the realization of their potential growth and development.
3. Facilitate career choices of students.
4. Facilitate and assist the implementation of college-based guidance programs and services.

GUIDANCE CENTER SERVICES

1. Individual Inventory Service
This service keeps the individual students record and reports to be utilized for counseling, planning the students educational and vocational
programs and for administrative purposes.
2. Information Service
This service is designed to disseminate information that will interest and benefit the students which is not ordinarily provided through instructional
program during the regular semester. The information is classified as educational, vocational, personal and social.
3. Counseling Service
This is the heart of the guidance services which is designed to help individuals and groups come to full awareness and understanding of the self so
he/she will become an effective individual.
The service is implemented through individual or group counseling, consultation, career counseling, information and follow-up.
4. Testing Service
This service aims to provide an efficient testing service through administration of standardized tests and inventories as tool for appraisal of
students personal growth and this is also extended to faculty and staff.

5. Academic Follow-up Service

This service is designed to help students in their academic adjustment problems and difficulties such as absences, faculty, schedules, sequencing
of subjects and failures.
6. Research and Evaluation
This service aims to improve the guidance program in terms of functions, services, programs and implementation. Likewise, it attempts to help the
University address the academic and personality development concerns of students.

PROGRAMS
1. Student Peer Counseling
This program consists of a pool of students volunteers coming from different colleges and institute provides assistance to college-based guidance
offices and to the University Guidance Center. They assist their fellow students in their growth, development and adjustment, particularly to college
life. This group is provided with training on facilitation and leadership skills. They take charge of facilitating the Group Growth Program (GGP) of the
University.

2. Group Growth

This program is designed for the freshmen and transferee students. It aims to facilitate their adjustment to the new academic environment by
providing them with activities that would enhance their emotional, social, spiritual and mental growth and development.
3. University Orientation
This program is especially designed for new and transferee students. This aims to provide general information about the University to help them get
oriented in their new academic environment.
4. Student Work Assistance
This program facilitates the seeking of financial assistance for the needy students by referring them to work in faculty and staff homes.
5. Tutorial
This program is designed to help delinquent students pass the course and graduate from their respective degree programs on time. Group
sessions on time management, study habits, and tutorial sessions in English, Math, Chemistry and Physics are extended for free.
6. Career Planning
This program is designed to assist students to make career choice and help them prepare for a professional life.