A UNIVERSITY WITH AN IMPACT TO THE COMMUNITY

All universities engage in research and teaching, but the nation's more than 100 colleges and universities, have a third critical mission—extension. “Extension” means “reaching out,” and—along with teaching and research— state universities and colleges “extend” their resources, solving public needs with college or university resources through various programs.
These programs should be conceptualized in such a manner that they will create resounding impact to the lives of the people in the communities they serve. Community extension programs should not be delivered for the sake of mere having them to include in our accomplishment reports or to add up in our credentials; they should be delivered because it is the university’s noble mission to help people.
Extension Services constitute the heart of the University's institutional purpose. It pledges that teaching, research, and public service will continue to be mutually enriching enterprises. However, to keep this part of the university’s heart beating, a flow of new blood from people who will be of service is needed. Apparently, only a few have been responding to the call of extra service to serve the community beyond the four walls of classrooms and offices. We aim to prove that the university was and is never detached from the community. We aim to deliver services that will improve the lives of Bataeños, the country and the world.
A university finds its worth when it transmits knowledge not only to its students, nor the great number of its researches; a university find its worth more when its knowledge and researches are brought down to and felt by the community.
Extension is not just a work we are compelled to do so nor it is not simply a mandate. It is a mission inherent to the very existence of our institution. This is indeed our challenge.