Student Affairs & Services

HTC STUDENT AFFAIRS AND SERVICES

Student Services provide a set of student-centered activities and services in support of academic instruction intended to facilitate holistic and well-rounded student development as future responsible citizens and leaders. Through the various services offered, students are given the opportunity to examine career alternatives, consult qualified professionals about personal problems, develop human relations skills, enjoy structured physical and mental exercises, develop leadership skills, and become more independent, and mature as young adults.

SERVICES OFFERED

STUDENT WELFARE

The basic services that are deemed necessary to serve the well-being of HTC students include Information, Orientation and Awareness, Guidance and Counseling, Career and Placement, and Student Handbook development.

  1. Information and Orientation Services refer to informative activities and materials designed to facilitate student adjustment to life in tertiary/higher education. Information materials on the institutional mission, vision and goals, student programs, services and facilities and such other information are made accessible and available to students through the bulletin boards and LED TVs strategically placed around the campus. Also, comprehensive orientation program are regularly conducted for new and continuing students.
  2. Guidance Services Guidance Services encompass a comprehensive and integrated approach aimed at fostering the holistic development of individuals. These services primarily focus on helping students maximize their potential, enabling them to become well-functioning and empowered individuals. In contrast, Counseling Services involve both individual and group interventions designed to promote positive changes in students’ behavior, emotions, and attitudes.
  3. Career and Job Placement Services Career and Job Placement Services provide essential support to graduating students in identifying their vocational and occupational strengths and securing meaningful employment.

STUDENT DEVELOPMENT

Programs and activities for Student Development are aimed at enhancing and deepening the leadership skills and social responsibility among students, which include student organizations and activities, leadership training programs,  Supreme Student Council and student publication. HTC empowers its students towards the attainment of their personal goals and self-development by providing them with co-curricular, extra-curricular activities, and opportunities that foster the institution’s core values: Honor, Truth and Character.

  1. The Student Affairs and Development Office prepares plans and acts upon programs aimed at providing students the venue to display their hidden talents and skills, most especially in the field of student governance, campus journalism, arts and culture.
  2. The Quill is the official student publication owned and managed by the student body. It encourages creativeness in writing and serves as a training ground and laboratory for future journalists. It is also a provider of well-meaning experience to future journalism practitioners whereby ethical values are strengthened and moral character and personal discipline are developed.

INSTITUTIONAL PROGRAMS & SERVICES

Institutional programs and series facilitate the delivery of essential services to the students.

  1. Admission Services. Pre-admission advising, processing of application for admission, admitting eligible applicants and registering students in class are some of the services that the Admissions Office offers. In general, the Admissions Office takes care of the processing of students’ entrance and requirements.
  2. Scholarship and Financial Assistance Services. The management, generation and allocation of funds for scholarship and financial aid to deserving students is under the Scholarship Coordinator. The Scholarship Coordinator sets the qualification requirements, screening and monitoring procedures for availment of scholarship and financial aid.
  3. Food Services. Food services are primarily delivered through the canteens and food stalls operating within the campus premises. Under the management and supervision of the Canteen Manager, the criteria for food choices, pricing system, operational practices and other statutory and regulatory requirements are met, consistent with the food, safety and sanitation guidelines of the Department of Health.
  4. Health Services. The Health Services Office is committed to promoting, supporting, and protecting the health and well-being of all students. The office provides a wide range of services to ensure that students remain physically and mentally prepared to meet the demands of school life.
  5. Safety and Security Services The provision for safety and security services is under the supervision of the Safety and Security Officer. The Office is also in charge in ensuring that the government standards on building facilities, environment, water safety and security services are complied with, to include the implementation of RA  10121.
  6. Multi-Faith Services. Multi-faith Services refer  to  the  provision  of an  environment  conducive  to free expression  of one’s religious  orientation  in  accordance with  institutional  principles and policies. The organization of spiritual development activities such as retreat and recollection among students and faculty is under the supervision of the Multi-Faith Services Coordinator.
  7. Foreign/International Students Services. Foreign/International Students Services refer to the provision of assistance to address the socio-psycho-cultural, academic and non-academic needs of foreign students.
  8. Services for Students with Special Needs. Services  for  Students  with  Special   Needs  and   Persons   with   Disabilities refer to programs  and  activities  that are designed to provide equal  opportunities to  Persons With Disabilities      (PWDs),  indigenous  peoples and solo  parents. Through the Office for Services for Students with Special Needs, academic accommodation is made available to them with proper consultation and conference with students with disabilities themselves, together with their teachers, parents/guardian/s, personal assistant/s and other concerned professionals. Moreover, the Office organizes life skills training in areas such as conflict management and counseling.
  9. Culture and Arts Program. Cultural  and  Arts  Programs  refer  to  the  set  of  activities  designed  to  provide opportunities to develop and enhance  talents, abilities and values for appreciation, promotion and conservation of national culture and multi-cultural heritage. The program and activities are supervised by the Sociocultural Coordinator. Through the Culture and Arts Office, opportunities for the appreciation of Philippine culture and the arts are provided.
  10. Sports Development Program. Sports Development Programs are  programs  designed  for physical  fitness  and wellness of the students and the teachers. Through the Sports Development Office, mechanisms that promote national, sectoral and cultural sports activities and development are put in place.
  11. Social Orientation and Community Involvement Program. Social Orientation and Community Involvement Programs refer to programs and opportunities designed to develop social awareness, personal internalization and meaningful contribution to nation building. Through the SOCI Office, opportunities for meaningful  socio-civic involvement among students and teachers is guaranteed,  which  include  among  others  volunteerism,  environment protection, etc.

LEARNING SUPPORT SERVICES

  1. Life and Accident Insurance Services. Students are insured upon their enrollment so that in the event that they meet an accident any time of the semester, the damage is recompensed.
  2. Alumni Services. The Alumni Affairs Office is geared towards developing and sustaining support for the College through its Alumni Program. It conducts follow-up and continuous contact with graduates.
  3. Information Technology Center Services. The Information Technology Center ensures students with the most advanced computer equipment and other related devices that will prepare them to become competitive in the industry.
  4. Laboratory Services. To enrich the hands-on experience of its students, the institution maintains the following laboratories: Physical and Natural Science Laboratories, Computer Laboratories, Speech Laboratory, TLE Laboratory, Criminology Laboratory and Accounting Laboratory.
  5. Community Extension Services. The involvement of the institution in the community is the realization of the concepts/theories learned within the classroom walls. Actualization of the learning experiences through the intervention of the HTC Community Extension Services Office by bringing the institution to the community is a way of realizing the objectives of the office.
  6. Research Center Services. The Research Center offers research consultancy services to students and faculty members.
  7. Sports and Recreation Facilities. The school provides the facilities for recreation like the Wildcats Basketball Court along Balagtas St., GoodHoly Arcade along Pendatun Avenue, mini-gym at the Macario-Catalina Building, and the Trinidad Complex in Brgy. San Isidro,  Gen. Santos City.
  8. HTC Museum. The HTC Museum showcases the various collections and memorabilia of the late Gen. Consejo S. Albano and Madame Gertrudes T. Albano. Some of the collections also came from their children and grandchildren. In other words, the collections are owned solely by the Albano Family. Majority of the collections are artifacts and rare materials that were given by the friends of the late principal founders.