Ignacianidad is a leadership summit held at the start of the school year, focusing on deepening the Ignatian values present in student leadership. This is to recognize the need to not only equip our student leaders with technical skills and competencies but also ground them in essential Ignatian values that will serve as a foundation for their leadership.
Ateneo Student Leaders Summit or ASummit is a leadership program typically set in the middle of the school year, the ASummit provides affirmation, rest and inspiration to the current set of leaders to reignite their passion. This includes programs on capacity and competency building for the current set of leaders as well as for the emerging leaders of different organizations.
A 3-day retreat for Student Leaders intended to provide space and time for them to prepare psycho-spiritually for the continuous unfolding of their lives as they begin leadership journeys for this school year. It also hoped to deepen the bond within the community of student leaders through group reflections, sharing, individual conversations with a spiritual guide and fellowship in silence. Done in partnership with the LS Office of Campus Ministry, the Coming Home Retreat is largely based on “The Prodigal Son” lecture by the Associate Dean for Student Formation and Theology 141 professor, Dr. Roberto Conrado O. Guevara. Other sessions and prayer points were also given by our Loyola Schools campus ministers.
The Student Organizations Assessment and Review (SOAR) is the management, evaluation, and accreditation system for all registered student groups and organizations in the Loyola Schools. SOAR aims to provide a more formative approach to monitoring the growth and development and overall performance of student organizations through the integration of both quantitative and qualitative measures. SOAR is also the primary basis for accreditation of student organizations in the Loyola Schools.
SOAR is designed to promote the growth of organizations in a formative, sustainable, and developmental manner. The process and its respective measures stem from a systems-based thinking wherein the goal is to assess organization performance with respect to their specific context (i.e. goals, stakeholders, competencies, etc.). SOAR is focused on helping the organization realize its many potentials through identifying strengths and weaknesses as well as opportunities and threats while, in turn, rewarding the organization with a greater sense of self-awareness and opportunities to keep moving forward.
TALAB or Talakayang Alay sa Bayan is a once-a-year, Alternative Class Program that aims to inspire students of the Loyola Schools to contemplate on the nation’s pressing issues of today and tomorrow. TALAB showcases a wide range of alternative classes featuring different topics from renowned speakers across the country. From topics such as Agrarian Reform to Gender Equality, Ateneans are given the freedom to attend the classes that suit their discipline and pique their interest.
The event’s name, which roughly stands for “discourse for the nation,” reinforces Ateneo’s active role in the national situation. It signifies action to conduct discourse relevant to what is happening in the country.
Meanwhile, the event’s abbreviation TALAB, which means “to penetrate, respond, or affect,” showcases the event’s goal to encourage students to take aim and respond to the different challenges and issues facing the nation and the world.