Mission Integration

Under the supervision of the President, the Vice President for Mission Integration is primarily responsible for instilling, nourishing, and promoting the core values and principles of the Ateneo de Manila University, as embodied in the teachings of St Ignatius of Loyola and the Society of Jesus, among members of the Ateneo community.

In promoting and developing a thriving culture based on Ignatian Spirituality and its integral component of generous service to God and to society, the Vice President for Mission Integration shall be responsible and accountable for:

the wholistic formation of the members of the Ateneo community in the following aspects of development and formation: spiritual, psychological, social and physical; and,
ensuring that the University stays faithful to its mission of rendering meaningful service to society.

The VPMI is a new position which will bring together the functions of “formation” and “social engagement” in the different academic and administrative units of the university. As such, current efforts are being undertaken so that “formation offices” as well as “social engagement offices” will report functionally to the VPMI even as they continue to serve specific academic or central administrative units.

Benjamin Gerardo T Tolosa Jr
Vice President

Dr Benjamin “Benjie” Gerardo T Tolosa Jr (AB Eco '83) is the current Vice President for Mission Integration.

Dr Tolosa is no stranger to the Ateneo community. Having worked and taught in the University since 1983, Benjie brings with him a wealth of experience as a seasoned faculty and administrator steeped in Jesuit tradition and Ignatian values. Benjie is Professor of Political Science, Development Studies, and Economics. Since 2016, he has served the University as Associate Dean for the Core Curriculum overseeing the development, implementation, and evaluation of the undergraduate core curriculum – the heart of Ateneo Education. The new curriculum incorporated the changes brought about by the K-12 basic education reform and the new requirements of the revised CHED General Education (GE) curriculum, while ensuring the distinctive Ignatian character of Ateneo education in its curricular framework and integrated formation program. Dr Tolosa was chair of the Political Science Department (2001-2007), and founding Director of the Development Studies Program (1987-1994). He was also a Senior Fellow and Project Director of the Pugadlawin Political Education and Engagement for Democratization Project of the Ateneo School of Government (2008-2015). Among his fields of interest in teaching are international political economy, global governance, and the politics of development.

Benjie holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of Minnesota, US (2001), an MA in Development Studies from the University of East Anglia, UK (1987), and an AB in Economics (Honors Program), Magna Cum Laude, from Ateneo de Manila University (1983).

Mission Integration Cluster

Identity

Office of Mission and Identity
Campus Ministries across the school units
Chaplaincies in the University

Social Development

Ateneo Institute of Sustainability
Ateneo Center of Educational Development
Gawad-Kalinga Ateneo
Office for Social Concern and Involvement
Social involvement offices across the school units

Student Programs

Guidance and Counseling offices across the school units
Student Affairs offices across the school units
Office of Placement and Career Services
Athletics offices across the school units

University Decorum and Investigation System

Office of Gender and Development
Office of Decorum and Investigation
- with School Committees on Decorum and Investigation
University Gender Hub
Student Discipline Offices across the school units