Center for Sports, Wellness, Culture and the Arts (CSWCA)

The Center for Sports, Wellness, Culture and the Arts (CSWCA) encourages students and employees to be involved in physical education, leisure, sports, and fitness that promote a healthy and active lifestyle. It provides physical education and fitness programs, sports clinics, and other related activities for students, student-athletes, and employees.

CSWCA offers the following:

Sports and Wellness

1. Formulate and implement operational programs on physical fitness and healthy lifestyle as part of the University culture;
2. Formulate and implement policies and procedures for Sports Scholarship program.

Arts and Culture

1. Lead in the development of performance venues, cultural research initiatives and production;
2. Establish linkages with other institutions and centers for culture and the arts at the local, national and international levels; and
3. Formulate and implement policies and procedures for Arts Scholarship Program.

Our Vision

We envision the Center for Sports, Wellness, Culture and the Arts as the leading resource contributor of talented, artistic, morally, and socially responsible Legazpi Thomasians in sports, wellness, culture and the arts nationally and internationally.

Our Mission

We, the CSWCA Department, recognizing the importance of sports, wellness, culture and the arts in the holistic development of Legazpi Thomasians commit ourselves to:

• the nurture of skills and competencies of excellent athletes and artists;
• the implementation of wellness programs for employees and students; and
• the conservation, promotion and protection of Filipino and Bicol Culture.

Our Objectives

• Improve health, fitness, and quality of life through the adoption and maintenance of regular and daily physical activity and thereby helping them to become good stewards of their bodies.
• Promote healthy lifestyle by being grateful to God for our bodies and manifest that gratitude by taking good care of our health and wellbeing.
• Provide sports and fitness programs that are designed to serve as natural extension of the activity course requirements, providing an opportunity for students and employees to utilize, display, and further develop their skills and abilities.
• Promote occupational health and safety programs through physical education programs and proper body mechanics.
• Promote program that seeks to offer a chance for all members of the University and community to more fully and more meaningfully utilize and enjoy their recreational leisure time, and in so doing to benefit physically, emotionally, psychologically and socially.
• Provide training programs to our athletes through sports science which will enable them to compete in regional and national competitions.
• Promote camaraderie and sportsmanship thru formative sports programs and competitions.