In what seems like a standard opening ceremony during the Conference on K to 12 Transition held at the Teresa Yuchengco auditorium by the Catholic Educational Association of the Philippines (CEAP) and the Fund for Assistance to Private Education (FAPE), conference guests were baffled when the Philippine National Anthem was sung in its English…
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DLSU holds orientation for PAASCU
Following the “mock” accreditation last November 12-13, professors, student and administrators gathered on the fifth floor of the newly blessed Henry Sy. Sr. Hall to discuss the Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools, Colleges, and Universities (PAASCU) processes last January 25. PAASCU accredits individual programs as well as entire institutions. The last visit of…
“I hope that these two spaces [Chapel of the Most Blessed Sacrament (MBS) and the Henry Sy Sr. Hall (HSSH)] will continue to make us more learner centered, to transform society and to make sure that we will love and live the vision.”- DLSU President and Chancellor Br. Ricky Laguda FSC. Henry Sy…
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Minus the cuff links and tie
Last month, I chanced upon a familiar figure, walking along Castro Street. The man was wearing an old plain white shirt, slacks and leather shoes. He was carrying an old overused bag as he went quietly towards Taft Avenue, looking or staring at the ground. I remembered looking the same almost half a decade ago…
DLSU’s College of Education (CED) allegedly failed the University’s recent mock Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools (PAASCU) accreditation held last last November 12-13. In an interview with The LaSallian last November, DLSU President and Chancellor Br. Ricky Laguda FSC explains, “The desire of the University is always to put its best foot forward with or…
Albert* was about to receive his exam from his statistics professor when the professor stopped to make a statement. The professor announced that he caught five students cheating during the exam a few days ago. The professor said that if they do not confess, all five would fail the class and would have to receive…
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Grades do matter
A couple of weeks ago, I heard that only one student had filed a case against a professor for missing class and a few alleged grading issues last term. Apparently, the student’s grade was corrected, but in a surprising upturn of events, the student pushed through with the case. An average student would normally say,…
The Judicial Bar Council (JBC) earlier today, shortlisted seven out of 15 candidates for the Associate Justice post left vacant after President Benigno Aquino III appointed Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (SC) last August 24, 2012. Two out of the seven nominees are DLSU faculty members. DLSU College…
On October 11, 2012 USG President Jana Cabuhat received a report that the USG venue reservation account had been suspended due to three venue reservation violations. Moreover, Cabuhat was informed that the USG room reservations done in the said account for the entire term would all be cancelled. As of press time, however, the suspension…
The University will launch the De La Salle University Jesse M. Robredo Institute of Governance tomorrow, October 4 from 2:30 pm to 6 pm at the Marilen Gaerlan Conservatory. The naming of the La Salle Institute for Governance (LSIG) after the late secretary came after DLSU President and Chancellor Br. Ricky Laguda FSC approved a proposal to change the…