During the year 2000, the United Nation (UN) established the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDG) that are geared towards eradicating poverty, improving healthcare and education, promoting gender equality, among others. All member countries of the UN, including the Philippines, are required to accomplish these goals by 2015. In line with this, De La Salle University…
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De La Salle University, through the Office for Strategic Communications (STRATCOM), held the Lasallian Scholarum Awards last September 1, at Makati Shangri-La Hotel. Now on its 11th year, the event aims to recognize outstanding media coverage of youth and educational stories. Nominations for the seven categories, spanning from print, online, and television feature stories that…
De La Salle University officially welcomed the latest batch of Star Scholars last August 28 at the 4th Floor Multipurpose Room of the Henry Sy, Sr. Hall. Regarded as the best and brightest students in the country, 12 scholars were recognized for topping last year’s DLSU College Admission Test (DCAT). In his opening remarks, President…
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Power Mac Center opens at DLSU
Earlier today, August 29, the Power Mac Center located at the Yuchengco Lobby opened its doors to the DLSU community. This is one of the many projects that the Campus Services Office has in store for University stakeholders this academic year. Associate Vice President for Campus Services Jose Calleja says that the Power Mac Center…
As an avenue to voice out resolutions on the Lasallian Mission and Ministry, various sectors and stakeholders of the University held an Institutional Reflection last August 19 at the 4th Floor Multipurpose Room of the Henry Sy, Sr. Hall. This event was held in preparation for the regional reflection – which includes Lasallian schools from…
The Legislative Assembly (LA) had its last session for the first term of the academic year, yesterday, August 15 at the University Student Government (USG) Conference Room. USG Code of Conduct The Code of Conduct (COC) for USG officers and political parties was the first proposal discussed. A thorough discussion on the semantics of…
The DLSU Libraries ended the 3-day Green Spine Book Fair 2014 held at the Learning Commons, Henry Sy, Sr. Hall last August 14. The annual event centered on the theme “Creating Synergy, Finding a Parallel Place for Print, eBooks and Human Books in Academic Libraries” on its third year. The organizers invited 20 different book…
The University Student Government (USG) held its first town hall meeting last August 4 to present the different activities and advocacies the USG has accomplished during the first term. The projects of the five Executive Board (EB) units were highlighted during the town hall meeting, along with updates on the ongoing student handbook revisions. …
The FAST2012 batch government held an open forum yesterday entitled “Kasariang Liberal” to discuss the daily struggles and issues faced by the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community at the Enrique Yuchengco Hall Rooms 507-508. FAST2012 Batch President Levin Garcia explained that the open forum was organized in line with one of the United…
After a rigorous application and selection process, DLSU Law’s Justin Sucgang lands a spot in this year’s Ten Outstanding Students of the Philippines (TOSP) list. Sucgang, now reviewing for the Bar Exams this August, is part of the College of Law’s pioneer batch of graduates. He is also the concurrent Officer-in-Charge and Regular member of…