DLSU is esteemed to have the best facilities among the universities in the country. The University goes beyond the CHED requirements in terms of facilities; the university even invests in facilities that other universities do not have.
Ironically, students, complain that the University’s facilities are still lacking.
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Starting next term, student consultants will now be part of the Judiciary Branch of the University Student Government (USG). The judiciary branch will appoint student consultants to provide assistance to students with grievance cases and discipline cases. Alexyss Alip, chief magistrate of the USG’s Judiciary branch, cautiously points out that the assistance provided by student…
The top four universities in the Philippines failed to enter the top 300 in the Times Higher Education Quacquarelli Symonds World University Rankings (QS) for 2011. Though the University of the Philippines (UP) still leads first in the country, its ranking dropped to 332nd from 314th last year, according to the QS survey. This is…
Effective October 15, 2011, Nicole Gaba is no longer the University Student Government (USG) Vice President for Internal Affairs. Due to her family’s decision to migrate this year, Gaba was forced to relinquish her position as her eventual departure would make her incapable of fulfilling her duties as Vice President. By October 26, she will…
The College of Engineering is now the Gokongwei College of Engineering (GCE). Last Aug. 11, the renaming of the college was officially announced after Chinese-Filipino Tycoon, John Gokongwei, gave a substantial amount worth of donations to the College. The donation was approved by the Board of Trustees before it sought the approval of the college.…
With its efforts to expand its research capabilities and develop academic programs, DLSU is set to tie up with De La Salle Canlubang (DLSC) by establishing an extension campus in its 50-hectare property in Binan, Laguna. The extension campus will offer new degree programs in engineering, computer science and the natural sciences, and will tie-up…
The University Library is probably one of the most quiet places in the campus. However, it was just six years ago that DLSU silently dealt with hazards revealed by results from an in-house research. In 2005, Dr. Manuel C. Belino of the Mechanical Engineering Department conducted a study titled Assessment of Air Quality in Air-conditioned…
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DLSU, to host Worlds
As part of the university’s Centennial festivities, over a thousand participants from seventy nations will come for the 32nd World University Debate Championship, dubbed as Worlds. It will be part of the University’s legacy and the whole world gets to watch.
Monina Dumaual of EdGE2010, the only University Student Government (USG) officer who is from the political party Alyansang Tapat sa Lasalista (Tapat), was also the only Legislative Assembly (LA) representative who voted for the resolution to open the Election Code.
Preparations are already underway for the retrofitting of the iconic St. La Salle Hall next term. Retrofitting is the process of reinforcing the foundation of historical buildings to resist natural calamities and to fit into the changing city building standard. The whole retrofitting process will take one year to finish. It is included in the…