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Interdisciplinary expertise: The workings of exchanging professors

With reports from Althea Gonzales and Gabriel Hipolito   With the more than 16,000 undergraduate students and a limited supply of faculty members, academic departments at De La Salle University (DLSU), especially those with interdisciplinary backgrounds, are forced to utilize human resources by outsourcing some of their courses to other departments. According to the Merriam-Webster…

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Weighing out ITEO’s faculty evaluation process

Evaluating professors has become a common practice among Lasallians every term. In the middle of each term, Lasallians are notified by the Institutional Testing and Evaluation Office (ITEO) of the need to accomplish an online assessment of their professors’ performance in their My.LaSalle accounts. In case students have not accomplished the assessment by the stipulated…

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DLSU awaits invitations for involvement in papal visit

Many Filipinos will welcome 2015 with high hopes, since the new year will start off with Pope Francis’ visit to the country from January 15 to 19. With the theme “Mercy and Compassion”, the main purpose of the visit is for the highest leader of the Catholic faith to comfort typhoon Yolanda and Bohol earthquake…

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Lasallian entrepreneur sponsors first batch of Ysrael Scholars

The first batch of Lasallians of the Ysrael Scholarship met with their sponsor, Lasallian graduate Alfred Ysrael, in a meet and greet held last December 4 at the Andrew Cafe. During the event, there was an exchange of tokens and sentiments between Ysrael and his scholars, mainly about how being a scholar entails high expectations…

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DLSU bench named after former Green Archer

Last December 1, former DLSU Green Archer Tyrone Tang, who played for La Salle from 2002 to 2007, had a bench named after him as part of a program by the University to name certain tambayan spots around campus after donors in exchange for donations. Tang’s newly named bench can be found at the ground…

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K-12 program could jeopardize DLSU’s faculty count

With the responsibility of teaching more than 16,000 undergraduate and almost 4,000 graduate students, De La Salle University (DLSU) satisfies the demand of tertiary and graduate education by hiring qualified professors to teach the different courses that it offers. According to the DLSU website, there are 1,129 faculty members employed by DLSU, 479 of which…

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DLSU Debate Society bags awards in national championships

The La Salle Debate Society (LSDS) was lauded with both individual and team awards during the 16th National Debate Championships (NDC) held at the University of San Carlos (USC), Cebu City from October 24 to 29. LSDS President Mikee de Vega and Vice President for Varsity Affairs Dan Mejes were ranked the third and fifth…

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Accounting and Biology programs undergo AUN assessment

Following last year’s assessment of four of De La Salle University’s (DLSU) undergraduate programs, the BS Biology and BS Accountancy programs underwent the 33rd ASEAN University Network Quality Assessment (AUN-QA) at Programme Level last November 10 to 12. The two departments have been preparing for their respective accreditations since the start of the academic year.…

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More work to be done at DLSU-STC

  Along with the University’s commitment to provide a learner-centered scholarship to its students, it is also committed to provide campus facilities that are at par with international standards. Given the limited space in the Taft campus, the administration opted to erect two research facilities at the De La Salle University Science and Technology Complex…

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Scholarships at DLSU: Probing, evaluating additional funding sources

  “A leading learner-centered research university, bridging faith and scholarship in the service of society, especially the poor” — thus reads De La Salle University’s (DLSU) Vision-Mission. True to its mission of making Lasallian education accessible to all, especially for those economically challenged, the University continually finds ways to generate more scholarships for its students.…