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CBE NAMED EXCELLENT BUSINESS SCHOOL

OSD holds Lasallian Fit Quest 2010

Chem prof receives NRCP research award

2401 (twen´te fôr´,o, wun) is a landmark number along Taft Avenue. It is the location ID of De La Salle University, home to outstanding faculty and students, and birthplace of luminaries in business, public service, education, the arts, and science. And 2401 is the name of the offi cial newsletter of DLSU, featuring developments and stories of interest about the University.

NRCP presented the award to Camacho last March 10 at the Manila Hotel during the 77th General Assembly of the council, specifi cally for his commitment to the upgrading of science education by sharing his knowledge beyond the academe and industry through consultations in scientifi c investigations.

Also cited were his contributions in the area of organic synthesis, organometallics, polymers and their interactions, and the improvement of the semiconductor processes that dealt with the analysis of semiconductor package failures and its correlation in the assembly process and material properties. NRCP based Camacho’s recognition on the quality of his patent, research publications, and academic activities.

The Research Achievement Award is given annually to Filipino researchers who have shown exemplary research competence throughout their scientifi c career.

NRCP is a collegial body of highly-trained scientists and researchers, created under

Republic Act 4120 in 1933. It is an attached agency of the Department of Science and Technology.

The council is mandated to promote and support basic research for the continuing improvement of the research capability of Filipino scientists; enhance cooperation in the development and sharing of scientifi c information thru linkages; provide advice on problems and issues of national interest and promote scientifi c and

technological culture to all sectors of society.

NRCP is an advisory body and a planning council for multi-disciplinary basic rtesearch in select priority sectors to the national government on problems and issues affecting the country. It encompasses 13 scientifi c disciplines in which the Chemical Sciences is one of the

disciplines.

CHEM PROF RECEIVES NRCP RESEARCH AWARDChemistry Department Associate Professor Dr. Drexel Camacho was recently honored by the National Research Council of the Philippines (NRCP) with a Research Achievement Award for Chemical Sciences.

CBE held the top spot in the list of Excellent Business Schools in the Philippines, garnering a recommendation rate (per 1000) of 147%, followed by University of the Philippines College of Business Administration with 132% and Ateneo de Manila University Graduate School of Business with 85%. Eduniversal describes these schools to have strong national and continental links.

With a rating of 221%, Asian Institute of Management (AIM) was the sole local institution in the Top Business School category, which puts a premium on international brand recognition.

The list was based on the performance ratings of business schools in 153 countries around the world. Each country and

continent is represented according to a quota method. The number of schools per country is determined by quantitative and qualitative criteria.

Eduniversal established a scientifi c committee to implement a global mapping system to check the universality and international reputation of each academic institution.

The Eduniversal World Convention is organized annually and attended by representatives from top business schools in 45 countries to tackle issues related to the internationalization of higher education.

Eduniversal is a consultancy fi rm based in Paris, France which aims to help the public gain perspective on institutions of higher education.

CBE NAMED EXCELLENT BUSINESS SCHOOLFor the second time, the College of Business and Economics (CBE) was issued the 2009 Certifi cate of Palmes for being among the 1,000 Best Business Schools worldwide based on a list presented during the 2nd Eduniversal World Convention in Capetown, Africa.

Setting example in punctuality, Vice Chancellor for Lasallian Mission and External Relations (VCLMER) Br. Bernie Oca FSC registered a perfect on-time record in all the administrative meetings monitored in the second term of Academic Year 2009-2010. For the third term, his offi ce continued to take the lead in the University’s time management campaign, dubbed Lasallians on the DOT, and wrote to the deans and directors to continue monitoring the time record in their respective offi ces’ meetings.

VCLMER is reminding members of the community to submit to his offi ce a summary of the attendance/on-time records in the third term, indicating: 1) the total no. of attendees in regular meetings, and 2) the total no. of attendees with perfect on-time record.

Facilitated by University Fellow and Full Professor Dr. Allan Bernardo, the workshop discussed the nature of research and publication at the international level. It was also able to discuss broad and basic considerations for publishing research in refereed journals.

Moreover, the workshop provided pointers to participants on how to prepare specifi c sections of a publishable manuscript, as well as guidelines on how the peer-review process works, which include some strategies for improving chances of publishing in ISI/Scopus journals.

Participants brought their respective papers to be critiqued during the workshop. DLSU faculty members were Dr. Allen Mateo Muñoz with “The Impact of Content-based Instruction on Students’ Extended Defi nition Essays;” Dr. Jose Cristina Pariña with “The Process Approach to Writing and Its Futility to SL Learners;” Eden Regala-Flores with “An Exploratory Study of the Phonological Features of Basilectal Philippine English: A Case of Some Cebuano Speakers;” Dr. Nenita Habulan with “Examining Commonalities in Online Teaching Practices among Selected DLSU Faculty Using the IVLE Courseware;” and Marlon Era with “Ethnic Transformation of A

Bajau Community in Batangas City.”On the other hand, participants

from other universities included two from St. Scholastica’s College, namely Dr. Richard Pulmones with “Readiness of the Teacher Education Institutes (TEIs) in Implementing the New Teacher Education Curriculum (NTEC) in Math Education” and Remedios S. Ching, DBA with “The Applicability of the Pbl Approach In Teaching Subjects in the Business Curriculum.”

Also joining the workshop were Editha Padama from Arellano University with “Practices of Teacher Education Institutions In Science Education,” and Ria Lizat Canlas from the Lyceum of the Philippines University with “Outcomes of Business Social Responsibility Programs of Selected Semiconductor Companies in the Philippines.”

URCO HOLDS WRITINGFOR PUBLICATION WORKSHOPThe University Research Coordination Offi ce (URCO), in coordination with the CHED-Zonal Research Center, organized the Writing for Publication Workshop for Researchers in the Social Sciences last March 11 and 12 at LS320.

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Dr. Allan Bernardo

Participants share ideas on research writing.

The conference focused on issues and solutions in choice and excellence in education, particularly the expansion of the private sector’s role in education on all levels.

The meet also tackled links between education and the achievement and institutionalization of freedom, development, and democracy, underscoring the role and importance of liberalism in promoting choice and excellence.

Organized by the Council of Asian Liberals and

Democrats, in cooperation with the Friedrich Naumann Stiftung, a non-profi t organization that promotes liberal democracy, the forum was attended by academics, policymakers, and educational stakeholders from India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, Thailand, Singapore, and Sri Lanka.

Former DepEd Undersecretary Miguel Luz also joined Teehankee and Villacorta in the conference.

FACULTY ATTENDS REGIONAL CONFAB ON EDUCATIONDLSU International Studies Chair Dr. Julio Teehankee, with Professor Emeritus and former ASEAN Deputy Secretary General Dr. Wilfrido Villacorta, represented the country in a regional conference on education held last March 1-3 in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Creating memories

“What will you be talking about ten years from now about your college life?” “What

events stand out from all those that’s in your head?” “Who were the people who have touched

your life?” “How do you think are you remembered by them?” These questions came to mind

after a reunion with college friends.

My time in college was a frenzied blur of blue books, compact disks, cassette tapes,

quizzes, electric guitars, snare drums, hours in the library, and loads and loads of required

reading and paper work. And why would it not be, I majored Political Science but had

‘unoffi cial’ minors in almost everything from psychology, philosophy, communication arts and

even business management. I was a common face in those classes that I was not even enrolled

in. My professors allowed me to sit-in and even take the major exams for these classes; they did

not see any problem with that at all. I was their adopted student. It would be an understatement

to say I was active in school.

I met a lot of friends in the organizations I actively participated in. I still remember the

YFC vigils we had at the college quadrangle, the parliamentary debate competitions, battle

of the bands, and I most defi nitely would not forget how we successfully put up the big play

production of Jesus Christ Super Star from scratch. I was the proud drummer for that event,

relishing every complicated drum pattern executed. I was present at almost every event the

school had, may it be gate crashing, as an invited guest, or out of necessity and responsibility

because I was also the percussionist in the college (brass/marching) band! Everyone knew me, I

was friends with everybody. College was a happy time for me.

Dr. Gerald Abergos

Dr. Gerald Abergos is an assistant professor of the Educational Leadership and Management Department.

FIELD NOTES. What is going on in the world? We ask our faculty members to make sense of what we need to know, understand, and refl ect upon. They agree to share insights and observations about their respective fi elds or special interests. Field Notes serves as a window to different worlds where we all belong.

However, I realized that there were things that I have missed out on: people that I thought

I have had a fair share of my time—my block mates whom I have shared four years of my college

life.

Seeing my classmates again in a reunion after more than a decade, I noticed that there

were stories and events that were so vague to me, and yet they all vividly remembered. Bonding

moments of the block, travels, funny and sad stories, and supposedly old jokes, that I was only

hearing for the fi rst time. It was then that I realized that I was intimately close to the whole school,

but regrettably not so much with the people who were equally important to me - my classmates.

Wondering about how I could have missed out on those moments they talked about when we

got together, a text message sent by a classmate answered my unspoken question: “You were

always so busy and popular in school, and we are proud of you, but you were also almost always

not available for bonding moments with us. The only time we had with you was during regular

classes. We missed you in occasions special to us, as a block.”

Now as an educator of more than 10 years, I see myself in my students—young active

individuals exploring a world of opportunities in school, trying out every activity, learning

diff erent disciplines, and experiencing everything the academe has to off er. I see these students

caught up, busy in school activities, and consequently also being missed by friends in class.

I know how uncomfortable and awkward it can be to students in a class with people

who barely knew each other. I am a witness to their unabashed rawness, open to all input

and fearless, ready to explore new heights. I saw that underneath their diff erences was a

longing to belong.

Each time I face my students in the controlled learning environment we call

the classroom, I see it as an opportunity to share with them a lesson I have learned

from my own experience. I see to it that more than just delivering what is there in the

course syllabus, everyday will be a bonding session for them. I take this as a chance for

me to give them time to get to know each other better with the activities that I have them do in my

classes in the hope that with this shared experience they start to see each other not only as block

mates or friends but eventually as a family—a family who will be there to hold their hand once

they explore the real world. College life is a time to create memories, not just experiences.

Borromeo, in collaboration with Senior Policy Offi cer of Nuffi c Netherlands Ad Boeren, evaluated the programs implemented by the SLU-BSU Consortium from 1998 to 2009 in the areas of University administration and policy Development, human resource development, ICT, library development

instruction, research and community service, and interuniversity cooperation.

The results of the evaluation were presented to the offi cers of the VLIR, administrators of SLU and BSU, and the project leaders from Belgian universities last February 3 at the BSU.

CED DEAN EVALUATES RP INTERUNIVERSITY COOPERATION PROGRAMUpon the invitation of the Flemish Interuniversity Council (VLIR) of Belgium, Associate Professor and Dean of the College of Education Dr. Roberto Borromeo served as the local education expert for the evaluation of the VLIR-funded Philippine Interuniversity Program between Saint Louis University (SLU) in Baguio and Benguet State University (BSU).

DLSU’s Michael Raz Ochoa ranked fi rst with 93.1%, while Roald Yee Dy with 90.5% and Josue Robertson Samonte Reyes with 89.1% took the 3rd and 4th places, respectively.

The University ranked second on the Top Performing Schools (26-85 examinees) and attained a 92% passing rate (34

out of 37 examinees) against the national passing rate of 53% (601 out of 1,134 examinees).

The oathtaking ceremony of the successful examinees will be held on April 28 at the Fiesta Pavilion, Manila Hotel.

LASALLIAN TOPSENGINEERING BOARD EXAMSA total of 601 graduates passed the March 2010 Mechanical Engineer Licensure Examination given by the Board of Engineering, with a student from De La Salle University topping the list.

• Women LovingWomen Loving, Cruz’s fi rst book,

is a collection of lesbian stories and a full-length play with characters who are in transit, written at a time when the lesbian experience was invisible in the Philippine literary tradition. In the book’s preface she writes that “they are young women looking for one thing and later wondering what it was they had found—much like what was I going through at that time. The landscape (both real and fi ctional) is different today. Sexual identity is now accepted as something like an outfi t one can put on and take off at will.”

Cruz is a Palanca award-winning writer who graduated with distinction for both her Master of Arts in Language and Literature and Masters of Fine Arts in Creative Writing degrees at DLSU. She is currently teaching at University of the Philippines Mindanao campus.

The book was launched last November at Greenbelt 3, Makati City and was published by Anvil Publishing Inc., one of the offi cial publishers of the University.

• Lumbay ng DilaMeanwhile, Lumbay ng Dila is the

fi rst novel of Asenjo, Assistant Professor of the Department of Literature and Associate for Fiction of the Bienvenido N. Santos Creative Writing Center (BNSCWC). A three-time Don Carlos Palanca Awardee and author of three books, she was granted writing fellowship to Seoul in 2009 by the Ministry of Culture and Sports of South Korea.

Lumbay ng Dila tells the story of Sadyah Zapanta Lopez, granddaughter of the accused mastermind of a political massacre in Antique, whose parents are top NPA offi cials of Panay. APO Executive Publisher Dr. Isagani Cruz writes, “Kailangan mabasa ang nobelang ito ng lahat ng tunay na nagmamahal sa sariling bayan, hindi lamang dahil maganda ang kuwento kundi dahil din sa makabuluhan at nakakaaliw na gamit ng wikang Filipino.”

The book was launched on February 19 at the Ariston Estrada Seminar Room. It was sponsored by APO, BNSCWC, Department of Literature and C&E Publishing, Inc.

• Banyuhay ni Lam-AngThe upcoming book, Banyuhay

ni LaThe upcoming book, Banyuhay ni Lam-Ang, is a modern epic by poet, novelist, essayist, playwright and theater artist Dr. Domingo Landicho. It is a modern, allegorical rendition of Pedro Bukaneg’s Biag ni Lam-Ang and draws a parallel between the origin, exploits and fate of the mythical hero and the colorful life, political rise, and strongman rule of

former president Ferdinand E. Marcos.Landicho, professor emeritus at the

University of the Philippines, has over 50 books to his credit. Some of his poetry has already been set to music by respected artists; his sarswelas have been performed nationwide; and his novel Bulaklak ng Maynila has been adapted into fi lm.

According to Cruz, the book, published for DLSU by C&E Publishing, Inc., will be launched during the 42nd Kumbension Nasional of Gunglo Dagiti Manunurat nga Ilokano iti (GUMIL) Filipinas, the organization of local and international writers in Ilocano. The convention was held from April 9 to 11 at the Pangil Beach Resort, Currimao, Ilocos Norte.

De La Salle University’s Academic Publishing Offi ce (APO) introduces three new books—Jhoanna Lyn Cruz’s Women Loving, Stories and a Play, Dr. Genevieve Asenjo’s Lumbay ng Dila and Dr. Domingo Landicho’s Banyuhay ni Lam-Ang.

APO RELEASES NEW BOOKS

In an effort to promote health and wellness among the community, the contest was opened to all enrolled Lasallian students, active faculty, administrators and co-academic personnel who are at least 18 years of age. Each team underwent a thorough medical screening process by the Strength Conditioning Inc. (SCI). A specifi cally designed training program devised by the SCI was assigned to each team.

Apart from actively undergoing these specifi cally designed programs, each team attended seminars, workshop, and fi tness activities facilitated by the SCI. By the end of three months, the teams were judged based on weight loss and body fat percentage. The team with the highest cumulative percentage of team weight loss combined with the highest loss in their team body fat percentage loss was declared as the winner.

Four teams composed of six participants answered to this challenge. These teams were: the Yellow Team composed of Camille Aquino, Pierre Steven Lim, Meyrick Steven Lim, Melissa dela Peña, Melanie Trilles, and Jara King Amarillo; the Blue Team composed of Frances Anne Adalawan, Mildred Chua, Kevi Ed Tuason, Leonel Enriquez, Luis Ma. Enrique Jose

II and Joey Andrew Valinton; the Green Team composed of Neil Victorino, Vincent Paul Capuno, Bambie Picazo, Cherisse Sebastian, Ma. Cristina Aurelio, and Maria Lourdes Clamor, and the Purple Team comprised of Max Quijano, Maria Rozabelle Ramirez, Agatha Joan Ramirez, Allan Sanchez, Levi Albania, and Katrina Barreira.

The Purple Team was declared the winner during the Fit Quest 2010 closing ceremonies held at the Yuchengco Lobby last March 29. Special individual awards were also given to the participants. The Best in Attendance was given to Levi Albania and the Biggest Loser-Individual went to Katrina Barreira for losing 19.8 lbs. in weight and 5.75 inches in waist circumference.

OSD HOLDS LASALLIAN FIT QUEST 2010 The Offi ce of Sports Development (OSD) successfully staged the fi rst-ever University-wide weight loss challenge dubbed as the Lasallian Fit Quest 2010 which was held from January to March.

2008 Philippine Lasallian Family Convocat ion

Strategic Intent: Lasallian Formation

A growing spirit of fait h A deeper zeal for serviceA stronger communion in mission

The Lasallian Formation strategic intent of the 2008 Philippine Lasallian Family Convocation calls us to deepen our understanding of the Lasallian core values by fostering small communities of witness, communities which model and allow for the experience of prayer, faith-sharing and ministry. We are called to continuously review and evaluate existing formation programs to align them with the Lasallian Guiding Principles and make Lasallian schools more relevant to the times.

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Launched at the beginning of the third term of AY 2009-2010, the exhibit features selected works that show Philippine architectural structures as subject or part of the composition (e.g. façade of a church, house or building; part of a house; doors, windows, etc.). The exhibit presents architecture as an important subject and an appropriate vehicle of an artist’s exploration of color, light, and form.

The artists interpret their experience of a particular place or scene and shape their self–image through the medium of studio art based on careful observation and rendering of real–world structures. The artworks are drawings, prints and paintings from a wide range of art styles: realistic, expressionist, and abstract.

The exhibit is an attempt to encourage communication and interaction between artists, designers, and architects. It aims to show how artists interpret architectural structures based on their keen observation. Also, the Museum wishes to study how artists come up with their own interpretations of architectural and structural concepts and ideas.

Ultimately, the exhibit’s goal is to showcase works of some Filipino artists for the viewers to learn how elements of art and principles of design were used by the artists in creating their works.

Featured also in the exhibit are the original works of Tomas Mapua of St. La Salle Hall at De La Salle University. The design for St. La Salle Hall, which was dated 1916, won against a number of competing architects, among them three Spanish, two Americans, one German, and one Filipino.

The selections of artworks are from the Wili and Doreen Fernandez and De La Salle University Art Collections.

EXHIBIT ON ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN AT THE MUSEUMThe Museum at De La Salle University is running the exhibit “ARKITEKTURA AT DISENYO: Structural and Design Concepts” until May 7.