De La Salle University
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- For colleges and degree programs, please see the article Colleges of De La Salle University.
Template:Infobox University2 De La Salle University (DLSU), also known as De La Salle University-Manila, was established in 1911 by the Brothers of Christian Schools, or in Latin, Fraternum Christianarum Scholarum. The University draws inspiration from the life and the works of the institution's founding father, St. John Baptist De La Salle (Saint Jean Baptiste de la Salle, in French). The university is situated right in the heart of Malate, a district of the City of Manila. It is near the border of Manila with Pasay City. It's address is 2401 Senator W. Diokno (Taft) Avenue. Its primary goal is to train future Christian Achievers For God and Country.
It is the first of only two universities in the Philippines to earn a Level 4 accreditation—the highest possible level—granted by the Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools, Colleges, and Universities (PAASCU).
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History
De La Salle College was founded in 1911 when the Brothers of the Christian Schools opened their first school in the Philippines on General Luna Street in the historic city of Manila. Classes were conducted in Spanish for the first 125 boys of varying ages and grade levels who enrolled and began their schooling in June 1911. During those early years, the Brothers were allowed to offer the full primary and intermediate programs (grades 1-4, 5-7) and a three-year commercial secondary school program. The Commercial High School Diploma was given for the first time to three graduates in 1915.
In November 1917, the school was granted a charter authorizing it to confer an Associate in Arts degree. In 1920, the school opened a two-year commercial course. The school's catalog for 1925 listed courses for an Associate in Arts, a two-year Commerce curriculum, and a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Arts (although the last two degrees were never conferred before World War II). In 1930, the College was authorized to confer the degrees of Bachelor of Science in Education and Master of Science of Education.
The last pre-war arts degree holders were graduated in 1931; the Associate in Arts Program was then discontinued because the department was understaffed. The Bachelor of Science in Commerce degree was first conferred in 1931 after a third year had been added to the two-year commercial sequence. During the Second World War, the College grounds were seized by the Japanese occupation forces and made into defense quarters. Classes continued during the war years, but academics suffered from a greatly reduced curriculum. Repeated bombings of the area resulted in the total destruction of the gymnasium and the loss of library holdings and laboratory equipment. On February 12, 1945, a band of Japanese soldiers massacred 16 Brothers and several families who had taken refuge with them in the College Chapel.
Home from concentration camps at the end of the war, the Brothers resumed classes in July 1945 despite a lack of manpower and facilities; 60 boys were graduated from the high school at the end of that school year. Seeing the important role they were to play in rebuilding the Philippines through education, the Brothers enriched the Commerce curriculum, expanding it into a four-year program. During the following years, the undergraduate schools of Engineering (1947), Arts and Sciences (1953), Education (1959), Industrial Technology (1973), and Career Development (1980) were established. Also established were the graduate schools of Business Administration (1960) and Education (1963). The College of Industrial Technology was integrated with the College of Engineering in 1979 as an Engineering Technology Program. The Bachelor of Science in Computer Science Program was started in 1981 upon the organization of the Center for Planning, Information, and Computer Science. Beginning 1984-1985, the Computer Science Program was spun off as a program under the College of Computer Studies. [1] (http://www.dlsu.edu.ph/inside/history01.asp)
The La Salle Teacher Training Center, put up in 1982 to revive the earlier education program, was elevated to the La Salle School of Education in 1987. The events of the 1970s have been crucial to the development of De La Salle as a social institution. In 1973, the College recognized the need for Catholic women's education and opened its door to female students. That same year, the blueprint of a scheme projecting the planned improvements of the school from 1973 to 1983 was published. This document, called De La Salle Ten Years, was updated yearly. The greatest step forward taken by the school in this decade was the change of status from a College to a University. The change took effect on Feb. 19, 1975 and was a result of the outstanding academic and professional contributions the school had made to Philippine private education. The beginning of school year 1981-1982 was another milestone in the University's history. This year marked the change from the traditional semestral academic schedule to the year-round trimestral calendar for all units of the University, including the different undergraduate colleges.
Today, the University believes the Christian man and woman will provide needed leadership in the development of the Philippines. The school seeks to develop this leadership quality in its students through a liberal Christian education. Its commitment to this kind of education is based on a belief in the importance of Christian values and in the development in its students a concern for the country's social and economic problems. [2] (http://www.dlsu.edu.ph/inside/history02.asp)
The campus
The campus is located in a dense urban area four kilometers from Manila's City hall, and is right beside the LRT-1 Vito Cruz Station. The structures that occupy the site are:
- Seven classroom buildings
- Saint La Salle Hall
- Brother Miguel Hall
- Saint Joseph Hall
- Velasco Hall
- Gokongwei Hall
- Saint Mutien-Marie Hall
- Don Enrique T. Yuchengco Hall (4th-6th Floors)
- Other buildings
- Gabriel Connon Hall - where most of the student organization offices are located
- William Hall
- Enrique Razon Sports Center
- University Library Building
- Don Enrique T. Yuchengco Building - the administration building
- Science and Technology Research Center (STRC)
- Marilen Gaerlan Conservatory
- Bro. John Hall
- Bro. Alphonsus Bloemen Hall - the university cafeteria
- a building being constructed in front of the Enrique Razon Sports Center is the GE/ACTED/CED Building which is due on June 2006, when completed, it will host the Admissions Center, parking spaces, a new Library, General Education classes (for freshmen), and also for the majors of the College of Education.
The colleges
Main Article: Colleges of De La Salle University
Centers of excellence
- Biology
- Chemistry
- Chemical Engineering (lone awardee in the Philippines)
- Electronics and Communications Engineering
- English Language
- Filipino
- Literature
- Mathematics
- Mechanical Engineering (lone awardee in the Philippines)
- Physics
Centers of development
Degree programs
Main Article: Colleges of De La Salle University
Research centers
- Advanced Research in Computing (AdRIC)
- Bienvenido N. Santos Creative Writing Center
- Br. Alfred Shields Marine Biological Station
- Center for Business and Economics Research and Development (CBERD)
- Center for Engineering Research, Training and Consultancy
- Center for Natural Sciences and Environmental Research (CENSER)
- CHED-Zonal Research Center
- European Documentation and Research Centre (EDRC)
- Lasallian Institute for Development and Educational Research (LIDER)
- Science and Technology Research Center (STRC)
- Social Development Research Center (SDRC)
- Yuchengco Center (YC)
Student Life
Student Organizations
- Cultural Arts Organizations
- DLSU Chorale
- DLSU Chamber Ensemble
- DLSU Pops Orchestra
- De La Salle Innersoul
- Harlequin Theatre Guild
- La Salle Dance Company - Jazz
- La Salle Dance Company - Street
- Council of Student Organizations (CSO)
- Professional Organizations
- AD Create Society (ACS)
- Behavioral Science Team (BeST)
- Business Management Society (BMS)
- Civil Engineering Society (CES)
- Chemical Engineering Society (CHEN)
- Chemistry Society (CHEMSOC)
- Economics Organization (ECONORG)
- Education Students for Excellence (ESSENCE)
- Electronics and Communications Engineering Society (ECES)
- European Studies Association (ESA)
- Industrial Management Engineering Society (IMES)
- Junior Entrepreneurs Marketing Association (JEMA)
- Junior Philippine Institute of Accountants (JPIA)
- La Salle Computer Society (LSCS)
- Ley La Salle (LLS)
- Literature Circle
- Management of Financial Institutions Association (MaFIA)
- Math Circle
- Mechanical Engineering Society (MES)
- Nihon Kenkyu Kai (NKK)
- Physics Society (PHYSOC)
- Political Science Society (POLISCY)
- Samahan ng mga Mag-aaral sa Sikolohiya (SMS)
- Societas Vitae (SV)
- Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME)
- Students of Philosophy in Action (SoPhiA)
- Team Communication (TEAMCOMM)
- Socio-Civic Organizations (SCORE)
- ENGLICOM
- ROTARACT
- Student Catholic Action (SCA)
- Special Interest Groups (SPIN)
- ENGLICOM
- ROTARACT
- Student Catholic Action (SCA)
- Professional Organizations
- Students Activities Organizations
Student Publications Office
- Ang Pahayagang Plaridel
- Green and White
- The LaSallian
- The Malate Literary Portfolio
Athletics
On 2004, the University team, the Green Archers, won the University Athletic Association of the Philippines men's basketball title. They also bagged 200 medals just December 2004, while under the Team UAAP of the Philippines, as it competed against other universities in Asia and the Pacific.
Related facts
- The traditional colors of the university are green and white, in honor of the university's founders, the Christian Brothers, who came from Ireland.
- In collegiate sports, DLSU participates in the University Athletics Association of the Philippines (UAAP), where its men's basketball team, the Green Archers, enjoys a healthy rivalry with the Blue Eagles of the Ateneo de Manila University. The university's battlecry is Animo La Salle (Latin for to animate or to give life to, or according to others, it means soul, in Spanish) and Rektikano (which, translated, means "the right to rule"), according to the so-called Lasallian Ambassadors (those who orient the incoming freshmen).
- There are two main student publications, The Lasallian, and Ang Pahayagang Plaridel (in Filipino). Some of the individual colleges also have their own periodicals, such as Rice.mag from the College of Liberal Arts, "Tanglaw" and "Taper" from the College of Education, and specialty publications like Malate Literary Folio, and the Green and White, official yearbook of the university.
- There are two political parties in the Universities for persons wanting to join the student council: Alyansang Tapat sa Lasallista (Alliance True to the Lasallians), and Santugon sa tawag ng panahon (One reply to the call of the times).
- The university is strongly student-oriented, with the presence of programs such as "faculty grievance", in which a student can opt to file a grievance against a teacher, which the university will hear and decide on, and the presence of a Student Council, currently headed by Ms. Jillian Sze. The Student Council has helped through the writing of the Student Handbook, the lowering of tuition fees,entertainment, and the like. Students also can agree or disagree together with the university administration whether or not they will hire a certain faculty. And also the "Council of Student Organizations" which aims to get the students to organizations for enhancement of their chosen courses.
Famous Lasallian Alumni
- Lorenzo Tanada
- Salvador Laurel
- Raul Concepcion
- Eduardo "Danding" Cojuangco
- Jesus Villamor
- Peque Gallaga
- Ramon Magsaysay Jr.
- Mike Enriquez
- Richelle Sy
- Cirilo Bautista
- Jose Cuisia
- Bro. Andrew Gonzales
- Philip Ella Juico
- Lim-Eng Beng
- Jose W. Diokno
Location Map
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De La Salle University Vicinity and Building Map http://www.dlsu.edu.ph/inside/maps/
University Official Website
- De La Salle University - Manila (http://www.dlsu.edu.ph)
De La Salle network
De La Salle University System website
- De La Salle University System (http://system.dlsu.edu.ph/)
Philippine Lasallian Schools Network
- De La Salle - Canlubang (http://www.canlubang.dlsu.edu.ph)
- De La Salle - College of Saint Benilde (http://www.dls-csb.edu.ph)
- De La Salle - Health Sciences Campus (http://www.hsc.dlsu.edu.ph)
- De La Salle University - Dasmariñas (http://www.dasma.dlsu.edu.ph)
- De La Salle University - Professional Schools, Inc. (http://www.psi.dlsu.edu.ph)
- De La Salle - Santiago Zobel School (http://www.zobel.dlsu.edu.ph)
- La Salle Greenhills (http://www.lsgh.edu.ph)