News Article submitted by Ms. Malou Malaluan (DLSL Marketing Offcicer)
Mr. James Michael Lafferty, President of Procter and Gamble Philippines, visited De La Salle Lipa last Wednesday, October 3. He was joined by his wife, Ms. Susan Anne Lafferty. Also present during the visit was Mrs. Michelle Reyes of the Corporate Sales of Northwest Airlines. Mrs. Reyes was accompanied by her husband, PBA sportscaster Mr. Erick Reyes.
During his short meeting with Br. Manuel R. Pajarillo FSC, Mr. Lafferty shared his experience with some of the countries where he was assigned to market P&G products. He likewise discussed his interest in sports, being a head coach of track and field in the US. Being an athlete, Mr. Lafferty's visit to De La Salle Lipa will not be complete without visiting our Track Oval and Sentrum. He enjoyed some time watching the kids play at the oval and at the Centen.
The group proceeded to the MB Mini Auditorium where he narrated his personal experiences to DLSL administrators, faculty, staff, and Nursing students. In his speech, he talked about his first years of working in Procter and Gamble as well as his experience in administering CPR to the father of Mr. Romil Silva, DLSL Graduate Program Coordinator, in Nagoya Airport, Japan. Dubbed as "the modern day Good Samaritan” by Mr. Silva, Mr. Lafferty reiterated the three choices one should make out of his life. These are: to make the world a better place, to make the world the way you see it, or to make the world worse. Saving lives means saving an entire civilization. That is what made him proud of Procter and Gamble, emphasizing their corporate mission of “improving the lives of consumers” on top of creating more profits. Corporate responsibility is also on the priority list of P&G. They extend free services to Gawad Kalinga and to the country’s remote areas.
Mr. & Mrs. Lafferty and Mr. & Mrs. Reyes were also toured
around Lipa by Mr. Arnold Capuloy, DLSL’s Director for International
Linkages. They went to the Carmel Church where Mr. Lafferty spent a
quiet
time to reflect and pray.
The mobile exhibit titled the Br. Andrew Gonzales, FSC: The Quintessential La Sallian is a joint project of DLSU's The Museum and Marketing Communications Office. It seeks to generate awareness and pay tribute to the man whose contribution in the La Sallian education started in 1970 until 2006.
De La Salle Lipa will host the exhibition from September 15-28, 2007. It will formally open on September 18, 2007; 5:00 pm at the Mabini Exhibit Area. It is composed of 16 pieces full color/photographic tarpoulin sized 3ft. x 9 ft. with seaming and tubing.
The exhibit was coordinated by the Cultural Office through Ms. Lalyn Buncab, curator of The Museum. For viewing schedules, please call the Cultural Office at (043) 756-5555 local 285.
News article courtesy of Ms. Crecelda Roldan, DLSL Cultural Officer.
Forty-three sophomore students from the Tourism department recently embarked on an educational trip to Singapore. They were accompanied by the Vice-Chancellor for Academics and Research Dr. Corazon L. Abansi, Dean of the College of Business, Economics, Accountancy and Management Mr. Amelito Castillo, and Tourism Department Chair Ms. Joy Zapata.
The delegation attended an exhibition of schools offering programs in Tourism and HRM. They also participated in an international lecture by Dr. Andrew Nazarechuk, Dean of the University of Las Vegas. According to the UNLV (University of Nevada – Las Vegas), “Dr. Nazarechuk is considered an authority on hotel, management, tourism and cultural issues. He has held several executive level Catering and Convention positions in Las Vegas and opened the convention facilities at the Tropicana hotel.”
The group likewise visited the Singapore Tourism Board, where they were briefed by the Manager, Ms. Hawamah Abu Bakar of the International Marketing Division. They also paid a visit to St. Joseph’s School, where Br. Michael gave them a lecture about the school as well as a tour around the campus.
Other highlights of the educational trip was the visit to Sentosa Island, Night Safari, and Jurong Bird Park. Sentosa Island, which used to be a mere fishing village, is now one of the most popular island resorts in Singapore. The Night Safari, as described in their official site, “...is the world's first wildlife park built for visits at night, the Night Safari is not like any ordinary zoo illuminated by the night or a modern version of nocturnal houses found in many zoos around the globe.” Jurong Bird Park, as promoted in their webpage, “...is a 20.2 hectare open-concept park. It is the largest in the Asia Pacific and the best in the world. Its collection of more than 9,000 birds from 600 species is among the largest in the world. The Park specialises in birds from Southeast Asia.”
Included in the city tour orientation were Chinatown, Little India, Merlion Park, and Suntec City among others. A guide to shopping also formed part of the trip. For high-end shopping, the Takashimaya Department Store is most recommended. For bargain shopping, on the other hand, the “Lucky Plaza” is best option. The students also had a taste of dining in fine restaurants in various locations in Singapore, where they learned a variety of techniques in setting plates and in buffets.
News Article by Ms. Crecelda Roldan, DLSL Cultural Officer
Rogger Basco was once again invited to participate in the 3rd Annual Sculpture Review with the three piece, hand-driven kinetic sculptures titled To Dream, Mamithaya and Mangarap and another sculpture Pamilya.Known for his mixed media art, Basco in these recent pieces used wood, metal and stainless steel.
Forces of Form is a contemporary exhibition of sculptures. It is a Gallery Nine anniversary presentation which opened in September 21, 2007 at 4th Floor of SM Megamall Art Center and will run until October 7, 2007.The exhibition was curated by Dr. Alice Guillermo, art crtic, professor and former Chair of the Department of Humanities in UP Diliman.
The works of Napoleon Abueva, National Artist for Sculpture, Ramon Orlina, world- class glass artist, and Ral Arrogante, president of Society of Philippine Sculptors are also part of the exhibition.
De La Salle Lipa played host this morning in a Computer Turn-Over Ceremony held at the Boardroom of the Sen. Jose Diokno Building. The event was attended by Lipa City Mayor Hon. Oscar Gozos, DepEd Schools Division Superintendent Dr. Cristeto Pamplona, Microsoft Philippines' Academic Program Manager for Education Ms. Michelle Casio, representatives from the public school beneficiaries, and the administrators of De La Salle Lipa.
The Turn-Over ceremony is yet another historic event for De La Salle Lipa. In her message, Ms. Michelle Casio of Microsoft Philippines revealed that De La Salle Lipa is the first school to ever donate computers to the public school sector. In the past, donations came from corporate organizations. This is the first time that a donation was given by an educational institution, DLSL, to another academic unit, the DepEd public schools. Most companies even sell their computers to public schools instead of donating them. She thanked DLSL for the generosity the school has extended through the project.
In his Welcome Message, Chancellor Juan P. Lozano expressed his
gratitude to Mayor Gozos for the latter's support to De La Salle Lipa's
projects, such as the PC donation to public schools. He also mentioned
that the Project K textbooks, a project spearheaded by DLSL through the
initiative of Vice-Chancellor for Academics and Research Dr. Corazon
Abansi, are now being used in Marikina public schools. This was done in
response to the request by Marikina City Mayor Ma. Lourdes Fernando.
Hon. Oscar Gozos likewise delivered a speech where he voiced out not only his gratitude to his alma mater but also his pride in being an alumnus of De La Salle Lipa. He is truly proud of the efforts DLSL has exerted in reaching out to help the city's public schools by donating desktop computer units. He discussed that as much as the city government would like to make donations of their own, they lack the logistics to do so. The National Government itself is unable to pursue projects such as this. He emphasized that education is one of his priorities as city mayor, and that the city government is always willing to work with De La Salle Lipa in its goal to share education. He is proud to say that DLSL is living up to St. John Baptist de La Salle's ideals of educating the poor.
Dr. Cristeto Pamplona also gave a message for the attendees. He is the Schools Division Superintendent of the Lipa City Division of DepEd. He is likewise the Co-Executive Director of the Project K Management Team. The event host, Ms. Ningning Doble of the Project K Development Office, explained that DLSL will be turning over 56 desktop computer units to selected public schools in Lipa City. These computer units, however, do not come with an operating system. Fortunately, through the assistance of Microsoft Philippines, the computers will be installed with a licensed software from Microsoft.
Ms. Michelle Casio, Academic Program Manager for Education of Microsoft Philippines, explained that Microsoft's five yearold program of "Partners in Learning" (PiL) provides a "Fresh Start for donated computers."
Chancellor Lozano and Dr. Pamplona later signed the Memorandum of Agreement, with Vice-Chancellor for Administration Mr. Rex Torrecampo and a representative from the DepEd sector acting as witnesses.
The ceremony formally ended with Chancellor Lozano and Dr. Pamplona symbolically unveiling one o
Last August 23 and 24, De La Salle Lipa hosted a screening of short film projects at the Diokno Auditorium. The two-event was a joint project of the De La Salle Lipa Sports & Culture Directorate, DLSL AB Communications Department, Lipa Workshops, and the Association of Communication Students.
Dubbed "Short Film Take-Out" and subtitled "An immediate serving of practical and creative fimmaking," the project mainly hosted a Film and Video Festival (August 23) and a Film Congress (August 24).
On the first day of the said Film and Video Festival, one of the main highlights was the screening of short films by Milo Tolentino ("Sa Kanlungan ng Impyerno, Buog, Orasyon, Si Pepe at ang mga Bulaklak"). An open forum followed the two-hour screening. Shortly after the forum, two sessions of the student short films screening followed.
The movie "Sa Kanlungan ng Impyerno" was featured in the first screening. The participants were students from Adventist University of the Philippines, De La Salle University-Dasmariñas, De La Salle University-Canlubang, and De La Salle Lipa.
"Orasyon" was screened in the second session, with students from Batangas State University, Lyceum of Batangas, University of Batangas, and De La Salle Lipa as participants.
A Film Congress was held on the second day of the event, August 24. Dean Hermogenes Panganiban of the College of Education, Arts & Sciences (CEAS) gave the Welcome Remarks during the event's Opening Ceremony. A "Short Film Take-Out Filmmaking Workshop" followed thereafter. The workshop was divided into three sessions of two-hours each: Pre-Production, Production, and Post-Production.
After the workshop, a lecture on how to market the short film was conducted. Culminating the film congress was another open forum.
The Department of Energy, through the Ateneo School of Government, recently made De La Salle Lipa a partner and host organization in yhe public consultation on the Philippine Energy Plan (PEP).
The PubCon was held yesterday, July 30, at the Ponte Fino Hotel in Batangas City. Representatives from DLSL who attended the event included 4th year BS Management students as well as faculty and staff who acted as documenters and facilitators.
Chancellor Juan P. Lozano delivered the Welcome Remarks, saying De La Salle Lipa was truly "honored to be a part of an activity of national significance."
According to Mr. Mario Marasigan, Director of the Energy Utilization Management Bureau, the PEP is the energy blueprint of the country. It contains indicative energy projects which are now being implemented. The PubCon is henceforth the proper venue for expressing the people's "million-watt ideas."
The morning session was comprised mainly of presentation updates:
Planning Process, PEP Overview and Energy Situationer - by Carmencita A. Bariso (Chief, Planning Division of the Energy Policy and Planning Bureau)
Energy Resource Development - by Ismael U. Ocampo (Chief, Petroleum Resource Development Division of the Energy Resource Development Bureau)
Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency - by Mario C. Marasigan (Director of the Energy Utilization Bureau)
Downstream Oil & Natural Gas Industries - by Laura Sguin (Supervising Science Research Specialist of the Natural Gas Office)
Alternative Fuel - also by Director Mario Marasigan
Power Development Program - by Michael Estrada (Senior Science Research Specialist of the Electric Power Industry Management Bureau)
An open forum immediately followed the presentation of reports. Representatives from various sectors were given the opportunity to raise their questions and concerns regarding the PEP, and the presenters responded accordingly.
After lunch, the workshop proper began. The attendees were grouped into three: Power and Electrification, Downstream and Alternative Fuels, and Renewable Energy and Fossil Fuels.
For the Power and Electrification group, ILFO Manager Mr. Willie Bleza was lead facilitator and DLSL's Cultural Officer Ms. Criselda Roldan was documenter.
For the Downstream and Alternative Fuels, the facilitator was Ms. Amihan Perez, ECAP-PAO Coordinator. The documenter was Ms. Cody Rabe.
For the Renewable Energy and Fossil Fuels, the facilitator was DLSL's Public Relations Officer Ms. Cherie del Rio. The documenter was Research Officer Ms. Noralyn Lina.
Marketing & Promotions Officer Ms. Malou Malaluan served as lead documenter.
International Linkages Director Mr. Arnold Capuloy was also one of the facilitators. He was also in-charge of the pre-event orientations made in DLSL.
During the workshop, the participants discussed issues and challenges in the proposed plans affecting their respective groups. They also submitted recommendations to address the raised issues. Afterwards, there was a presentation of workshop outputs where the rapporteurs reported what their groups discussed.
The PubCon formally ended with Closing Remarks given by Ms. Carmencita A. Bariso.
Br. Manny Hilado FSC welcomed the nursery pupils last June 14, 2007 when the PLC opened its classes for this school year. The students were quite ecstatic during the balloon twisting activity held in one of the nursery classrooms. Br. Manny made sure that each pupil in class received a balloon shaped in various designs such as dinosaur, butterfly, poodle, flower, sword, star, numbers, letters of the alphabet, and crown among others.
Br. Manny Hilado FSC is currently the Vice- President for Administrative Services of De La Salle Antipolo and at the same time the Director of the Brothers’ Community. He has a deep passion for entertaining young Lasallians who are in their primary years. He finds joy when he is able to make children happy as he shares his expertise in balloon twisting. He has been traveling to different La Salle schools for a number of years now to share his talents and touch the hearts of many children through his humble way. He also made a promise that he would come back to facilitate the training for PLC teachers so they can use the balloon twisting skills as tools in teaching their subjects.
This effort was made possible by the initiation of the Vocation Office headed by Br. Ritchie Yap FSC in coordination with the Students Services and PLC Offices. Since the activity happened during the first day of school when most parents are with the kids, the event was a hit not only among the kids but also with the parents. They were very touched to see a Brother welcoming the new pupils in school.
DLSL Vice-Chancellor for Academics & Research Dr. Corazon Abansi, Vice-Chancellor for Administration Mr. Rex Torrecampo and Dean for Student Services Mr. Erickson Martinez attended the 3rd Call Center Conference & Expo last 10-11 July at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Ortigas. The event was organized by the Call Center Association of the Philippines (CCAP).
The trio attended the conference and expo, considered the biggest call center event in the country, upon the invitation of Mr. Victor Endaya, President of call center operator Advanced Contact Solutions, Inc.
The DLSL administrators inspected the different exhibitors’ booths to look at gadgets, software and other products that may be of use to school operations and also attended operations, human resource, finance and I.T. seminars given by local and foreign speakers.
In a sidelight to the conference, the three DLSL administrators discussed with ACSI Vice-President for Human Resource Haidee Enriquez the possibility of the call center providing the school with program and manpower assistance in the offering of Speech electives at the DLSL College. Enriquez promised the trio that she would visit DLSL in the near future to further explore the matter.
From the College Science Department
On July 28, the Lasallian Community will lead the general public in a tree planting project dubbed "Green for Life: One Million Trees and Beyond!", at the Mt. Palay-palay National Park, Maragandon, Cavite. This will be the first of a series of five Saturdays that will target to cover a minimum of 5,500 seedlings for 2007 in the 280 hectare restoration area where the "Green for Life" project was launched September of last year.
Huge participation is once again expected from all the Lasallian schools in Luzon, the alumni, their family and friends. The activity is expected to kick-off with prayer services at 8:30AM and wrapped up by 11AM.
Endemic species, such as bation, guijo, puso-puso, banuyo, and anle, will be planted. Through close coordination with the local community partner, it has been ensured that what will be planted will be well-protected.
Volunteers have been encouraged to prepare well through proper clothing (thick soled shoes, raincoats, extra clothing, cap) and by bringing their own meals.
For more details, please contact Sir Bernard (CFE-Head) - 09186098909.
