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| Vol. 18 No. 11 October 30-November 13, 2008 DLSU-D has
two more CHIMES awardees College of Engineering, Architecture, and Technology (CEAT) faculty Bienvenido Ramirez is named as one of the School Awardees in the Faculty category, while Aklatang Emilio Aguinaldo’s (AEA) Enrico Montemayor is one of the School Awardees in the Support Staff Category. CHIMES, which stands for common good, honesty, integrity, meritocracy, excellence, and service, is the most prestigious Lasallian award given annually to members of the Lasallian community. The award is dedicated to the late Senator and Lasallian luminary Lorenzo Tañada whose life and achievements inspire the Lasallian community. The first CHIMES awardee from the University is College of Liberal Arts Dean Emmanuel Calairo in 2006. A
posthumous award “[From the time we] started our teaching career up to the time of his death, we were on the same department,” Lontoc recalled. “He was my roommate when we [had] a three-month-training in Taiwan and I have observed that he [was] a religious man.” For 25 years, Ramirez served the University in more ways than one can imagine. CEAT Associate Dean Arch. Antonio Gutierrez Jr considers Ramirez as the college’s father figure and role model. Whenever there was a major decision for the college, they would ask for Ramirez’s wisdom and advice on the matter. “He was very gentle and a jolly fellow,” Arch. Gutierrez said. “His faith cannot be surpassed.” Arch. Gutierrez said that Ramirez would go to church every day before and after work. He was an active lay minister in his parish at Area C, Dasmariñas. He also took care of the spiritual projects of the colleges, from Mass sponsors to the informal religious and spiritual sharing of the college. “He [was] very passionate, and his influence in morals and values on us and as well as his students [was] very strong,” Arch. Gutierrez said. Ramirez also had the zeal to teach. He would go to work early every day and would never be late for his classes, would complete his residency hours, and would willingly stay late to work on projects of the college and department. Arch. Gutierrez said that Ramirez would continually study about his subject even though he has been teaching it for so long. “He [made] sure that all his work is properly and excellently done,” attests Arch. Gutierrez. Lontoc agrees and said that Ramirez’s contribution to the Electrical Laboratory makes him deserving to be an awardee. When Ramirez handled the laboratory, it became much more systematic. This is just one of the tangent contributions Ramirez left, but the most valuable of which are the intangible ones—the ones that he had left in the hearts and minds of his colleagues and students, his wisdom and his heart. Second
time around Montemayor defines the meaning of “hardworking.” He has been serving DLSU-D since 1994. He started as a housekeeper while finishing his high school education through the University’s Balik-Aral Program. After obtaining his high school diploma, he enrolled in the University’s CBA Free Evening Program and finished his degree in March 2006 while working as a Library assistant. “Ang aming kahirapan ang siyang naging instrumento upang magsikap akong makapagtapos ng pag-aaral,” Montemayor said when asked what motivated him to finish his education. Other people in the same situation would have not continued on, but he did and persevered. “[Eric is] a man with principle and ambition,” AEA Director Sonia Gementiza said. “He was able to finish his bachelors degree in spite of his busy work in the library and is now thinking of pursuing [a] degree in library and information science.” Gementiza also sees him as a responsible, committed, and dedicated staff of the library. Since second semester of last schoolyear, he became one of the Balik-Aral volunteers where he teaches basic mathematics. “Ibinabalik ko lamang po ang biyayang ibinigay sa akin ng Balik-Aral. Dahil malaki po ang naitulong nito sa akin, at gusto ko rin pong makatulong sa mga kapatid nating kapus-palad na gustong makapagtapos ng pag-aaral, kagaya ko noon,” Montemayor explained. He has come into a full circle. From being a beneficiary of the University’s program, he is now one of the volunteers helping others. This is what S of CHIMES stands for: service. ::
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