1st inter-La Salle inv’l
summer games kick off

“My message to the youth is to go for gold… Everything begins in this level but it just grows and it gets better,” keynote speaker and Philippine Sports Commissioner Eric Buhain told participants of the 1st Inter-La Salle Invitational Summer Games during the opening ceremonies, May 7 at the grandstand.

The event, with the theme “Building Bridges Through Sports” was conceptualized to promote camaraderie, fair play and mutual respect. Likewise, it aimed to strengthen the bond among De La Salle Schools, the host school and other academic institutions.

Events included basketball, volleyball, football, table tennis, swimming, atekwondo, chess and athletics. At the final count, the top three slots were occupied by DLSU-Manila which garnered 50 gold, 15 silver and 10 bronze medals; DLSU-Dasmariñas with 18 gold, 34 silver and 23 bronze medals; and DLSU-College of St. Benilde with 4 gold, 12 silver and 25 bronze medals. Other participating schools were DLS Lipa, DLSU-Health Sciences Campus, DLS-Araneta University, LSC-Victorias, UKDLS-Manado, University of St. La Salle, USLSAC-Roxas, Foundation University, Mapua Institute of Technology, University of Sto. Tomas, University of the East and University of the Philippines.

DLSU-D entered into an agreement with Jiangsu Electric Alarm Device Monotechnic School of Wuxi and China Overseas Cultural and Educational Association (COCEA) in order to promote scholarly exchange and international understanding by encouraging and supporting academic and intercultural activities between students from People’s Republic of China and the Philippines.

The memorandum, signed on April 7, 2002 in Wuxi, China by VPA Dr. Myrna Ramos (for EVP Dr. Herminia Torres) and COCEA EVP Haijin Huang, includes the following highlights: faculty and student exchange program, promotion of educational development, DLSU-D’s admission of qualified Chinese students under the exchange program and issuance of diplomas to qualified graduates, DLSU-D’s provision of necessary assistance to students and faculty members under the exchange program and assistance in improving the English proficiency of students through the Language Learning Center.

This agreement, which will be effective from April 7, 2002 to September 30, 2003 was accomplished during DLSU-D administrators’ tour of China from April 6-11, 2002. The trip, sponsored by the China Overseas Cultural and Educational Association, was primarily to establish linkages with potential foreign students.

CBA research journal now online

Taking the challenge to use the cyberspace as a medium of communication from Dasmariñas, Cavite to the rest of the world and to instill digital consciousness among its faculty, the Research Journal Committee of the College of Business Administration (CBA) launched its online version of the CBA Research Journal.

The online journal may be accessed through the DLSU-D homepage. All the contents may be viewed in full color and may be downloaded from any computer station.

These are also available on CDs. The featured articles are: Microfinance as an Antipoverty Strategy: The De La Salle University BSDRC Model by Dr. Gloria S. Chavez, Ecozone Taxation by Charlie Onda and Assessment of Domestic Helper Employment in Hong Kong by Dr. Norberto Orcullo Jr. - Dr. Norberto Orcullo Jr.

Dean Chavez completes
teaching stint in China

College of Business Administration Dean Gloria Chavez recently came back from a successful two-week teaching stint in China.

Dr. Chavez handled an Organizational Behavior class (in English) with 80 management junior students in Anhui University from April 8-26 as an exchange faculty.

“It was quite an experience. I was called ‘the foreign teacher’ and was very much respected. In fact, students would visit at the guest house of the School of International Education just to converse with me,” recalled Chavez. At times, graduate students and even faculty of the university would sit in her class to learn and also to practice their English.

Another DLSU-D faculty will be sent to teach at the same university soon. On the other hand, Anhui University President Dr. Huang Dekuan will visit DLSU-D sometime in January.

This exchange was made possible by an agreement between DLSU-Dasmariñas and Anhui University.

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