DLSU Newsletter by Niña Garcia

THE OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF DE LA SALLE UNIVERSITY DLSU linkage promotes regional research

Representing DLSU, President and Chancellor Br. Jun Erguiza (second from right) joins other academic leaders from around the world during the 2011 ASAIHL Leadership Summit. Br. Jun currently serves as ASAIHL president.

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NUMBER VOLUME 43 18 JUL 2011

Centennial Job Expo

As the incumbent president of the Association of Southeast Asian Institutions of Higher Learning (ASAIHL), De La Salle University President and Chancellor Br. Narciso Erguiza, Jr. FSC participated in the 2011 ASAIHL Leadership Summit last June 27 at Niagara Falls, New York, USA. With the theme, “Enhancing Academic Partnerships for Education and Research in the International Arena,” the conference was an avenue to discuss opportunities to examine how linkages and partnerships between institutions can be mutually beneficial in transforming modern higher education. According to ASAIHL’s formal release, “Universities must consider and value industry global work-place requirements and engage with businesses to redefine and direct work-based learning criteria to our students, in order to strategize for long-term sustainability.” DLSU will host the ASAIHL conference on April 11-12, 2012.

The Centennial Edition of the DLSU Job Expo was held last July 4-8 at the Central Plaza and Yuchengco Lobby. Initiated by the Office of Counseling and Career Services, the Job Expo featured 138 top companies which scouted for prospective employees from among the recent graduates and graduating Lasallians. Participation of a company in the Job Expo also meant contributing to the Scholarship Endowment Fund, which was established by the OCCS-Career Services in 2008.

Faculty exchange highlights collaboration

University, China, are both completing a fourmonth United Board Fellows Program.

Two United Board Fellows from Vietnam and China are currently in De La Salle University to promote leadership ideals and collaboration among Asian educators. Bui Hai Dang, vice dean of Researchand Co-operation International Affairs and an International Relations lecturer at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University of Ho Chi Minh City, and Hongbin Pu, associate research librarian at Guizhou Normal

United Board is a Christian program and grant-making organization with members from higher education institutions in 13 Asian countries. Its goals are to enhance faculty development and leadership, collaboration, and values such as justice, care forthe environment, reconciliation, and harmony among ethnic and religious communities, and civil society. A United Board member institution, DLSU had previously sent its own faculty to other countries for immersion and scholarships.

Facts and Figures

Global Connections Alliances here and abroad provide opportunities for academic exchange and collaborative undertakings. These are just some of the groups that De La Salle University is actively engaged in.

International Association of Lasallian Universities

183

Association of Southeast Asian Institutions of Higher Learning

United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia

ASEAN University Network

205

International Federation of Catholic Universities

NUMBER OF MEMBERS PER ORGANIZATION Sources: www.aun-sec.org; www.ialu.net; www.fiuc.org; www.seameo.org/asaihl; www. unitedboard.org

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Executive Director | Ayi Magpayo Director for Operations | Johannes Leo Badillo Editorial Supervisor | Ma. Ruby Añonuevo Carlos Managing Editor | Lianne Mendoza granelli.mendoza@dlsu.edu.ph Writers | Anne Alina, AA dela Cruz, Arfie Koc, Magsy Magbanua, Aaron Mamiit