De La Salle University: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

De La Salle University (DLSU) is a private Catholic university in Malate, Manila, Philippines. It was founded by the Brothers of the Christian Schools in 1911 as De La Salle College on Calle Nozaleda (now General Luna Street) in Manila. In the 1920s, the institution was moved to its current location on Taft Avenue, near the border between Manila and Pasay City. During the World War II, the school's name was changed to Christian Brother's Academy, as commanded by the Japanese. However, the school and its faculty moved to St. Scholastica College campus. After the World War II, the students and faculty came back and again resumed normal operations. Originally established as an institution of learning exclusively for boys, it opened its doors to women in 1973. In 1975, it was granted a University charter and thereafter changed its name to De La Salle University. It is one of the Philippines' leading universities.

The Campus

The 5.04 hectare Manila 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:

• Six classroom buildings
  • Saint La Salle Hall
  • Brother Miguel Hall
  • Saint Joseph Hall
  • Velasco Hall
  • Gokongwei Hall
  • Saint Mutien-Marie Hall
• 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. 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.

De La Salle University today is organized into the following faculties:

• College of Business and Economics (CBE)
• College of Computer Studies (CCS)
• College of Education (CED)
• College of Engineering (COE)
• College of Liberal Arts (CLA)
• College of Science (COS)
• Graduate School of Business (GSB)
• Student Affairs (although the Student Affairs is not a college, it has a dean and functions like a college).

The Manila campus, as De La Salle University, Manila, is the premiere campus of the De La Salle University System, made up of eight autonomous institutions providing primary and secondary levels of education as well as undergraduate and graduate degrees. All these were established or are managed by the Christian Brothers in the Philippines. Every college has its own computer laboratory, dean, vice-dean, and faculty. The colleges are semi-autonomous, that is, the colleges are still under the control of a central administration. The DLS System President is Bro. Armin Luistro FSC.

Integrated Colleges

College of Liberal Arts (CLA)

The College of Liberal Arts offers general education courses, and has the second-largest number of students in the university, with 2,328 as of March 2004. The college has its own publication, rice.mag. The college has been around since the opening of the university, and it split into two separate colleges in 1978. It has 70% of the total courses in the university. Its batch are called "Fast", for example, Fast 2000, means that a student has entered the college during 2000. The arts college strives to give holistic education.

• • • The Bachelor of Science in Psychology is a course in the Liberal Arts College which is a program of both the College of Liberal Arts and the College of Science. It gives holistic and art subjects, while also giving science subjects. The course is primarily a Pre-Medical Track. It is basically a mixture of BS BIology and AB Psychology. It is the only BS degree in the CLA.
    • The LIA-COM Track is a unique program in the country (five years) wherein the students choose to obtain a double degree, one from the Liberal Arts and the College of Business and Economics.

As of 2004, Dr. Antonio Contreras heads the office of the dean of the college, and Dr. Teresita Fortunato holds the position of vice-dean. The College is situated in both Miguel and William Buildings. Miguel Building houses the classrooms and the office of the dean and the vice-dean, while the department chairs and faculty offices are located in the William Building.

College of Business and Economics (CBE)

The College of Business and Economics is the largest, in terms of population of students. Its batch are called "Bne", those freshmen who entered this year (2004), are given the batch name "BnE 2007". Dr. Michael Alba is the dean of the college, and Mr. Rene hapitan is the vice-dean. Based on the report of the Discipline Office, the college has the least number of offenders, owing to their status as "first choicers". The College of Business and Economics of De La Salle University has the best Business courses in the Philippines. La Salle Building houses the College of Business and Economics. The Colleges occupies the whole of the building, excpet for the first floor of the northwing, which is reserved for the administration of the CED. The Dean's office is located in the first floor, just front of the amphitheater.

College of Engineering (COE)

The College of Engineering spearheads the country for the development of high quality engineering education for the students. Their batch name is "Eng", or "Cosine". The Dean is Dr. Julius Maridable, and the Vice-Dean is Mr. Efren De La Cruz. The College of Engineering is a bit distinct from the other colleges due to its presence of inter-collegiate games, like the "Engtertropa" championship for basketball and other sports. The college is also one of the best Engineering schools in the country. Its primary aim is to be the leader of the 21st century of engineering in Southeast Asia and Pacific. The College of Engineering occupies the whole Velasco Building and the first floor of Miguel Building.

College of Education (CED)

The College of Education holds the Bachelor of Science in Secondary Education, one of the oldest courses in the university. The college of Education is often looked down upon by the students of other schools. Yet, one cannot hide the fact that its courses are one of the most oldest and is also a specialty course of the De La Salle University. The dean of the college is Dr. Barbara Wong-Fernandez, and the vice dean is Dr. Remedios Miciano. The College of Education occupies the De La Salle Building, North Wing, 1st Floor (for the dean's office), the Yuchengco Building, and the Enrique Razon Building.

College of Science (COS)

The College of Science is one of the oremier science colleges in the country. It comprises the St. Joseph Building, the 2nd Floor houses the Math Department, 3rd Floor for the Chemistry and Biochemistry Department, the 4th floor for the Physics department, and the 6th floor for the Biology Department. It separated form the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) in 1982, for the development of the natural science courses in the university. The current dean is Dr. Gerardo Jenairo, and the vice-dean is Mr. Voltaire Mistades. The only crystallographer of the country, Dr. Wyona Patalinghug, is the chair of the Chemistry Department. The College of Science occupies the whole Joseph Building, and 2nd floor of the William Building. It also occupies the Science and Technology Research Center situated in Agno Street, junction of Castro St.

• • • Bachelor of Science in Human Biology is a Lasallian course in a different context,in that, this course has four years: two in the Manila campus, and the half in the Dasmarinas Campus, in Cavite. The other half years spent in the Dasma is equivalent to the 1st and 2nd years in Medicine, respectively. The program is comparative to that of the University of the Philippines' INTARMED (Basic Medical Science) Program.

Semi-Autonomous Colleges

College of Computer Science (CCS)

The College of Computer Science is the best in Southeast Asia. It shares its dean and vice dean with the De La Salle University Professional Schools, Inc. It is therefore safe to conclude that the College of Computer Studies is techniclaly not part of De La Salle University-Manila. The dean is Dr. Raymund Sison. The College is situated in the Gokongwei Building.

Autonomous Colleges

College of St. Benilde (CSB)

The College of St. Benilde is an autonomous college with its own dean, vice dean, admission policies, and set of rules. It is technically independent of the De La Salle University-Manila, but they have access to the DLSU-Manila's facilities. They have a different team, Blazers, with that of DLSU-Manila. The CSB is divided into four schools, the SDA (Design and Arts), SDEAS (Deaf Education and Applied Studies), SMS (Multidisciplinary Studies), SMT (Management and Technology), and their renowned SHRIM (Hotel Restaurant and Instituion Manegment. The Schools (except for SHRIM) is situated in the buildings of Benilde, Solomon and Mutien Marie. But, the SHRIM is situated in the Angelo King International Hotel-School.

La Salle Greenhills

La Salle Greenhills is autonomous from De La Salle University-Manila, unlike DLS-Zobel, another Lasallian school. It has its own president, Boys-only policy, and it often ties itself with the DLS-CSB, rather than to the Maain, which teams with DLS-Zobel. La Salle Greenhills is a sprawling campus in ortigas Avenue, shapoed nearly like a polygon. It has

Other Lasallian Colleges in Metro-Manila=

Other colleges in Manila which are also Lasallian are the DLS-Araneta Unuversity in Malabon City, and the other is the DLS-Emilio Aguinaldo College in Manila.

• 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) 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 (Committed Alliance for Lasallians), and the 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, which the university might take against a teacher, in case the students get a failing mark, 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.

• Elpidio Quirino
• Prospero Pichay
• Ortigas
• Tanada
• Jose Concepcion
• Mike Enriquez

• Other units of the De La Salle University System
  • DLS Araneta University
  • DLS Santiago Zobel School
  • DLSU Canlubang
  • DLSU College of Saint Benilde
  • DLSU Dasmariñas
  • DLSU Health Sciences Campus
  • DLSU Professional Schools, Inc.

• De La Salle University, Manila
• De La Salle University System
• De La Salle Santiago Zobel
• DLSU Canlubang
• DLSU College of Saint Benilde
• DLSU Dasmariñas
• DLSU Health Sciences Campus
• DLS Professional Schools, Inc.