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Student leader participates in Ayala summit

APPLIED CORPORATE MANAGEMENT STUDENT Janine
Noblezada of DLSU has been chosen as one of the participants of the 14th National Ayala Young Leaders Congress (AYLC), a prestigious summit of the countrys top student leaders. The event will be held on February 7-10 in Tagaytay. The AYLC is one of the Ayala Group of Companies programs for national
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development. The Congress piloted a mentoring program to nurture its partnership with selected schools in the continuous development of young leaders. Noblezada was chosen among 709 applicants from 105 colleges. She serves as Executive Secretary of the University Student Government.

New home for Asian organization

THE ASIAN POLITICAL AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES ASSOCIATION (APISA) SECRETARIAT WILL RELOCATE
to DLSU under the International Studies Department (ISD). The executive committee made its decision during its fifth congress last November 24 to 25 held in Taichung, Taiwan. Previously, the secretariat was based at the School of History, Politics and Strategic Studies, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) in Kuala Lumpur since its establishment in 2001. Dr. Julio Teehankee, the outgoing president of the congress, led the Lasallian delegation composed of faculty members and graduate students from the Political Science Department (PSD) and ISD. APISA is Asias leading academic organization dealing with political and international studies. Modeled on academic institutions in North America and Western Europe, APISA serves as an academic community for scholars working on Asia. The Association organizes the biannual congress and sponsors a range of academic and professional activities such as book awards, fellowships, regional and international conferences and workshops, and capacity-building.

INSIDE: New home for Asian organization Outstanding mobile apps win in KFC innovation contest Assistance for Sendong victims Monash emerges victorious in debate olympics
source: DLSU-World Universities Debating Championship (WUDC or Worlds)
Projects like One Million Trees and Beyond will be supported by the Green Life Fund.

DLSU establishes Green Life Fund

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2401 (twente fr,o, wun) is a landmark number along Taft Avenue. It is the location ID of De La Salle University, home to outstanding faculty and students, and birthplace of luminaries in business, public service, education, the arts, and science. And 2401 is the name of the official newsletter of DLSU, featuring developments and stories of interest about the University.

ON THE OCCASION of De La
Salle Universitys centennial year and to affirm its commitment to environmental sustainability during the first DLSU

Environment Week, the Office of the President and Chancellor has established the Green Life Fund. The fund is meant to support the institutions environmental see page 3

Fund, from page 1 projects and to provide a base for fundraising initiatives. An initial allocation of P2 million was made for an endowment fund that will support multidisciplinary environmental projects. Another P1 million was set aside to establish a comprehensive DLSU waste management plan. DLSU believes the academe plays a crucial role in finding A key facet of the funds vision is to consolidate, not centralize, our efforts that aim to create a more sustainable environment, says Josemari Calleja, Associate Vice Chancellor for Campus Services and Director of the Campus Sustainability Office, the unit tasked to spearhead the Universitys institutional environmental efforts. Br. Bernard Oca FSC, Vice Chancellor for Lasallian Mission and Alumni Relations, points out, DLSUs commitment to environmental sustainability is an integral part of the Philippine Lasallian Familys effort to preserve the integrity of creation. solutions to our current environmental concerns and preparing to meet emerging ones, according to Br. Narciso Erguiza, Jr. FSC, DLSU President and Chancellor.

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Outstanding mobile apps win in KFC innovation contest

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CHED-ZRC symposium tackles Filipino integrity

THE DLSU COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION ZONAL RESEARCH CENTER (CHED-ZRC) CONDUCTED a series of studies that
examined actual practices of integrity at several levels of organization: the self, the family, the community, and society. The significant findings of these studies were presented in A Symposium on Filipino Integrity: Beliefs and The theme is ever relevant for all of us, especially for leaders whose decisions significantly define the boundaries of freedom and opportunities for other people, and whose values influence the views and attitudes of the less privileged lot, as well as of the young minds we shape and who follow our footsteps, DLSU President and Chancellor Br. Narciso Erguiza Jr. FSC said in his welcome
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Practices last November at the Angelo King International Center campus of the DLS-College of Saint Benilde. Generating discourse on values, beliefs. and practices, both formal and informal, the symposium sought to contribute to the strengthening of the practices on integrity.

Monash emerges victorious in debate olympics

MONASH UNIVERSITY WAS DECLARED the champion of the 32nd De La
Salle-San Miguel World Universities Debating Championship (WUDC) after an exciting Grand Finals at the Philippine International Convention Center last January 3. As world champions, Amit Golder and Kiran Iyer received a trophy and laptops from Lenovo. Golder and Iyers success gave Monash University a back-to-back win in the annual WUDC. The three other teams that qualified to the Grand Finals were from Stanford University (Michael Baer and Faris Mohiuddin), Oxford University (Steph Bell and Jen Coyne), and University of Sydney (Daniel Swaine and Eleanor Jones). The motion of the Grand Finals was This house supports nationalism. The panel that adjudicated the round included Cambridge alumnus debater Sam Block, Adam Goldstein, Joe Roussos, Art Ward, Tate Thomas, Kirsten Price, Mary Nugent, Zhen Saddiqy, and La Salle alumna Lucinda David, who headed the panel. In the English as a Second Language (ESL)

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ME hosts confab on new educational framework

THE MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT HOSTED the 3rd Philippine Institute
of Mechanical Engineering Educators (PIMEE) Conference last November 18. It was in cooperation with the Mechanical Engineering Society and simultaneously held with the 11th Mechanical Engineering Students Conference. Participants discussed the challenges as well as the preparations for the OBE system, which focuses on developing particular skills for students in the field. Sponsored by the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), Philippine Chapter, the event was concluded with a fellowship night among ME students. With the theme, Towards an Outcomesbased Mechanical Engineering Education in the Philippines: Leveling Up to a Global State of Play, the conference tackled the outcomes-based education (OBE) system recently implemented for mechanical engineering.

DLSU and KFC hosted the first KFC Youth Innovation Office, a mobile application development competition for the Google Android platform. Students of the College of Computer Studies were invited to take part in revolutionizing the mobile Android market by creating their unique groundbreaking apps. Winning the first prize was the team of Jules Jermyn Ang and August Lee Jr. for their KFC OnTheGo! application. Yuyu Lai and Calvin Onkingco bagged the second prize for their entry KFC Hotshot, while Jan Ivan Cheng and John Christian Soler bagged the 3rd prize for KFC Sales. The awarding ceremony was held on December 19.

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Assistance for Sendong victims

A TEAM from De La Salle University
is going to Iligan City this January to undertake an assessment of the damage and capacities as well as the psychosocial intervention needed by individuals and communities affected by Typhoon Sendong (international name: Washi). Members of the team will include Fr. Luke Moortgat and the Universitys Center for Social Concern and Action (COSCA) staff. COSCA also announced that it is still accepting donations Likewise, with the support of the alumni, the school was able to undertake medical and dental services to the evacuees. in cash and check while imposing a temporary moratorium on donations in kind since all major freight services for the disaster sites are prioritizing construction materials and medicines. Based on the reports of the La Salle Academy Disaster Response Committee as of January 3, the relief items sent to Iligian City were able to help 11,266 families in 30 communities. The goods were delivered through the assistance of the Philippine Army truck and private individuals.

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category of the debate tournament, Omer Nevo and Sella Nevo from Tel Aviv University emerged victorious. Meanwhile, Ewha Womans University from South Korea was the champion in the English as a Foreign Language (EFL) category. The event was hosted by De La Salle University and San Miguel Corporation.

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PROJECT CARBON NEUTRAL (PCN)

is DLSUs commitment to have an institutional zero net carbon footprint. This is the Philippine Lasallian Familys effort to become better stewards of the environment.

I will often consider myself as an instrument which is of no use except in the hands of the workman.
---St. John Baptist de La Salle

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