ASEAN University Network

Source: ASEAN University Network

Rectors and BOT meetingsCebu City, June 18-20, 2014

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AUN board members

AUN meeting participantspresidents · rectors · vice chancellors · resource persons

3 Philippine UniversitiesDe La Salle University

Ateneo de Manila UniversityUniversity of the Philippines

Brunei DarussalamCambodiaIndonesiaLao PDRMalaysiaMyanmar

The PhilippinesSingaporeThailandVietnam

The current and only Philippine representative to the AUN Board is the President and Chancellor of DLSU, Br. Ricardo Laguda FSC.

The AUN is an existing network of leading universities and

institutions of higher learning in the region that seeks to

develop a regional identity through the promotion of human

resource development. DLSU is a founding a member of AUN.

2 3 J U N 2 0 1 402VOLUME 46

NUMBERTHE OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF

DE LA SALLE UNIVERSITY

2401 (twen´te fôr´,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.

F A C T S a n d F I G U R E S

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DE LA SALLE UNIVERSITY HOSTED

the 6th ASEAN University Network’s

Rectors Meeting, which focused on the

theme “Driving towards a promising

ASEAN society with university quality

management,” at the Shangri-La Mactan,

Cebu last June 18.

AUN tackles institutional quality management

INSIDE:

see page 3

New committee to aid in DLSU community engagement goals

SDRC highlights research efforts on Yolanda aftermath

Guest lecturer presents infrastructure research

on disaster risk reduction

New head of Society of Fellows The participants of the Rectors and BOT meetings of AUN. Photo by Greg Guinto

New committee to aid in DLSU community engagement goals

Suicide first-aid guidelines for teachers

TO CONTRIBUTE TO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT GOALS OF

THE UNIVERSITY and provide engagement opportunities to its

members, the Community Engagement Committee (CEC) was

recently established by the Office of the Vice Chancellor for

Lasallian Mission and Student Affairs Office.

Following the theme: “Engage in meaningful and sustained

initiatives to improve quality of life,” the committee identified

its partner and beneficiary, F.G. Calderon Integrated School in

Tondo, Manila.

The school caters to 3,400 students coming from various areas

of Manila and Caloocan City.

The project supports Republic Act 8525 “Adopt a School Act

of 1998” which establishes the situation of public education in

the country and the opportunity for institutions to respond.

Education as the charism of St. John Baptist de La Salle was the

moving principle in choosing F. G. Calderon Integrated School as

partner. An initial visit and consultation were conducted to verify

the needs of the partner organization and the capacity of the

Lasallian Mission Community to respond to their plight.

THE LASALLIAN MISSION COMMUNITY

ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE, in partnership

with the Office of Counseling and Career

Services, facilitated a seminar-workshop

on “Suicide First-Aid Guidelines” for 72

teachers of F. G. Calderon Integrated

School last April 29 at DLSU Enrique

Razon Sports Center.

The interactive workshop focused

on various factors contributing to the

development of suicide-related conditions

among the youth. Discussions included

how to spot signs and symptoms of

suicidal individuals and dealing with them

through empathic listening and counseling

referrals.

Case studies and role plays with artists

from Bagong Silang Caloocan Community

highlighted the afternoon session. OCCS

Director Dr. Susana Estanislao, with

Counselors Marissa Pascual and Jose

Alejo, led the discussions.

Simultaneously, the Student Media Office

facilitated a journalism workshop for

students of Calderon Integrated High

School. Eleven students and faculty

advisers attended the workshop. The

training equipped student media officers

of F. G. Calderon Integrated School with

reporting, journalism,

and advocacy skills.

Lasallian volunteers participate in various community activities.Photos by Alecs Ongcal

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DLSU President and Chancellor Br. Ricardo Laguda FSC

delivered the welcome remarks for the event, which was attended

by the presidents, rectors, vice chancellors, and resource

persons of AUN member universities.

The meeting featured a lecture on world-class quality

management, particularly on the case of National University of

Singapore, by its Deputy President for Academic Affairs and

Provost, Prof. Tan Eng Chye.

Participants conducted workshops on how to move from

program assessment to institutional assessment; AUN credit

transfer, which seeks to promote and facilitate student and

academic mobility; ASEAN student leader forum; and the

establishment of the AUN health promotion sub-network.

DLSU also hosted the 30th AUN Board of Trustees Meeting on

June 19-20, which discussed, among others, the status of the

implementation of programs and activities within ASEAN and with

its partners.

AUN, from page 1

DLSU faculty discusses sustainable structures with Japanese students

Nagoya prof gives talk on damage evaluation analysis

GCOE CIVIL ENGINEERING FACULTY DR. ANDRES ORETA

DELIVERED a lecture on “CE Research on Safe and Sustainable

Infrastructure at DLSU” in a seminar for civil engineering graduates

students at the Nagoya University Department of Civil Engineering

last May 2.

This, in addition to pursuing collaborative activities with educational

institutions in Japan, was the objective of Oreta in his recent visits

to Tokyo Institute of Technology (TIT) and Nagoya University.

Oreta also met with Professor Soichi Hirose, chair of the

Environmental Informatics Group of Tokyo Institute of Technology,

to discuss possible research activities on the topic of non-

destructive testing.

Hirose shared information about the Earthquake Engineering

Program at TIT, which aims to produce highly skilled engineers and

researchers, in the Masters and Doctorate level, on earthquake

hazard mitigation.

THE GOKONGWEI COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, IN COOPERATION

WITH AMIHAN GLOBAL STRATEGIES, held “Digital Transformation

Forum” as part of its Enterprise Briefing Series last May 29 on

campus.

The forum featured Dr. Jayakanth Srinivasan, a faculty member

of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of

Management, and Mia Umanos, director of Analytics Digitaria.

The two shared expertise on the concept of sustainable enterprise

transformation and how consumer data can be harnessed towards

more insightful decision-making.

Srinivasan underscored the use of seven principles of enterprise

transformation as a guide to affect change in the organization,

from the assessment of the current business state to identifying

improvement opportunities, to its execution cycle.

In her lecture entitled “Understanding the Digital Consumer,”

Umanos highlighted how consumer data could be harnessed for

more insightful decision-making through the application of analytics

to customer interaction data.

Through multiple touchpoints with customers, Umanos detailed that

organizations could continually accumulate data and could, thus,

understand shifts in consumer behavior and better identify needs

and measure success.

TO CELEBRATE ITS 35TH YEAR the Social Development Research

Center held “SDRC @ 35: Crossing Boundaries, Advancing Beyond

Change” at the Henry Sy, Sr. Hall last April 28.

The event served as a forum for its stakeholders and funding

agencies. The highlight was the center’s current research

efforts into the immediate effects of Typhoon Yolanda upon the

marginalized families of Leyte.

Studies on poverty alleviation, adapting to climate change in

Southeast Asia, reproductive and health needs of women with

disabilities, and health facility assessment of barangay health

stations were also presented.

A memorandum of agreement was also signed between the SRDC

and the Department of Social Welfare and Development. This

educational institution and government agency partnership is a

research and data sharing initiative that aims to analyze the impact,

outcomes, and implementation of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino

Program.

TO PROMOTE DISASTER

RISK REDUCTION AND

INFRASTRUCTURE

DEVELOPMENT, DLSU invited

the chair of the Civil Engineering

Department of Nagoya

University, Japan, Professor

Hikaru Nakamura, as guest

lecturer in a graduate seminar

on campus recently.

Nakamura delivered his lecture

on “Damage Evaluation Analysis

and Repair/Strengthening

Method of Concrete Members

due to Earthquakes,” which

covered seismic damage

assessment and stressed the

importance of damage evaluation

of concrete structures before

an earthquake takes place.

He also presented the use of

nonlinear analysis for damage

evaluation and some rapid repair

and strengthening methods that

were developed for restoration of

damaged structures.

Chairman of the DLSU Civil

Engineering Department Jason

Ongpeng presented Nakamura

with a certificate of appreciation.

The Seminar on Disaster Risk

Reduction and Infrastructure

Development is a course offered

to students taking up masteral

and doctoral degrees in Civil

Engineering. This course was

facilitated by faculty members Dr.

Andres Oreta and Dr. Lessandro

Garciano.

Enterprise briefing tackles sustainable practice and the digital consumer

New head of the Society of Fellows

Visiting prof underscores productive teaching, student responsiveness

NOTED MARINE BIOLOGIST DR. WILFREDO

ROEHL LICUANAN of the College of Science

was recently announced as new Head of the

Society of Fellows effective Term 1 AY 2014-

2015. The Society is composed of faculty

who have been conferred the title of University

Fellow in recognition of their distinguished

teaching, research, and publication in their

field of study, and their meritorious service to

the University.

Licuanan, who concurrently serves as Director

of the Br. Alfred Shields FSC Ocean Research

(SHORE) Center, succeeds

Dr. Susan M. Gallardo of the Gokongwei

College of Engineering.

Licuanan

SDRC highlights research efforts on Yolanda aftermath

DLSU VISITING PROFESSOR DR. BILL ATWEH delivered the first of two lectures

on student centered education last June 20 at the Br. Andrew Gonzalez Hall.

His talk was organized by the Br. Andrew Gonzalez FSC College of Education.

The lecture, “Beyond the Rhetoric of Student Centred Education: Productive

Pedagogy as a Tool for Improving Research and Teaching,” focused on how

the Productive Pedagogy framework places teachers at the core of educative

processes for a better understanding of what schools are for.

The second of the series is entitled, “Social Response-able Education: A Focus

on Quality and Equity Agendas in Education,” and will focus on how students

must be shown the ways that education is practical and closely linked to real-

world situations. It will be held on June 27.

Atweh is an international educational consultant. He has worked in over 10

countries around the world in South America, Europe and Asia.

Prof. Hikaru Nakamura, middle, receives a certificate of appreciation from the Gokongwei College of Engineering.

Posted By AWCO to Civil Engineering Dept., DLSU-Manila - AnimoCIVnews:Online at 5/29/2014

Photo above shows Dr. Andres Oreta delivering a lecture at Nagoya University; below, NU professors and graduate students.

Posted By AWCO to Civil Engineering Dept., DLSU-Manila - AnimoCIVnews:Online at 5/03/2014

Engineering researches on safety and sustainability

Clockwise, from left: the SDRC and DSWD MOA signatories, Dr. Melvin Jabar of SDRC, current URCO director Dr. Feorillo Petronilo Demetrio III, and DSWD Director Rodora Babaran; the conference participants; and VCRI Dr. Raymond Tan.

Photos by Greg Guinto

AtwehPhoto source: Mark Angelou Galivo