LASALLIAN
THE LASALLIANN COMMUNITY
De La Salle University-Dasmariñas believes that student development is key to producing successful, socially conscious and competent citizens of the nation, and it all starts by experiencing a memorable and engaging student life. With a wide range of facilities that ensure the holistic development of the student population, the University makes sure that Lasallian students enjoy their campus experience in and out of the classroom.
As such, DLSU-D makes sports and recreation facilities open for students to promote wellness. Health and emergency services are also available to support faculty and students. Lasallians are also encouraged to join student government, interest organizations or groups that promote arts and culture.
The University also supports approved offcampus activities that expose students to different experiences such as community engagement and interaction with other institutions, as well as cultural immersions with international partner institutions that engage their social consciousness and prepare them for the workplace upon graduation.
LASALLIAN CORE VALUES
De La Salle University-Dasmariñas ensures that Lasallian education inculcates the value of social awareness among its students in order to mobilize them into action and inspire them into being catalysts for change and upliftment in the lives of their fellowmen.
Green in DLSU-D does not only refer to the school colors but to the University's commitment to push sustainable initiatives that are needed in a world faced with the challenges of environmental degradation and climate change. This is what makes DLSU-D the country's #1 school when it comes to sustainable practices as recognized by the international Greenmetric Ranking.
Globally, it ranks 50th in the world's greenest universities while in Asia, it has secured 11th place for sustainability.
LASALLIAN ACHEIVEMENTS
De La Salle University-Dasmariñas is an institution guided by the values of faith, zeal for service and communion in mission which is part and parcel of the Lasallian brand of education throughout the world.As such, the University takes the cudgels in promoting and supporting various advocacies that play an important role in addressing issues being faced by the community and society by encouraging students to become active agents of positive change.DLSU-D believes that education should not end within the four corners of the classroom and instead, extend beyond the academics for learners to understand their role in their families, communities, their localities and their country.In pursuit of these ideals, the University has institutionalized efforts to live out its vocation to serve. With programs and activities targeted towards promoting social consciousness, DLSU-D encourages students, faculty and staff to work together to bring about meaningful impact to the world we live in.
Guided by the values of faith, zeal for service, and communion in mission, the CLAC Graduate Studies seeks to strengthen and maintain quality education focusing on community spirit and lifelong learning by:keeping abreast with both modern trends in education and technology espoused with time-tested methodologies that can develop quality graduates;conducting classroom activities that can initiate proactive interaction and utilization of higher level of thinking;engaging extensively on research along the various fields of English Teaching, Filipino, and Social Sciences, specifically research projects that are geared towards the betterment of the quality of life of the community; andemploying competent faculty who have a deep commitment for academic excellence and professional and human development
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Guided by the Lasallian virtues of faith, zeal and communion in service, the University is at the forefront of building partnerships with communities in Dasmariñas that are in need of support in achieving social transformation. As a member of the community, De La Salle University-Dasmariñas ensures that Lasallian education inculcates the value of social awareness among its students in order to mobilize them into action and inspire them into being catalysts for change and upliftment in the lives of their fellowmen.Aside from partnerships with local communities, the University also participates in relief response efforts for disaster-stricken areas and involves itself in issues that have a deep and meaningful impact to society, sparking social consciousness and social action among members Lasallian community.
De La Salle University-Dasmariñas constantly engages in community extension efforts by partnering up with communities and institutions to empower and uplift the lives of the beneficiaries. Through the Lasallian Community Development Center, it implements proactive programs on livelihood, health, education and relief in times of disasters.Out of School YouthDLSU-D provides an opportunity for out of school youths seeking to take Department of Education's (DepEd) Assessment and Equivalency exam with evening classes facilitated by faculty members who volunteer their time to teach these students for free under the Balik Aral Program.Night College ScholarshipsSimilar to the Balik Aral Program, the College of Business Administration and Accountacy offers scholarship opportunities to poor but deserving students who want to complete business programs under the tutelage of CBAA faculty members who donate their time for the program.
AROWWAIGETTING AROUND DLSUD
to be in college is to embrace exceptional education and holistic training, and at the same time, savor an ambiance of fresh and green environs that even spurs learning and makes it even more fun and relaxing. de la salle university-dasmariñas is the best venue for your professional preparation. dlsu-d offers an unconventional take on education and allows students to learn in an environment surrounded by nature and inculcates in them not only the lasallian values of faith, zeal and service but also allows them to experience and participate in socially responsible projects throughout their stay in the university.
MUSEO DE LA SALLE
The Museo de La Salle, located within the campus of the De La Salle UniversityDasmariñas, is a unique, cultural, crossdisciplinary institution serving as a permanent museum of the De La Salle University System. As a resource center for both indoor and outdoor collections, it dedicates itself to the gathering of collectible objects of intrinsic value significant to the preservation of certain aspects of the Philippine ilustrado lifestyle.
The Museo de La Salle envisions itself to be a leading contributor to the Philippine University museums' movement. It seeks to form productive partnerships that serve communities in creative ways It vows to assist the member schools of the System in the core areas of teaching, research, community outreach, and administration Through active collaboration with other museums in the nation, it promotes the interests of museology and upholds appreciation of the arts and culture.
GRADUATE STUDIES
De La Salle University-Dasmariñas' graduate programs provide students with an avenue to pursue advanced degrees in different fields of learning. These Masters and Doctorate programs adhere to world class standards of education that caters to the demands of global industries and prove advantageous to graduates of the programs.
De La Salle University is home to local and international students seeking quality education for a brighter future ahead. It is situated in a vibrant city where culture and diversity is well manifested.
LASALLIAN
De La Salle University is an internationally recognized Catholic university in the Philippines established by the Brothers of the Christian Schools in 1911. Inspired by the charism of St. John Baptist de La Salle, the University community, together and by association, provides quality human and Christian education by teaching minds, touching hearts, and transforming lives
Vision-Mission
A leading learner-centered and research University bridging faith and scholarship, attuned to a sustainable Earth, and in the service of Church and society, especially the poor and marginalized
Core Values Faith
DLSU is committed to nurturing a community of distinguished and morally upright scholars that harmonizes faith and life with contemporary knowledge in order to generate and propagate new knowledge for human development and social transformation Service
DLSU is committed to being a resource for Church and nation and to being socially responsible in building a just, peaceful, stable, and progressive Filipino nation.
Communion
DLSU is committed to building a community of leaders, competent professionals, scholars, researchers, and entrepreneurs, who will participate actively in improving the quality of life in Philippine society within the perspective of Christian ideals and values
The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) has granted autonomous status to De La Salle University (DLSU) for a period of five (5) years from September 2021 to May 2025 (per CHED Memorandum Order 07, series 2021) De La Salle University commits to continuous quality improvement by subjecting itself regularly to external accreditation and assessment by national and international organizations These visits cover both institution-wide exercises and assessments of individual academic programs DLSU has been granted Institutional Accreditation status by the Federation of Accrediting Agencies of the Philippines (FAAP) for having demonstrated the highest standards of instruction, research, and community engagement and having developed wide networks and linkages with other educational institutions.
DLSU’s undergraduate programs have achieved the highest accreditation of Level IV and the postgraduate programs of Br Andrew Gonzalez College of Education, College of Liberal Arts and College of Science have also been granted Level III status While the Level IV status of the applicant programs lapsed in 2018, these programs were granted a five-year re-accreditation until 2024
Following an outcomes-based and typology-based national quality assurance process by the Philippine Commission on Higher Education (CHED), DLSU has been granted autonomous status from April 1, 2016 to May 31, 2021 (per CHED Memorandum Order 20, series 2016). CHED has further designated 14 academic programs of DLSU as Centers of Excellence (COEs) to recognize units “which continuously demonstrate excellent performance in the areas of instruction, research and publication, extension and linkages and institutional qualifications ” An additional five academic programs have been named as Centers of Development (CODs) or units “that demonstrate potential for becoming a COE ”
Since regional program assessments began in 2007, half of DLSU’s 36 academic departments have been visited by international teams from the ASEAN University Network (AUN-QA); DLSU was also granted the AUN quality mark at the institutional level in 2017. Its Engineering programs received accreditation in 2019 from the Accrediting Body for Engineering and Technology (ABET) and the Philippine Technological Council (PTC-ACBET).
In 2018, DLSU became the first Philippine private institution ranked within the research-intensive Times Higher Education World University Rankings. It remains the top-ranked Philippine institution in Education (301-400), according to THE’s 2023 Subject Rankings
GUIDING GUIDING PGUIDING PRINCIPLES PRINCIPLES RINCIPLES
the Foundational Principles of Lasallian Formation, the Principles of Lasallian Education in the Philippines, and the Principles of Lasallian Social Development, are products of an ongoing effort to define and clarify the nature of the Lasallian presence and mission in the country today. They are the direct result of resolutions passed during the First Lasallian Family Convocation of 2003 calling for the strengthening of the sense of Lasallian identity and the deepening of the Lasallian charism among individuals and institutions in the Philippine District Each of these statements builds on three values which are fundamental to Lasallian identity: the spirit of faith, zeal for service, and communion in mission. The intention of each of the three documents is to articulate the commitments that flow from these values in relation to the training and formation of Lasallian associates and partners, the conduct of the Lasallian educational mission in schools and the socio-political involvement of the Lasallian Family
The preamble of the Foundational Principles of Lasallian Formation articulates the core values of Lasallian identity.
In this sense, it is the ‘‘heart’’ of the three documents. The values of faith, zeal for service, and communion, taken together as dimensions of one spirit, capture an important dynamism that goes back to the time of the Founder and his first associates It is this same dynamism that has given rise to the countless apostolic initiatives and innovations that have since grown out of St. John Baptist de La Salle’s initial response to the call of God discerned in the needs of poor and abandoned youth. Taken as one spirit, the spirit of faith, zeal and communion provide a paradigm for living the Lasallian story today.
These documents are intended to stimulate apostolic creativity, not to restrict it The intention of the members of the three committees tasked with drawing up these documents was to provide a starting point for discernment regarding the way the Lasallian charism and mission are to be incarnated in Philippine society today. They are intended to provide principles and parameters rather than specific answers and solutions It is the task of individuals and institutions using these documents to find ways in which to develop their own contextualized way of living out the Lasallian story in creative fidelity to the principles articulated herein.
The Brothers’ mission in the Philippines began in 1911, when the first group of foreign Brothers arrived in Manila. At first, people thought that the Brothers were like the Spanish friars of the conventos since they were men of God who taught the youth the basics of the Christian faith. But as people worked with the Brothers, they began to understand that the Brothers were not priests, but full-time religious educators who were inspired by the example of their founder, St. John Baptist de La Salle and have consecrated their lives for the service of youth. If the Brothers then had been involved with priestly functions, the Brothers would not be able to totally dedicate their time to the young.
This is why, to this day, the Brothers remained lay religious completely devoted to the ministry of the religious education of youth. Although the Brother does not officiate in the Sacraments, it is the life of the young people that the Brother seeks to transform.
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Many students realized that the time to carve one ’ s own identity had come It was then necessary for the foreign Brothers to train Filipino Brothers to take charge of the schools. With the growth of Filipino vocations, a formation program uniquely Filipino and Lasallian evolved The total formation of the young brother in areas like work, personal reflection, and prayer. Studies in theology and pedagogy enables him to discern the call of God in his life. This leads him to make an initial commitment to a life of consecration, community and mission
After his initial formation, the young Brother is sent to a community where with other Brothers, he fulfills the ministry of educating the youth
For a number of Brothers, working in the schools is not enough. There emerged a movement to explore the so-called non-traditional apostolates Wanting to be of direct service to the poor, the Brothers began by immersing themselves with the poorest rural / urban communities such as living with sugar workers, assisting lepers in a colony, attending to children in a street children center, and facilitating livelihood projects
Because the Brothers have diverse apostolates, one would think that the Brothers live apart from each other But the Brother is not like a priest As a religious, the Brother has a vow of association in a community where he lives with his fellow Brothers The Brother makes the community his home where they could enjoy the companionship of his Brothers.
For the Brothers, making such school communities accessible to all has been a constant concern. Whenever possible, the Brothers encourage their colleagues to initiate projects especially for the poor in their area Although the Brothers are able to support many scholars, the Brothers realize that there are still many more places the Brothers can be of service
For the hopes of youth are close to God’s heart and for every young mind filled with dreams, God invites a young man to listen to the youth and dedicate his life to make those dreams come true Whether teaching in an established school or volunteering in a non-traditional apostolate, the Brother works to influence the young and hopes that together they will both create a better world filled with the love of Christ and the reign of justice and peace
As he became aware, by God’s grace, of the human and spiritual distress of the ‘children of the artisans and the poor, ’ John Baptist de La Salle devoted himself to forming schoolmasters totally dedicated to teaching and to Christian education He brought these teachers together in a community and subsequently founded with them the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools.” (R 1.1)
In creative fidelity to our Founder’s inspiration, we, the Lasallian formators in the Philippines, commit ourselves to assuring the vitality and continuity of the Founder’s mission by providing a genuine Lasallian formation to all members of the Lasallian Family in the Philippines
Believing in a God of goodness and compassion who wills the integral liberation and salvation of all, we as Lasallian formators commit ourselves to educating and forming persons of faith and zeal who will make the saving compassion of God a living and effective reality in the lives of men and women today, especially those who are poor and vulnerable in society
We believe that the vocation of an authentic Lasallian is essentially a free and willing collaboration with God in the work of building truly human communities that refl ect the values of God’s kingdom as expressed in the Gospel. Thus, the process of Lasallian formation is about enabling persons to acquire the vision, values, attitudes and practices that support collaboration with God’s creative and redemptive action in the world
In the Lasallian tradition, there are three constitutive elements that enable this participation These elements, taken together as one dynamic unity, provide a way of integrating and expressing every Lasallian’s vocation.
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PRINCIPLES PRINCIPLES
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The spirit of faith flows from a relationship of communion with the Triune God who wills to save all people by drawing them into a lifegiving communion with him and with one another in the Lasallian tradition, the spirit of faith is a spirit that allows one to: discover God’s active presence in his Word, in men and women, in the poor, in nature, in history, and in ourselves; judge and evaluate things in the light of the gospel, search for God’s will in order to carry out his saving plan, unite one ’ s actions to the ongoing saving action of God in the world and trust in God’s loving presence and providence when acting or discerning God’s will.
Zeal is the active expression of faith in gospel witness and service. It is oriented towards the integral salvation of persons, particularly the poor and the excluded. Zeal is the enthusiastic and total gift of self for the sake of the mission expressed in such qualities as gratuity and generosity, creativity and fortitude, compassion and commitment. It involves a preferential concern for the poor and the vulnerable. The desire to be of greater service to others conditions the quest for excellence and continuous self-improvement
Communion recalls the dynamic of association by which the first Brothers bonded together for the sake of the particular mission entrusted to them by God. Communion has four dimensions. As a relationship with God, it is the source of all mission and ministry; as a way of accomplishing mission, it suggests the solidarity and collaboration that comes from sharing in one vision, one spirit and one mission; as a way of relating to others, it suggests openness to all persons and the desire to be brother or sister to all especially those in need; as a goal of mission, it suggests the unity that comes through reconciliation between God, human beings and creation.
COMMUNION COMMUNION COMMUNION
All Lasallian educators are considered formators by virtue of their participation in the Lasallian experience of education and formation. Moreover, those who enable persons to acquire vision, values, and practices through activities initiated by the campus ministry, social action, guidance counseling, and Lasallian Family offices are considered in a more formal sense as Lasallian formators
Integral salvation and liberation – Integral salvation refers to the salvation of the whole person in communion with others and with the whole of creation. This salvation embraces the physical, intellectual, affective, imaginative, moral-spiritual, and social-relational dimensions of human existence. It can be experienced in a partial way in history but awaits consummation at the end of time Liberation that is integral has four aspects: personal liberation is freedom from human ignorance, immaturity and psychological impediments for mature self-possession, self-commitment and self-giving; spiritual liberation is freedom from the alienation of sin and religious ignorance for the life of virtue in communion with God and others; social-political liberation refers to freedom from unjust and dehumanizing structures and social arrangements for participation in social arrangements that facilitate respect for human dignity and solidarity; cosmic liberation refers to freedom from destructive ways of relating to creation for modes of relationship that respect the harmony and integrity of all created things.
Poor and vulnerable -The term refers in the fi rst place to the economically poor and to all those deprived of the means to realize their dignity as persons In a broader sense, these are men, women and children who suff er from various forms of “poverty as frustration,” the impoverishment born of injustice, physical and social evils, personal insufficiency and failure.
The spirit of faith – The spirit of faith is a disposition of the mind and heart that (1) allows believers to interpret, judge and evaluate reality in the light of the Gospel; (2 ) moves and motivates them to contribute actively to the fulfi llment of God’s saving plan; (3) enables them to take necessary risks and act with boldness in accomplishing what is demanded by each situation, placing their trust in God’s providence to guide, sustain and make fruitful their efforts
In his letter to young Lasallians (July 2002), the Superior General, Br Alvaro Rodriguez Echevarria FSC, writes:
“First of all, the spirit of faith invites us to look at life, events, history, as places where God is made manifest Here we are speaking of looking at everything in the light of faith or in the light of God, and to discover Him present in his Word, in men and women, in the poor, in nature, in history, and in ourselves “In the GOSPEL, his Word is always alive and ever present For De La Salle, the Gospel was not a book which evoked a story of the past, but the Good News of a close God who loves us as we are “today ” And it is up to us to make that gratuitous love present to the world, that love which we experience in our lives “In HUMAN PERSONS made in the image of God and the revelation of his mysteries “In the POOR If everyone is a refl ection of the face of God it is especially in the poor where his manifestation is greater. The Founder invites us to “recognize Jesus beneath the poor rags of the children” (Meditation 96.3). The more we have this attitude, the more we will be attentive and sensitive to all forms that are opposed to God’s saving plan Being sensitive to, and defending human rights, especially those of children, is part of our Lasallian vocation “In NATURE, the place of the marvels of God It is this nature, which each year is renewed in passing from the death of winter to the life of spring We need only to open our eyes to fi nd God The sky, mountains, the sea all of these are gifts from God By means of the book of the world, we can reach the author of everything “In HISTORY, the place of God’s activities, where his saving plan is made manifest. In a certain way for the Christian, all of history is sacred, because it reveals God and his love for the world Therefore, two types of reading are mandatory for all young Lasallians The Bible, especially the Gospels, where God is revealed in his Word and the newspaper or the television news, where each day I can discover the face of God through world events about which I cannot be indiff erent. “In MYSELF, the temple of the Trinity. The more I go deeply into myself the more I encounter God This was the experience of Saint Augustine: ‘I loved you late in life, beauty so ancient and so new, I loved you late in life You were in my inner being and I was outside and I set about searching for you in all the beautiful things created by You ’” You ’
“Saint John Baptist de La Salle invites us to look at the world with the eyes of faith in such a way that we can say that the two Lasallian places of encounter with God are REALITY and the WORD OF GOD. De La Salle always looked upon everything with a contemplative view of reality, a double view, if you will On the one hand, there is God’s saving plan, discovered in his Word and in prayer; on the other hand, there is the historic view of the abandonment of the children of artisans and the poor Both views have the same goal: to put the means of salvation within the reach of young people who are far from it ” “ the spirit of faith invites us always to search for God’s will Basically, this involves “ searching for the best way to carry out God’s saving plan.” (Br. Alvaro Rodriguez Echevarria FSC). God’s saving plan is the integral salvation and liberation of all, and especially of those who experience the greatest level of need “It is interesting to note that our Founder in his writings cites this text from John four times: ‘I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly ’ (John 10:10) God’s ‘will is that each person might have a full life Therefore, because I have experienced
