On Community Engagement

A View From Taft

BusinessWorld, June 28, 2012

I wrote this article for The View From Taft column of the BusinessWorld (a newspaper). In this article, I discussed "Social entrepreneurship" as a means of enabling the community and consequently alleviating poverty.

On External Linkages

P&G Recruitment Celebratory Dinner

Procter&Gamble Philippines hosted a recruitment celebratory dinner with RVRCOB faculty, administrators, and outstanding graduates last June 18, 2012 at Midas Hotel, along Roxas Boulevard in Pasay City. P&G was represented by Mr. Joel Baculi, Mr. Jesse Teo, and Ms. Joy Ann Tan. It was attended by Dr. Brian Gozun, Atty. Christopher Cruz, Dr. Junette Perez, Ms. Gina Manaligod, Ms. Hilda Salendrez, Mr. Florenz Tugas, Mr. Bonvin Nuqui, Mr. Mark Cheng, and Ms. Jemima Vivo.

On Internationalization

Meeting with Donald Amoroso, Ph.D.

Last June 19, 2012, we met with Dr. Donald Amoroso, Executive Director of International Center for Innovation and Technology of the Kennesaw State University, through Mr. Raymund Habaradas to explore opportunities for research collaboration on innovation and technology at the DLSU Cooperative Conference Room. The meeting was also attended by Dr. Aida Velasco, CBERD Director.

On Committee Coordinators and Meetings Schedule

Academic Year 2012-2013

Academic Departments	COORDINATORS
	Community Engagement	External Competitions	OJT/Practicum
Accountancy	Ms. Hilda Salendrez	Mr. Florenz Tugas	Ms. Nimpha Aquino
Commercial Law	Atty. Andrei De Jesus	Atty. Eduard Chico	Atty. Henry Caraan
Decision Sciences and Innovation	Mr. Stephen Earl Chow Ms. Erlinda Pangan	Mr. Raymund Dimaranan Mr. Jyro Triviño	IBS: Dr. Ma. VictoriaTibon ENT: Ms. Honor Dimapilis MGT: Mr. Jyro Triviño
Financial Management	Dr. Junette Perez Mr. Lester Yee	Mr. Clive Wee Sit Mr. Lester Yee	Ms. Vivian Elazar
Management and Organization	Ms. Pia Manalastas Dr. Divina Edralin Ms. Beatriz Tschoepke	Ms. Pia Manalastas Ms. Beatriz Tschoepke	Dr. Andrea Santiago Mr. Reynaldo Bautista
Marketing Management	Ms. Dang De Mesa	Mr. Benison Cu	Ms. Jhoana Acosta

	SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS*
	Community Engagement	External Competitions	OJT/Practicum
Term 1	June 20, Wed. 2:00pm - 3:30pm (Conf. Rm. C) July 17, Tue. 3:30pm - 5:00pm (Conf. Rm. C)	June 20, Wed. 3:30pm - 5:00pm (Conf. Rm. C) Aug. 16, Thu. 2:00pm - 3:30pm (Conf. Rm. C)	July 17, Tue. 2:00pm - 3:30pm (Conf. Rm. C) Aug. 16, Thu. 3:30pm - 5:00pm            (Conf. Rm. C)
Term 2	TBA	TBA	TBA
Term 3	TBA	TBA	TBA

*Twice every term.

On External Linkages

Updates on OJT per Department*
Reported during Academic Year 2012-2013

Academic Departments	Activities
	First Term	Second Term	Third Term
Accountancy	Partner Firm - Number of Student Interns (1) Reyes Tacandong & Co. -   28 (2) SGV & Co. - 26 (3) Isla Lipana & Co. - 15 (4) Punongbayan & Araullo - 8 (5) Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas - 1
Commercial Law
Decision Sciences and Innovation
Financial Management
Management and Organization
Marketing Management

*will be updated from time-to-time.

On External Competitions

Updates on External Competitions per Department*
Reported during Academic Year 2012-2013

Academic Departments	Activities
	First Term	Second Term	Third Term
Accountancy	2012 Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) Global Business Challenge Philippine Finals First Runner-up (Kevin Catapusan, Lyle Maxine Chua, Almira Joy Jota, Zarah Mae Rovero) Mentor: Mr. Florenz Tugas June 1, 2012, Century Park Hotel, Manila
Commercial Law
Decision Sciences and Innovation	AIESEC Business Case Competition Third Place (Lizbeth Lim) Coach: Mr. Marc Spencer Sy February 25, 2012, Diliman, Quezon City
Financial Management
Management and Organization
Marketing Management

*will be updated from time-to-time.

On Community Engagement

Updates on Community Engagement per Department*
Reported during Academic Year 2012-2013

Academic Departments	Activities
	First Term	Second Term	Third Term
Accountancy	Free Seminar on IAS 17 Leases to DLS-Araneta Mr. Wilfredo Baltazar February 15, 2012 Free Seminar on IAS 33 Earnings per Share to DLS-Araneta Dr. Rodiel Ferrer February 23, 2012 Free Seminar to Franciscan Youth Movement Dr. Marivic Manalo April 7, 2012
Commercial Law
Decision Sciences and Innovation	Consulting-Based Projects with SMEs to Foundation for Enterprise Management Innovation, Inc. (FEMI) DLSU DSI Summer 2012 Free Seminar on Christian Life Program to PNP in Aurora Province (Marriage Enrichment Retreats) Mr. Ramon Banas Jr. Volunteer Teacher to He Cares Foundation Mr. Jaime J. Borromeo II Volunteer for Project PEARLS (an NGO and Charity registered with the SEC) Ms. Maria Angeli Reyes
Financial Management	Financial Literacy Nine Public Schools Dr. Junette Perez
Management and Organization	CSR Class Outreach to Our Lady of the Abandoned Parish, Mandaluyong City Dr. Jaime Cempron
Marketing Management

*will be updated from time-to-time.

On Internationalization

International Resource Speaker

Decision Sciences and Innovation Department

Last June 14, 2012, the Decision Science and Innovation Department headed by its Chair Mr. Harvey Ong invited Dr. Joseph French, Associate Professor of Finance, Monfort College of Business, University of Northern Colorado, to deliver a lecture on Financial Management for Entrepreneurship students at Y407. Dr. Brian Gozun, Dean of RVRCOB, attended the lecture together with some faculty and administrators from Financial Management Department, Management and Organization Department, Accountancy Department, and Decision Sciences Department.

On Community Engagement

De La Salle University Community Engagement (CE) Framework

The New Vision-Mission

De La Salle University is a leading learner-centred research university, bridging faith and scholarship in the service of society, especially the poor

 

• All community engagement interventions by DLSU are anchored on a social reality or a combination thereof (social disintegration, poverty and ecological degradation);
• Contextualization of DLSU CE interventions is guided by the option for the poor lens;
• DLSU CE process should ideally follow the suggested progression phases from awareness and partnership building to actual community engagement and then to the personal and structural transformation however, it is also acknowledged that CE interventions may start from any of the identified phases;
• An ideal CE intervention should comply with all the phases of the CE process.

Lasallian Community Engagement Process

• All output of CE interventions should be leading towards the following vision of society: empowered, sustainable and disaster resilient communities; socially aware and active Lasallians; and good governance; and
• Specific CE interventions should be geared towards a specific vision of society and must eventually contribute in addressing the concerns related to the given social reality.

(taken from Primer on the DLSU Community Engagement Framework)