DLSU urges Filipinos to keep learning with graduate scholarships
DE La Salle University urges Filipino professionals to keep learning in the time of pandemic as it opens graduate scholarship slots for deserving students.
The scholarship opportunity was announced as DLSU started its application period for Term 1, Academic Year 2020-2021, last July 20.
Full and partial scholarships will be provided to new and current graduate students of DLSU who meet a set of income-based criteria.
The graduate scholarship allocations are not new. Office of Admission and Scholarships Director Grichelle Prado said, “These have been offered annually by DLSU to graduate applicants and students for about a decade now, in keeping with the University’s commitment to maintain at least 25% of its student population under scholarship.”
Even as quarantine measures have slowed the economy and affected all sectors, DLSU continues to provide scholarship opportunities, with the support of partners, benefactors, and its alumni. The University recognizes that, more than ever, relevant education is needed by the labor force, in order to keep industries running under new work systems and conditions.
Prado adds: “DLSU is carrying out the mission of its founder St. John Baptist de La Salle to provide education to all that it can reach. It is also the thrust of the University to be of service to the country through research, which our graduate students produce.”
Apart from scholarships, the University has also provided tuition discounts in order to help soften the impact of the pandemic on its community.
New opportunities, Human resource experts agree that education is vital to how the economy, through its workforce, survives under continued quarantine measures.
Part-time Commercial Law faculty member and Asia Foundation Human Resource consultant Krissy Dabis says, “There are new opportunities opening up even as a lot more have closed down. Taking steps toward self-improvement, such as undergoing training and earning degrees, ensures a measure of success.”
The increased reliance on virtual operations in the workplace has raised interest in some graduate programs in DLSU.
The Master of Arts in Education Major in Educational Technology Program, offered by the Br. Andrew Gonzalez FSC College of Education, takes on new relevance, as teachers across the country begin to put their classrooms online.
Handpicked as a CHED partner in setting the standards for online education, DLSU encouraged its faculty members to share knowledge with other teachers and institutions on educational technologies that are taught in the program.
A greater reliance on virtual systems in businesses is also creating an increased demand in It-related programs. In response, DLSU opened new programs, such as its Master in Information Security, beginning this coming term.
Putting theory into practice, Even the University’s 59-year old MBA program is contributing new knowledge on coping strategies, through the traditional classroom practice of students sharing the best practices of the varied industries from where they come. With seismic shifts in the economic landscape, the program’s strength in ethical policy-making is more relevant than ever.
The scholarships are a welcome opportunity to DLSU MBA students. Ina Chan, who is in her first year in the program, applied for a scholarship and received one that covers nearly half her tuition and miscellaneous costs. “I am grateful that my scholarship application was granted. With all the uncertainties brought about by the pandemic, I will be assured of being able to continue my study and pursue my dream of earning an MBA.”
Jill Legaspi, a recent MBA graduate, was a full scholar under the DLSU Science Foundation Scholarship Program. Working in the airline industry, which is heavily affected by the pandemic, she and her company are finding an MBA useful in the major adjustments at work.
“My MBA research on boosting employee morale has become useful again in light of the current situation. As difficult and new this challenge is in my career, the training and skills I learned in my graduate classes are being put to good use and it boosts my self worth that I am able to contribute to my company during a tough period.”
The application period for admission and scholarship is until August 8. To apply, interested applicants can go to http://bit.ly/dlsu-gs2020. Scholarship requirements can be found in www. dlsu.edu.ph/admissions/scholarships/graduatescholarship
For inquiries, email scholarships@dlsu.edu.ph and graduate.admissions@dlsu.edu.ph