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The De La Salle Alumni Association (DLSAA) realizes that recognition is one vehicle to properly reward achievement of quality and excellence. It publicly applauds and reinforces the Association's agreement with De La Salle University - Manila (DLSU - M)'s educational goal of producing "Christian Achievers for God and Country."
As an organization of alumni of De La Salle Philippines, Inc. (DLSPI) and affiliate institutions, the DLSAA confers awards that are different and distinct from those given by DLSU - M, DLSPI, or any other school of the De La Salle Brothers - Philippine District (DLSB - PD).
This DLSAA Honors and Awards System intends to establish the policy, categories, awardee qualifications and criteria, procedures, and implementing guidelines for honors and awards.
The DLSAA claims ownership of its awards and, accordingly, no award contained in this System may be given by any individual or organization without its expressed approval. |
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It is the policy of the DLSAA to recognize and honor alumni who have either -
- Achieved distinction and unusual positive recognition in their chosen fields, professions, or public service, and who have demonstrated outstanding achievement thereby serving as role models on a community, provincial, national, or international level;
- Brought honor and glory to their Alma Mater, community, or country;
- Rendered dedicated and exemplary volunteer service or support to either the DLSAA or their Alma Mater or both;
- Performed beyond normal expectations in DLSAA's chapters;
- Attained notable ratings in government licensure examinations; and/or
- For an individual who is not an alumnus as defined in this Honors and Awards System, possessed loyalty and rendered volunteer and unsolicited support to the DLSAA or any DLSB - PD school's projects or concerns
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| The DLSAA shall create or form committees to plan and manage the nomination, short listing, and selection of awardees in different categories. All awardees covered in this System, however, shall be approved or confirmed by the DLSAA's Board of Directors.
Any awards committee may neither announce or discuss nominees or awardees nor disclose any nomination or conferment with the nominator, nominee, or any other party. Only the President or the Vice-President for Honors and Awards may make announcements and only upon approval or confirmation of the awardees by the DLSAA Board. |
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The DLSAA Honors and Awards System has six main categories. These are the:
- DLSAA Lasallian Exemplary Honors, which is subdivided into the DLSAA Distinguished Lasallian Award and the DLSAA Lasallian Achievement Award;
- DLSAA Sports Honors, that is categorized into the DLSAA Sports Hall of Fame Award and the DLSAA Lasallian Sports Achievement Award;
- DLSAA Br. Benedict Award;
- DLSAA Chapter Honors, which has three levels, the DLSAA Outstanding Chapter Award, the DLSAA Outstanding Chapter President Award, and the DLSAA Chapter Special Citation Award;
- DLSAA Lasallian Merit Award; and
- DLSAA Honorary Membership.
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| The DLSAA confers awards according to set criteria applicable to each category. However, except for the DLSAA Honorary Membership, all awardees or inductees must be - |
| - Graduates in any level of any DLSB - PD school;
- Those who have studied, but not necessarily graduated, for the equivalent of at least two (2) years in any DLSB - PD school;
- Those who have studied, but not necessarily graduated, for the equivalent of at least two (2) years in schools acquired by the DLSB - PD and integrated thereto, including those who studied/graduated prior to such acquisition and integration;
- Honorary degree conferees of any DLSB - PD school;
- Members of the faculty who have served for the equivalent of two (2) years in any DLSB - PD school; or
- Non-Lasallians who because of meritorious services, concern, involvement in the DLSAA or in any DLSB - PD school activities and/or projects, and are conferred membership by the DLSAA Board of Directors.
The personal life of an awardee is not a primary focus of consideration. The DLSAA principally honors a person's achievements until and unless his personal life is blatantly and publicly offensive. Nonetheless, an awardee must have neither been convicted of any major crime nor, additionally, tainted by any gross public misconduct, immorality, or scandalous behavior.
At the minimum, the awardee must espouse Lasallian values represented by Religio, Mores et Cultura and live a life consistent with accepted Filipino current community standards of behavior. |
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| The nominations for honors and awards covered by the DLSAA Honors and Awards System are solicited from the general membership or the DLSAA Excom. In all cases, however, nominators must have read the qualifications and criteria for the award and believe that their nominees, from casual investigation, are qualified. The following is a summary of the accepted nominators, committees, and approving body for the awards: |
| | Honor/Award | Accepted Nominator | Responsible Committee or Body | Responsible Committee or Body | | DLSAA Distinguished Lasallian Award | General membership | DLSAA Exemplary Honors Committee | DLSAA Board | | DLSAA Lasallian Achievement Award | General membership | DLSAA Exemplary Honors Committee | DLSAA Board | | DLSAA Sports Hall of Fame Award | General membership | DLSAA Sports Honors Committee | DLSAA Board | | DLSAA Sports Achievement Award | General membership | DLSAA Sports Honors Committee | DLSAA Board | | DLSAA Br. Benedict Award | DLSAA Excom | DLSAA Excom | DLSAA Board | | DLSAA Outstanding Chapter Award | DLSAA Vice-President for Chapters and Clubs or equivalent | DLSAA Excom | DLSAA Board | | DLSAA Outstanding Chapter President Award | DLSAA Vice-President for Chapters and Clubs or equivalent | DLSAA Excom | DLSAA Board | | DLSAA Chapter Special Citation Award | DLSAA Vice-President for Chapters and Clubs or equivalent | DLSAA Excom | DLSAA Board | | DLSAA Lasallian Merit Award | Automatic; nomination not required | Not required | DLSAA Board | | DLSAA Honorary Membership | DLSAA Excom | DLSAA Excom | DLSAA Board | |
| The exemplary and sports honors committees and the Excom will, when applicable, accomplish the following upon receipt of nominations:
- Study the nominations and determine if they are worthy of further investigation and compile a 'long list;'
- Commission a table research for those in the 'long list' to arrive at a 'short list;'
- Commission investigative research for nominees in the 'short list;'
- Decide on the awardees from the researched 'short list;' and
- Present the selected awardees to the DLSAA Board for approval or confirmation.
The DLSAA reserves the right to reject any and all nominations at its sole discretion.
Click here to download the Honors and Awards Nomination Form. |
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