DLSU Scholarship gets boost from PLDT-Smart and One Meralco Foundation

To help support the education of public high school students, a memorandum of agreement was recently signed among One Meralco Foundation, PLDT-Smart Foundation, and DLSU to boost the University’s Vaugirard Scholarship Program.

 

The charitable organizations donated 10 million pesos to the scholarship, which grants 50 new scholarships every year to top graduates of Philippine public high schools. 

 

To formalize the partnership, DLSU President and Chancellor Br. Ricardo Laguda FSC signed a MOA with PLDT-Smart Foundation Chairman Manny Pangilinan and President Esther Santos, and One Meralco Foundation President Jeffrey Tarayao.  

 

Pangilinan expressed his support for the Lasallian mission of extending education opportunities to all. The scholarship program is named after Vaugirard, France, the location where St. John Baptist de La Salle founded his first novitiate. 

 

Among those present during the signing were Metro Pacific Investments Corporation (MPIC) President Jose Ma. Lim, Department of Education Secretary Br. Armin Luistro FSC, DLSU Vice Chancellor for Lasallian Mission and Alumni Relations Br. Bernard Oca FSC, Trustees Br. Augustine Boquer FSC and Br. Dennis Magbanua FSC, Assistant to the President for Institutional Development and Special Projects Edwin Reyes, Office of the President and Chancellor consultant Jose Kalaw, and Board of Trustees member Carlos Rufino.

 

Also present were Marixi Prieto, former DLSU Trustee, and Alfred Xerez-Burgos, Jr., MPIC Board Advisor.

Press release and photo from De La Salle University