EDUCATING A NATION
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Education |
| Occupation | Administrator, Teacher, Writer |
| Location | Metro-Manila, Philippines |
| Introduction | A former faculty member of the University of the Philippines Diliman, PROF. ROLANDO S. DELA CRUZ is currently the President and CEO of the Darwin International School System, Philippines. He studied: Political Science and Film at UP Diliman (as State Scholar; Class Valedictorian, Magna Cum Laude and UP's Most Outstanding Student in College); Japanese Language and Culture at the Osaka University of Foreign Studies (as Monbusho Scholar); and, International Relations at the University of Cambridge, England (as Cambridge Trust and Tootal Scholar; High Second Honours). He also went to: the San Francisco State University, on visitorship (under the auspices of the Rotary International); and, the University of Leiden, the Netherlands, as a Fellow (under the auspices of the European Commission and the UP Center of Integrative Studies). He has received literary awards from: the Galian sa Arte at Tula (poetry); the Philippine Board on Books for Young People (Children's literature); the Cultural Center of the Philippines (children's literature and play); Diyaryo Filipino (essay); the UP Creative Writing Center (play); and, the Palanca (three plays). |
| Interests | Educational Reform, Literary Writing (Playwriting, Essays and Poetry), Theatre, Traveling, Paintings and Sculptures, Museums, Films, Pre-historic people, Pre-historic architecture, Dinosaurs |