The leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider, Huawei and the De La Salle University (DLSU) announced the first batch of Huawei Scholars for 2021 in a virtual ceremony held recently.
Patrick Lawrence Simpao, Christian Justin Yu, and Christian Michael Tan, all 4th year BS Information Technology and BS Electronics & Communication Engineerings students at DLSU were named to compose this first batch of scholars.
“To Huawei Philippines Technologies, Inc., you help transform the lives of our future innovators, engineers, scientists and leaders,” according to Br. Bernard Oca, FSC, President of De La Salle University saying that the partnership continues to amplify the Lasallian battlecry of teaching minds, touching hearts, and transforming lives.
The scholarship is made possible because of the Huawei Tech4all program. Huawei believes that no one should be left behind in this digital world thus Tech4all was launched — a long-term digital inclusion initiative. Huawei scholarship is aimed to provide financial assistance to deserving students who are already in their 3rd to 5th year College Level to assist them financially.
“We appreciate the partnership with DLSU and we share in DLSU mission of lifelong pursuit of wisdom, knowledge, and faith. We hope that with this scholarship grant, we can ease the financial worries of the students so they can focus on finishing their studies, to graduate and hopefully contribute to their future success,” said Peter Zhang, Huawei Philippines HR Director.
Huawei scholarship is on Pilot run with five (05) of the top Universities in the Philippines. Currently, Huawei has sponsored nineteen (19) scholars from various Universities and Colleges for 2021.