Colleague Of The Week

There's probably no other person on campus who has received the most number of smiles than Mr. Michael Frederic Catada.  Without him uttering “CHEESE!”, every person who sits right across him volunteers what to Mother Theresa is “an action of love… a beautiful thing”. That — what with the work that he does that captures […]

Assistant Professor Jesa S. Selibio of the History-Polictical Science Department holds three careers in life; two of which she spends at home. She is a teacher in the morning, and a wife and a mother in the evening. She admits to being reasonably strict in class, sharing how students have the tendency to abuse their […]

If Silliman takes pride on being a campus by the sea, no one had a better view of it from the opposite side than this senior professor who at a young age worked himself out of poverty as a porter at the Dumaguete pier. Studying in the University was part of a dream that he […]

Born in a far-flung area of Bohol to parents who are both farmers, Dr. Lope B. Robin once etched his fate away from finishing school.   “My parents were both farmers and I grew up in a farm. The idea of my parents — especially my father's –is that it is already enough for me […]

No one may know food as much as she does. So when asked what she would be if she were a dish, “chop suey” easily came to mind. Like that famous Chinese dish consisting of vegetables, meat or seafood, and quail eggs, she tells of her life: “It is as colorful!” Asst. Prof Ana Vee […]

Like a coin, there are two sides to life: the good and the bad. Not all the time is it a bed of roses; it can also be a source of tears.  To Prof. Teodora A. Cubelo, without shunning the double-edged sword, she has been able to make the “best of both worlds.” Teddy is […]

This is a mother’s story. Dr. Lynn L. Olegario shares her life with her husband, Dr. Danilo and her two children plus one: Korina Joy and Pia Patricia and the Institute of Rehabilitative Sciences (IRS), former Physical Therapy Department. People may find it ridiculous, but Lynn considers the IRS as her eldest child. “The time […]

In the world of athletics, men are expected to dominate. Think again. Not all the time. Assistant Prof. Meriam M. Ramacho rules. She heads the University as Athletics Director and is the woman on top of the overall sports program. Meriam believes that it is her confidence that gives her strength to accomplish any task […]

She once feared of death. But after her brush with it, in a comatose state for a month in 2002, she hardly spoke of unpreparedness. “I’m ready to be taken anytime.” Dr. Ma. Teresita Sy-Sinda passed away ten days after her interview for this feature story intended to be released at the celebration of the […]

People who are obsessed with anything that is sweet and delectable would always think about the “sinful” chocolate when they hear the word Belgian.  In Silliman University, we have our own flavor of this Belgian treat in the person of Asst. Prof. Philip Van Peel of the English and Literature Department. It is hard not […]