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Penelope Merced, MidCap Financial chief technology officer and a graduate of the Bachelor of Science in Information Technology (BSIT) program of Silliman University, has been named one of the Top 50 Women Leaders in Technology for 2023 by Women We Admire (WWA), a membership organization of the women executives and leaders across the U.S. and […]

Asst. Prof. Arsenio Bulfa Jr., a faculty member of the Silliman University College of Agriculture, received a scholarship to pursue a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA). Bulfa will pursue a Ph.D. in Agronomy at the […]

The Silliman University Psychology Department (SUPD) produced 31 psychometricians and two psychologists in the 2023 Board of Licensure Examination for Psychologists and Psychometricians (BLEPP). SUPD’s performance is above the national passing rate. It registered an 88.24% passing rate for psychometricians against the national passing rate of 83.78% while the 33.33% passing rate for psychologists is […]

Hon. Alexander G. Gesmundo, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines, will speak as the guest of honor during the first grand alumni homecoming and general assembly of the SU Law Alumni Association, Inc. on August 26, 2023, 10:00 a.m. at the Claire Isabel McGill Luce Auditorium. With the theme, “Behold, Under God’s […]

Level IV students of the Silliman University College of Nursing (SUCN) Rodente Z. Adiong Jr., Princess Mae B. Cacas, and Jack Oliver M. Estoursy won the regional Battle of the Nightingales, an inter-school nursing quiz bowl. Sponsored by Metro Pacific Health and organized by Ramiro Community Hospital, the competition was held August 18, 2023 at […]

Aiken Nikko P. Labnao, a magna cum laude Biology graduate of the Silliman University (SU), presented his thesis at the 17th National Symposium on Marine Science which provided the first detailed descriptions for the western Pacific crown-of-thorns starfish, also known as the Acanthaster cf. solaris. Labnao received a travel grant from the Philippine Association of […]

Philippe Bernard Obeso, a magna cum laude graduate of the Silliman University (SU) Institute of Clinical and Laboratory Sciences (ICLS), placed third in the research poster competition of the 16th Philippine National Health Research System (PNHRS) Week celebration. Obeso made the poster based on a research paper he wrote with his group in the Medical […]

Through a board action on May 27, 2023, the trustees of Silliman University (SU) reappointed Dr. Betty Cernol McCann to be president for another term, allowing her to serve the University until 2027. McCann made history on December 14, 2016 when the Board of Trustees (BOT) unanimously voted her to be the 13th and first […]

The Chesapeake Bay Silliman Alumni (CBSA) donated to Silliman University (SU) two copies of the McGuffey Readers, which are considered a piece of SU history being the first books used during its founding in 1901.  Adlai J. Amor, 1994 Outstanding Sillimanian Awardee, turned over the copies on behalf of CBSA to SU President Betty Cernol […]

Silliman University (SU) adds the names of 11 long-serving faculty and staff who have passed on to the Heritage Builders Wall in honor of their dedication and service. Their names will be unveiled in a ceremony on August 26, 2023, 4:00 p.m. at the south lawn of Silliman Hall.  The 2023 Heritage Builders adopted the […]