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An intimate group of members of the Dumaguete Alumni Chapter gathered early in the morning of May 2, 2016 to honor Dr. Horace B. Silliman on his 106th death anniversary. It has been a tradition of the Dumaguete Alumni Chapter to offer flowers to the man who paved the way for the establishment of Silliman […]

The Librarian for Southeast Asian (SEA) Studies of the Sterling Memorial Library at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut met with his counterpart at the Robert B. and Metta J. Silliman Library on April 22, as part of Yale’s continuing efforts to expand its SEA resources. Mr. Richard P. Richie was hosted by University Librarian […]

Three archers from the High School Department bagged a total of three gold, seven silver and a bronze in the 2016 Palarong Pambansa held April 10 to 16 in Albay. Nicole Marie Tagle led with a total of seven medals: two gold medals in the single FITA round and 50M, and a silver medal each […]

Vice President for Academic Affairs Dr. Betsy Joy B. Tan represented Silliman University in the Executive Committee Meeting of the Association of Christian Universities and Colleges in Asia (ACUCA) held April 21 to 22 in Chiang Mai, Thailand. The Executive Committee is composed of eight members who presidents of universities from different countries: Indonesia, India, […]

Extension Director Asst. Prof. Emervencia L. Ligutom and Research Director Enrique G. Oracion administered a service-learning workshop on April 14 to 15 at Satya Wacana Christian University (SWCU) in Salatiga, Indonesia. The workshop involved 45 teachers of SWCU coming from different disciplines: literature and language, biology, tourism, business, and engineering. Among the topics in the […]

The children of the late Outstanding Sillimanian Justice Segundino G. Chua received the Outstanding Sillimanian Award (OSA) medallion for their father in a Ceremony of Sacred Trust held April 22 in Bacolod City. Mr. Clarence Chua and Dr. Noel Chua both received the specially designed medallion for all OSA recipients from Silliman University Board of […]

The Research and Development Center conducted April 18 to 20 a seminar-workshop on research process and publications in scholarly journals to administrators and faculty of Northwest Samar State University (NwSSU) in Calbayog City. Held in Silliman, the seminar-workshop had 31 participants from various disciplines: information technology (IT), business and management, agriculture, engineering and technology, sciences, […]

Theology schools comprising the Samahan ng Teolohikal na Edukasyon ng Pilipinas (STEP) converged in Silliman University for its 4th Biennial Assembly held April 20 to 22. Centered on the theme “Teaching for a Racially and Culturally Diverse World”, the gathering provided a venue for seminary mentors to discuss the current state of teaching theology in […]

Two fresh graduates are among the recipients of the prestigious Bank of the Philippine Islands-Department of Science and Technology (BPI-DOST) Science Awards. Wilfredo T. Mata, Jr. (Physics) and Josue T. Santos (Mechanical Engineering) joined 28 other outstanding young scientists from other universities around the country in an awarding ceremony last April 5 at the Mind […]

The Silliman University Library System, with the Robert B. and Metta J. Silliman Library as its main base, is now on its fifth year of digitizing its rich collection of reading materials, a good number of them are rare and historical finds excusive only to Silliman. Its digitization project, which is a significant component of […]