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A 17-member delegation from Alameda City in California, led by Mayor Trish Spencer, was in Dumaguete City on November 23 to 26 to explore how Alameda and Dumaguete City can operationalize the terms of its sisterhood partnership agreement. Among the highlights were two simultaneous fora between members of the Alameda delegation and representatives from the […]

Fashion model and TV personality Ms Angel Aquino lead the storytelling session early this month with children from a local orphanage and third graders from the Elementary Department of Silliman University. The storytelling was part of the Learning Resource Exposition (LREx) event organized by the Silliman University Library System and the University Library Committee Ms […]

The Fine Arts Department collaborated with local artists on its art sale exhibition dubbed ‘BENTABOLS’, opening November 27. ‘BENTABOLS’ showcases a wide range of original small-scale works by many artists in and around Dumaguete at reasonable prices. Running from November 27 to January 8, 2016, ‘BENTABOLS’ is a play on a Tagalog word which in […]

Twenty-one graduates from the College of Engineering and Design are among the country’s 3,935 new Civil Engineers, based on the November 2015 Civil Engineer Licensure Examination by the Professional Regulation Commission . Out of the 33 takers from Silliman University, 21 made it, registering a passing rate of 63.64 per cent against the national passing […]

Silliman University President Dr. Ben S. Malayang III spoke on higher education reforms in the context of ASEAN integration during a leadership program held November 12 to 14 in Hong Kong. A signature program of the United Board of Christian Higher Education in Asia (UBCHEA), the Asian University Leadership Program brings together mid-level and senior […]

A graduating student in Computer Science was the only Filipino accepted into a scholarship program that showcased game developers from around the world on October 19 to 21 in Tel Aviv, Israel. Khail Santia, who is cross-enrolled in the Mathematics program in Silliman, was the lone recipient from the Philippines of the Indie Prize. The […]

A duo from Silliman University College of Law made it to the semifinals of the International Humanitarian Law (IHL) National Moot Court Competition held October 19 to 23 at Polytechnic University of the Philippines in Manila. Juris Doctor majors Maria Carmela Caupayan and Darrel Winthrop Torres took on a fictional case, “Prosecutor vs. General Hassam […]

This letter to the Office of Information and Publications (OIP) was received from Ms Celia E. Acedo, project holder of a grant that supports the promotion of environment-oriented stories in the media. The same refers to an article that she submitted and was subsequently published on the University website with the headline: “Research by Agriculture […]

Four majors in Medicine clinched the second prize in the quiz bee competition during the 4th Association of Philippine Medical College-Student Network (APMC-SN) Visayas Regional Convention held November 13 to 14 in Iloilo. Johanna Lei Bandoy (fourth year), Rizza Monique Tan (third year), Caizelle Alcala (second year) and Ryan Victor Gomes (first year) faced off […]

A fifth grader from the Elementary Department bagged medals in two international tournaments in mathematics: one in Singapore and another in Manila. Carlos Miguel Angelo S. Salazar received a bronze medal during the 11th International Mathematics Contest (IMC) held recently in Singapore. Earlier, he also won bronze at the Asian Schools Math Olympiad in Manila. […]