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 Four Sillimanians were among 150 youth leaders invited to the Visayas-Mindanao Consultative Conference and Workshop on the Youth’s Role in Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DRRM) conducted December 3 to 5 in Cebu City.  They are Stephanie Chelsea Mora (Psychology IV), Jeasela Lucyn De Barras (Psychology III), Shamah Bulangis (Political Science II) and Shahadat Samsurin […]

High school senior Jude Martin Amiscaray was declared the champion for the Physical Science Individual Study Category of the Regional Science and Technology Fair held November 28 to 30 in Cebu City. His science project, titled “An Investigative Comparison on Heating Value and Combustion Gas Composition of Sacharumofficinarum Leaves and Oryza sativa Hulls Charcoal,” sought […]

Thirty senior students from the College of Computer Studies are among the successful examinees of the Philippine Information Technology General Certification Examination (PHIL-IT GCE) administered November 29. PHIL-IT GCE is an annual entry-level professional competency standard which evaluates the taker’s cognitive, psychomotor and affective learning. It serves as a viable and credible measure of IT […]

Silliman University received recently a collection of 220 pieces of different rocks and minerals from the Basmayor family. The collection will soon be unveiled as a permanent exhibit in the Anthropology Museum. Mr. Romeo and Mrs. Loreto “Linda” Basmayor donated their collection in order for more people to learn more about the mineralogical items which, […]

Her Excellency Ms Ruby Marks, Ambassador of South Africa to the Kingdom of Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar (fifth from left) visited Silliman University on November 22 and had a roundtable discussion with some women advocates and international students in the University. The Ambassador was welcomed to the campus by Silliman President Dr. Ben S. […]

College of Law Dean Atty. Mikhail Lee L. Maxino delivered his first lecture as Professorial Chair on Liberty and Prosperity of the Chief Justice Panganiban Foundation for Liberty and Prosperity (FLP), on November 26 at the Cyber Lecture Hall of the Instructional Media and Technology Center. Retired Chief Justice Artemio V. Panganiban and Mr. Nicanor […]

 Advent Celebration this year, themed “The Transforming Power of God’s Truth,” opened November 29 with a worship service at the Amphitheater. A parade around the campus and a brief program followed. Advent is a period of spiritual preparation where Christians make themselves ready for the celebration of the Nativity of Jesus at Christmas. Celebrating Advent […]

The Berea Arts and Sciences High School staged a cantata at the Claire Isable McGill Luce Auditorium on November 28 and 29 in a concert dubbed “Everlasting Light: A Christmas Carol for a Dark World”. The choral ensemble included the Berea Angklung Ensemble, Berea Girls Ensemble, and Berea chorus classes. There was also a special […]

A senior Information Technology student is among successful examinees of the 2014 Fundamental Information Technology Engineers (FE) Philippine National IT Standards (PhilNITS) Exam administered October 26. This certification classifies Yero Antonio Raterta Ranada as an advanced IT human resource who possesses fundamental knowledge and skills for practical utilization with a higher degree of difficulty. The […]

Silliman President Dr. Ben S. Malayang III addressed two batches of students during the All-University Academic Convocation that marked the formal opening of the second semester of School Year 2014-2015, on November 17 at the Claire Isabel McGill Luce Auditorium. The President started off with a joke on a teacher's question, “Who wrote the Noli […]