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The Outreach Program of the University Library adds two more recipients this year, bringing up the number of beneficiaries to ten public elementary schools. North City Elementary School and Calindagan Elementary School are the new additions this year. Each received a total of 662 volumes of story books which were donated by the First Presbyterian […]

Students from the Elementary and High School Departments won in their respective competitions held in Dumaguete and Cebu last week. During the Division Science Fair held September 11 to 12 in Dumaguete, two science investigatory projects by students from the School of Basic Education won first place. “An Investigative Comparison on Heating Value and Combustion […]

Two project pitches written and conceptualized by six Computer Science seniors were selected for publication during the 12th Youth Congress on Information Technology (Y4iT) held at the SMX Convention Center in Pasay City on September 10-12. Both papers highlight the use of technology in environment-related issues: flood control and response management and endangered bird species […]

A faculty of the College of Mass Communication was among 20 media practitioners from different parts of the country invited to the two-day Regional Media Seminar organized by the Public Affairs Section of the United States Embassy in Manila on September 15 to 16. Ms. Celia E. Acedo, who is also a freelance writer, is […]

Researchers from Silliman University reported that the total impact of the 6.9 magnitude earthquake that hit six towns in Negros Oriental in February 2012 cost P2.3 billion. The figure is more than six times the early estimates made by the National Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (NDRRMC) and double the figures quoted in a subsequent […]

Fresh graduate Isser A. Kadusale landed the Top 9 spot in the September 2014 Electrical Engineer Licensure Examination.  Isser graduated magna cum laude in March this year. All four of his batchmates also made it: Giselle Ree M. Belnas, Eduardo T. Obial Jr.,Louis Gerard C. Rotea, and Johara M. Villanueva. Silliman's passing percentage is at […]

Two financial experts from the East West Educational Specialists (EWES) talked about the challenges and prospects for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) when a regional community is established in 2015. Mr. Dennis Franco M. Layug, EWES Group of Companies president and Prof. Jay G. Peñaflor, an economist and a stock investment expert, both […]

University Graduate Faculty Fellow Dr. Dennis Patrick McCann gave a lecture on “Ethics in Business Today” on September 8 at the Claire Isabel McGill Luce Auditorium. His talk to an audience of students, professors and local businessmen kicked off a series of lectures in the forum on “Applied Ethics in Our Time” being run in […]

Athletes from the High School Department brought home a total of 23 medals from two badminton tournaments held last month. Eighteen were garnered during the Negros Athletic Association (NAA) Badminton Age Group Tournament held last August 22 to 24, and five more during the Visayas leg of the First Sun Cellular-Ming Ramos Juniors Badminton Tournament […]

Sixth grader Audrey Kiara Delfin bagged a silver medal in the storytelling category (English) during the 35th Annual National Graders’ Convention held September 1 to 5 at the Teacher’s Camp in Baguio City. Three other sixth graders also received awards for their exemplary performance in their respective categories: Germuell Kin Pateño (Best in VJ Hosting), […]