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The 61st Silliman University National Writers Workshop is now open for applications. The workshop will be held face-to-face from June 26 to July 7, 2023, at the Silliman University Rose Lamb Sobrepeña Writers Village and the Silliman University campus. The Workshop is offering ten fellowships to promising writers in the Philippines who want to have […]

Silliman University (SU) produced two chemists and seven chemical technicians who passed the October 2022 Chemist and Chemical Technician Licensure Examinations. The Chemistry Department of SU College of Arts and Sciences made a list of SU graduates who passed the exams, based on the results released by the Professional Regulation Commission last October 25, 2022. […]

Silliman University (SU) produced 9 certified public accountants (CPAs), based on the list of passers of the October 2022 Certified Public Accountant Licensure Examination released by the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC), October 26, 2022. Congratulations to our new CPAs, as confirmed by the SU College of Business of Administration: Benedian, Liandy Marie B. Hassan, Mastura […]

Sillimanian writer Ian Rosales Casocot won first prize in the 2022 Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature under the Short Story in English category, his sixth Palanca award to date. Casocot received the award for his short story, titled “Ceferina in Apartment 2G.” Casocot first won a Palanca award in 2002, earning a second prize for […]

Former Solicitor General of the Republic of the Philippines Florin “Pilo” T. Hilbay will assume the position of dean of the Silliman University (SU) College of Law beginning November 1, 2022. Dr. Betty C. McCann, SU president, confirms Hilbay’s assumption to the position saying that the former solicitor general will bring a wealth of knowledge […]

Dr. Enrique Oracion, Silliman University Research and Development Center director, will present the results of a survey on faculty development practices and challenges in the Faculty Development Forum of the United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia, November 2, 2022 via Zoom. Oracion helped the United Board with the survey, which opened in October […]

Silliman University’s Sands and Coral, one of the country’s oldest literary journals, invites students to join its fiction and essay writing competitions for a chance to be published in the journal and win cash prizes. Isabel Torres and Pia Villareal, co-editors of Sands and Coral, encouraged Sillimanians to join the competitions so their work can […]

The Silliman University High School (SUHS) Graduating Class of 1960 signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with SU to set up a scholarship fund for Junior High School students, October 17, 2022. The alumni batch was represented by Ernesto “Buddy” Ravello, as the signatory for the class; Daisy Flores Kirit, and Marilyn A. Elnar as […]

Articles in the Silliman Journal of Silliman University can now be accessed globally with the launch of the journal’s online system. Dr. Warlito Caturay Jr., the editor of the academic journal, said: “By making the articles available online, Silliman helps provide readers around the world access to up-to-date information, allowing them to peruse materials that […]

Julio Antonio Yoldi, a grade 11 student at Silliman University Senior High School (SHS), competed in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U-17 Asian Cup 2023 Qualifier in Jordan as part of the Philippine Boys Under-16 National Team. Yoldi, who takes the STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, & Mathematics) track in SHS, joined 22 other young […]