Alumni Update November 8 – 14, 2021
Outstanding Sillimanian Awardee (OSA) Dr. Nella Fe Pineda-Marcon represented the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) at the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP26, held at the SEC Centre in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, from October 31 to November 12, 2021. COP26, hosted by the United Kingdom in partnership with […]
Alumni Update 1 – 7, 2021
A group of local Silliman alumni artists and friends, led by Sharon Rose Dadang Rafols, lovingly shared their talent in painting to help decorate the Silliman University Christmas Tree for 2021. The paintings’ theme expresses Silliman’s advocacy in marine environmental preservation and conservation. Sharon invites other Sillimanian artists and friends to come and express the […]
SU ranks 5th in top PH universities of QS Asia University Rankings 2022
Silliman University (SU) ranked 5th in the top 10 Philippine universities listed by the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) Asia University Rankings for 2022. SU shares 5th place with Ateneo de Davao University and Mapua University, making it one of the seven Philippine universities in the top 550 universities in Asia based on the QS Ranking. QS […]
Alumni Update October 25 – 31, 2021
Silliman alumnus Ricardo C. Abapo, Jr., who graduated cum laude in 2013 with a Bachelor of Music, Major in Piano degree, was recently awarded as Third Place Winner in the Fall Season 2021 of the Royal Sound Keyboard Competition at Montreal, Canada. His award was for the Advanced (Highly Competitive) Piano under the category of […]
SU produces 28 licensed nutritionist-dietitians
The Silliman University (SU) produced 28 licensed nutritionist-dietitians who passed the October 2021 Nutritionist-Dietitian Licensure Examination (NDLE). Prof. Jin Honculada-Genove, SU Nutrition and Dietetics Department head, said SU garnered a passing rate of 84.85% based on the results announced by the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC). The NDLE was conducted by the Board of Nutrition and […]
Divinity School marks Indigenous Peoples Month with webinar on Filipino Earth-Based Spirituality
Christians have “much to learn” from the earth-based spirituality of indigenous peoples that translates into a “profound love and care for nature,” said Rev. Dr. Lope B. Robin during a webinar organized by the Silliman University Divinity School (SUDS), October 13, 2021. The webinar, titled “The Earth-based Spirituality of Indigenous Filipinos and the Well-being of […]
Excellence in Online Teaching award opens for nominations
The Dr. Mariano Lao Excellence in Online Teaching Award is now accepting nominations for Silliman University (SU) faculty members who demonstrate a strong commitment to quality online teaching. Recipients will be awarded PhP50,000. The Award has two categories: the College and Senior High School Teacher category and the Early Childhood, Elementary, and Junior High School […]
SU, SUSA inks new CBA for 2021-2024
Silliman University (SU) signed a new Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) with the SU Staff Association (SUSA) for 2021 to 2024, which includes an increase in salary and rice allowance and the privilege to add another dependent who can avail of a tuition discount. The CBA was signed by members of the SU Administration Panel and […]
SU donation helps repair local churches in Catanduanes, Albay
Donations from the Silliman University (SU) community helped enable local churches in Catanduanes and Albay to rebuild their church buildings after being damaged by Typhoons Rolly and Ulysses in November 2020. The following churches under the United Church of Christ in the Philippines (UCCP) South Bicol Conference were recipients of the cash donation from SU: […]
Divinity School faculty, SU Church clergy join ecumenical service opposing 174 Reclamation
Silliman University Divinity School (SUDS) faculty members and SU Church pastors joined church leaders as they came out to the streets in their clerical vestments to celebrate Creation and express their opposition to the 174 Dumaguete Reclamation Project through an ecumenical sunrise service, October 9, 2021 at the Rizal Boulevard of Dumaguete City. “Hiniusang Ampo […]
