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Silliman Receives P6M from Uytengsu Foundation The Uytengsu Foundation, Inc. donated close to P6.5 million to Silliman University for the renovation and rehabilitation of the Don Tirso Uytengsu Hall of the College of Engineering and Design. Targeted to be completed before the second semester of this school year, the two-storey building houses a total of 12 rooms. There are five lecture rooms and a room for the Engineering student government on the second floor. Located on the ground floor are two computer rooms, a hardware room, an activity room, and two offices. Major works on the building include roofing, flooring, and installation of glass windows. When completed, the building will have similar features as the other Uytengsu buildings on campus: Uytengsu Foundation Computer Center and Uytengsu Foundation Computer Studies Hall. Popularly known
as the Uytengsu Hall of the College of Engineering and Design, the
building was established in 1960. Its construction was made possible
with the help of the late Mr. Tirso Uytengsu, a Silliman alumnus
and former member of the Board of Trustees, who had previously given
a memorial scholarship to bear the name of his son, Wentworth, a
freshman pre-law student at Silliman at the time when World War
II broke and who died at the hands of the Japanese kempeitai. Grad Students’ Contributions Hit Winrock Int’l Book Articles contributed by two Silliman University graduate students in Anthropology saw print in the publication of Winrock International titled “Best Practices in Preventing and Eliminating Child Labor Through Education”. Malcolm Hiponia and Christine Batiles are among the 13 Filipino contributors to the publication. Hiponia is a graduate research assistant at the Silliman University Research Development Center and Batiles, a graduate teaching fellow of the Sociology-Anthropology Department. Hiponia evaluated a project handled by the Laura Vicuña Foundation in Victorias City, Negros Occidental, while Batiles did HOPE Foundation in Himamaylan, NegrosOccidental. Both projects were funded by Winrock International. The publication was drawn from Winrock global CIRCLE (Community-Based Innovations to Reduce Child Labor Through Education) projects, and was launched May 30 in Manila. A similar launching was done in Washington, D.C. prior to the Philippine launch. Winrock International
is a non-profit organization that works with people in the United
States and around the world to empower the disadvantaged, increase
economic opportunity, and sustain natural resources. List of ANI Scholars Released Out of 51 applicants,
15 have been chosen as this school year’s scholars under the
Agri-Nurture, Inc. (ANI) Scholarship Program. The scholars, who
are all enrolled in Agronomy, were chosen based on their high school
academic performance, financial need, and attitude towards the pursuit
of agriculture “as a way of life”. All 15 enjoy full
tuition and fees, and lodging: The scholarship program with ANI is a result of a partnership signed last moth between ANI Chief Executive Officer Mr. Antonio Tiu and Silliman President Dr. Ben Malayang III. Both officials, in their statements at the signing, recognized the role of partnership between academic institutions and the private sector in achieving higher food productivity in the medium- and long-term. ANI is the country’s
leading exporter of fresh, frozen and processed foods. Asian Students Undertake Service-Learning at SU The Silliman
University Service-Learning Center welcomed three students from
Chung Chi College, Hong Kong for a month-long service-learning program.
This program includes community outreach and immersion, project
site visits, and interaction with Filipino students. In July, another
batch of three students from the International Christian University,
Japan will come to Silliman for the same purpose: Kanako Omi, Maki
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