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Sillimanians Top Nursing Licensure Exams Four of its 367 passers made it to the roll of topnotchers: Top 7, Rose Jean Capidlac and Carla Mae Cuisia (87%); Top 9, Matthew Wayne Chang; and Top 10, Jake Diputado. (Click here, to access the list of Silliman passers.) Silliman garnered a passing average of 98%, and ranks second in Category A. There are two NLE categories. Category A is for schools with 100 and more examinees, and Category B is for schools with less than 100 examinees. The
quality performance of graduates from the College of Nursing and
Allied Health Sciences reinforces Silliman’s distinction as
one of only six Centers of Excellence (CoE) in Nursing Education
in the country. CoE status is a designation granted by the Commission
on Higher Education to institutions which have demonstrated the
highest degree or level of standards along the areas of instruction,
research and extension. A team composed of professors of the Civil Engineering Department and engineers of the Buildings and Grounds Unit was formed to assess the vulnerabilities to flooding of the Silliman campus and areas in Dumaguete where flooding was at its worst. In a statement issued by Silliman on February 9, it expressed sympathy to those who have been affected by the flooding on February 7, including some of its colleagues and their respective families. It also called for multi-sectoral collaboration “in preventing the exacerbation of the consequences of natural calamities.” “We need to evaluate what we are doing in our infrastructure and civil works, how we are doing them, and the extent that while with good aims and intentions, they are not precipitating unintended escalations of risks to life and property,” it added. Silliman was not badly affected by the flooding but convened the team in recognition of its responsibility to facilitate sustainable development and ensure the safety and welfare of its constituencies. Results
of the rapid assessment will be used to assist the University in
developing mechanisms that could be used “to mitigate potential
destructiveness of similar occurrences in both immediate- and long-term.” The Silliman University College of Law Debate Team swept all three awards in the Grand Law Debate against Ateneo de Manila Law School held February 20 at the Claire Isabel McGill Luce Auditorium. Silliman took the affirmative side on the proposition, “Resolved: That the Reproductive Health and Population Development Bill (HB No. 5043) be Enacted Into Law.” Freshman law student Donna Ametyst Bernardo was adjudged Best Debater, while sophomore student Joshua Francisco Ablong and junior student Ma. Zusabel Digaum were awarded Best Rebuttal Speaker and Best Speaker, respectively. Justice Amy Lazaro-Javier, senior member of the Court of Appeals 20th Division, chaired the panel of judges. Her members were Atty. Alex Monteclar, Dean of the University of San Carlos College of Law, and Atty. Joel Obar, former Dean of the Foundation University College of Law. The other members of the SU Law debate team were Jian Wasawas, Elizabeth Karla Aguilan (team manager) and Ramon Antonio Ruperto (lead researcher). Considered as one of the highlights of the Law Week Celebration, the Grand Law Debate is an annual tradition of friendly debating organized by the SU Law Oratorical and Debating Club (ORADEC). [
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The American Studies Resource Center at the Robert B. and Metta J. Silliman Library commemorated Black (African-American) History Month with a lecture on “Myths and Facts About Black Americans”. United States Agency for International Development Deputy Director Ms Elzadia Washington talked about common perceptions of Black Americans. In her lecture, she said a number of individuals think that African-Americans are the largest minority group in the US. Fact is, she revealed, the Hispanics/Latinos comprise the largest minority group. Out of the 301.6-million population of the US, which increases by one new-born American every 14 seconds, only 40.7 million are African-Americans, she said. White Americans account for 199.1 million of the US population. Ms Washington also noted that, contrary to perceptions that most African-Americans live in the inner cities in Northern US, 54% of Blacks are in the South, with 3.5 million in New York. There are at least 3 million each in Florida, Texas and George. There is also no truth, she said, to statements that there is no African American middle class in the US. In terms of household income, Black households rake in USD34,000, against an average household income of USD50,200. Poverty threshold for a family of four in the US is pegged at USD21,200. Concluding her presentation, she discussed how some people still cling onto the misperception that Whites would never vote for a Black man to be US President. “On November 4, 2008 for the presidential elections, 45% of Whites voted for Barack Obama,” she said. She added that prior to the election of Obama, Blacks have already been occupying high positions in government. She cited the following mayors of non-majority Black cities: David Dinkins of New York, Tom Bradley of Los Angeles, and Harold Washington of Chicago. The Black History Month started as Black History Week on February 12, 1926 when American historian Carter G. Woodsoon established it to commemorate and celebrate the contributions to the US by people of African descent. It always celebrated every second week of February, coinciding with the birthdays of abolitionist/editor Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln. In 1976, as part of the US’ bicentennial, the week was expanded into Black History. Each year, US presidents proclaim February as National African-American History Month. | ||||
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