Silliman Receives World Bank Grant
Silliman University is among five recipients of the Panibagong Paraan knowledge sharing grant of the World Bank.
Titled “Multi-Sectoral Forum and Proposal Development on Investing on Young Minds for Household Solutions to Climate Change,” Silliman’s project will bring together in dialogues and link students to representatives of key sectors: academe, government, media, private sector and civil society.
The project aims to generate proposals from college students on developing and adopting practical and cost-efficient home-, school- or community-based climate change mitigation and adaptation measures. These proposals will be screened and endorsed for eventual funding.
Silliman is partnering with two other universities in the Visayas on this project: Central Philippine University in Iloilo and University of San Carlos in Cebu.
It will be launched with a moderated panel discussion featuring climate change experts and World Bank officials, among them, Silliman President Dr. Ben S. Malayang III, who was a member of the Presidential Task Force on Climate Change, and World Bank Country Director Mr. Bert Hofman.
CPU and USC will be connected to Silliman via videoconference during the launching,
The launching is a prelude to the dialogues that the three universities will conduct on their respective campuses to feature local climate change initiatives and inspire more the students in the development of their respective proposals. Discussions will involve local representatives from the key sectors and will revolve around having a “green lifestyle” – green technology, green policies, green advocacies, and green curriculum.
At the end of the project, the selected proposals will be submitted to the World Bank.
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Sillimanian Archer Hits Gold In SEA Games
Sillimanian archer Jennifer Chan brought honor to the country after winning the gold medal in the final women’s individual compound event of the 25th Southeast Asian Games held December last year in Laos.
Chan bested Myanmar’s Aung Ngeain, 115-112, in the final event.
The Inquirer website news quoted Chan making public her permanent break from competing in archery: “I’ve achieved my dream in the SEA Games, so this is going to be my last.” Her gold medal in December is her first in the Games since she began competing in 1991.
Also an Olympian, Chan graduated from the Silliman University Elementary School and High School in 1977 and 1982, respectively. She later pursued a degree in General Science at Silliman.
She is one of three Sillimanian archers who have made it to the Olympics. The other two are Lisa Ygnalaga and Mark Javier, the lone Filipino archer in the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
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ADB Makes SU Reg’l Depository Library
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is the recent addition to the network of partners of the Robert B. and Metta J. Silliman Library.
In a letter, ADB Communications Specialist Susan Hooper welcomed Silliman as its new ADB Regional Depository Library, following its active involvement in the World Bank’s Knowledge for Development Center (KDC) network.
This partnership entitles Silliman to sector and thematic knowledge products on Southeast Asia. The University will receive a fresh batch of these resources every two months.
The ADB collection will be hosted inside the World Bank KDC located on the ground floor of the Library and complements existing collections from the World Bank, United Nations Information Center, and World Health Organization-Western Pacific Regional Office.
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11 Pass Licensure Exams for Teachers
Bachelor Elementary Education (100% passing)
■ Credo, Sherily Joy G.
■ Faburada, Amy W.
■ Garcia, Mary Jane G.
■ Mabulay, Cathleen C.
■ Paltingca, Karen F.
■ Soriano, Rizza Jane S.
Bachelor of Secondary Education (83.33% passing)
■ Busmion, Kristine N.
■ Ferolino, Jena P.
■ Lagman, Jhan Carl R.
■ Pasague, Joven Don Vincent A.
■ Regalado, Ressa Angela J.
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