Parada Sillimaniana Takes on New Concept
The Parada Sillimaniana, one of the highlights of the annual Founders Day celebration of Silliman University, brings to the Dumaguete community a new concept when contingents representing the various academic and non-academic units, alumni groups, reunioning classes, the Board of Trustees, and the Administration converge starting at 3:30PM on Friday, August 27.
For the 109th Founders Day, the Parada is divided into three groups, namely participants who will be on a motorcade, the dancing contingents, and the marching contingents, thus, fusing tradition with innovation.
Killer Bee, Station DYSR (95.1), partners with Silliman University as it plays the “Silliman Whooper” on cue at the precise time the Parada starts. The contingents will dance to the synchronized beat of the music, which will be heard over Killer Bee DYSR through business establishments along the city streets that have signified to tune in to the station in the duration of the Parada.
Other members of the Silliman community who are not part of the Parada can choose to wait for the contingents at the Filemono Cimafranca Ballfield (SU Ballfield) where a Unity Service will serve to culminate the occasion. A program to entertain the onlookers while waiting for the Parada contingents will likewise be held at the Cimafranca Ballfield.
Theme of the 109th Founders Day is “Silliman at 109: Raised on Eagles’ Wings” anchored on the Scriptures found in Exodus 19: 1-6.
Chair of the Founders Day Executive Committee is Dr. Margaret Helen U. Alvarez, while Dr. Elizabeth Susan V. Suarez is chair of the Parada Sillimaniana.
For the updated 109th Founders Day Calendar of Activities, click here.
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4 Alumni Receive Outstanding Sillimanian Award
Three distinguished professors and a performing artist are this year’s recipients of the 2010 Outstanding Sillimanian Awards (OSA) on August 28 at the Claire Isabel McGill Luce Auditorium.
Silliman University will recognize as this year’s addition to the roll of notable Sillimanians Dr. Romeo P. Ariniego in the field of Medicine, Dr. Evangeline Bravo-Manjares in the field of Community Service, Dr. Evelyn Tan-Requiza in the field of Education and Historical Research and Ms Lucy Jumawan-Sauer in the field of Performing Arts (Dance).
Dr. Romeo P. Ariniego
A professor at the College of Medicine of the De La Salle Health Sciences Institute, Dr. Ariniego graduated from Silliman with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1967. He pursued Medicine at the University of the Philippines – Manila. He spent his fellowship in cardiology at the Sahlgrenska Hospital in Sweden and post-residency training at Lidcombe Hospital in Sydney, Australia.
Dr. Ariniego has served the De La Salle-Health Sciences Campus (DLS-HSC) University Medical Center in various capacities: Chief of the Cardiovascular Division (1987- present), Vice President / Medical Director (1993-1999), and Dean (2005-2007). He was Vice President of DLS-HSC from 2005 to 2007 and was Dean of its College of Medicine from 1999 to 2002. Before joining DLS-HSC, he also took on teaching and administrative posts at the UP colleges of Medicine and Nursing, UP Philippine General Hospital and Emilio Aguinaldo College of Medicine.
An author and a co-author of nine scholarly publications, Dr. Ariniego has received several awards from 1972 to 2009, including the Distinguished Service Award from the Philippine Heart Association, the National Lorenzo M. Tañada CHIMES Award from De La Salle Philippines, and an International Health Professional distinction which he received in Cambridge, England.
Dr. Evangeline Bravo-Manjares
New York-based Dr. Bravo-Manjares finished her Bachelor of Arts degree at Silliman University. She earned her graduate degree in social work from the Philippine Women’s University and her Master of Arts from Columbia University in New York. She obtained her of Doctor of Education from the Nova Southeastern University in Florida.
Dr. Bravo-Manjares is presently Dean for Academic Student Services at Nassau Community College, a unit of the State University of New York. Before her present position, she was Director of Admissions and Financial Aid at Malcolm-King College, an extension of Fordham University, Personnel and Finance Aid Assistant at Columbia University, and Program and Administrative Officer in the Asian Regional Office of the United Nations in the Philippines.
While residing in the United States, Dr. Bravo-Manjares continues her community work in the Philippines through the Bravo-Manjares Learning Center which offers literacy programs at the Southern Christian College in Midsayap, Cotabato. She organized the Bookstore Voucher Program that provided educational assistance to 2,000 youth and developed the Job Location Development Program at Nassau College. A proud Filipino, Dr. Bravo-Manjares is a volunteer to many organizations and serves as Board Member of the Filipino Children’s Fund in New York.
Dr. Bravo-Manjares has received many distinctions throughout her career. Among them is being included on the “Who’s Who in Higher Education” list, sponsored by the Association of Black Women in Higher Education, and the Outstanding Filipino-American Achievers in America Award (Professional [Education] Sector) from the Filipino Heritage Foundation, Inc.
Dr. Evelyn Tan-Requiza
Dr. Tan-Requiza has served as professor in several colleges and universities in the areas of history and political science. She is a graduate of Silliman University with a degree of Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education (magna cum laude) in 1965. She obtained her degrees of Master of Arts in History from the Ateneo de Manila University and Doctor of Philosophy in Philippine External Relations from UP Diliman.
She served Ateneo de Manila University as a professor and took on leadership roles in the same university as Faculty Development Coordinator, Summer Program Director and Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs of its School of Arts and Sciences and as Associate Chair (1993-1994) and Chair (1994-1996) of its Department of Political Science.
Concurrent with her teaching career were involvements in organizations where she was an officer: Treasurer and Conference Coordinator of the Philippine Association of Chinese Studies and Secretary of the Philippine Political Science Association. She was once president of the Women’s Guild of the Church of the Risen Lord at UP Diliman and, while in the United States, was an Elder Commissioner at the First Filipino Presbyterian Church of Azusa, California.
Dr. Tan-Requiza’s commitment to education was recognized with awards and fellowships. She was an ASEAN Visiting Research Fellow at the Japan Institute of International Affairs in 1992, an ASEAN Grantee to the European Union (Netherlands, France, Belgium and Luxembourg) in 1994, and a visiting professor at the Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. She was also a recipient of the Horacio de la Costa Professorial Chair at the Ateneo and was later cited in “The Marquis Who’s Who in the World (15th Edition)”. In 2008, Davao Central College named her Outstanding Alumna in Education.
Ms. Lucy Jumawan-Sauer
Ms Jumawan-Sauer is regarded as an innovator and catalyst for dance development, presently the Managing Director of Contemporary Dance Association Limited in Australia. She completed her elementary and high school education from Silliman University in 1948 and 1952, respectively. She graduated from Saint Paul University from its Associate in Commercial Science program and later completed a Certificate IV in Training and Assessment issued by the New South Wales Technical and Further Education Commission in Sydney, Australia.
A passionate ballet dancer, Ms Jumawan-Sauer was a dance soloist in “Swanlake” and “Nutcracker” with the world’s prima ballerina, Russian Alexandra Danilova, in 1957. She joined Silliman for ten years as Director and Choreographer at the Dance Department. In 1972, she was invited by the Philippine House Consulate in Australia to perform in honor of then Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam. This happened in the same year when she became Director and Choreographer for the Philippine dance performance during the First Folkloric Festival at the Sydney Opera House. From that time on, she has been invited to perform, train and lecture about dance and judge in dance tournaments in Australia and New Zealand.
Ms Jumawan-Sauer has served as founding director and principal of performing arts institutions and organizations in Australia, including the Cultural Arts International, Dances of Asia and the Asian Artist Association of Australia. She has been contributing since 1972 to various projects in and outside of the Filipino community in Australia that involve fund-raising and cultural presentations.
For her commitment to transforming dance into a venue to bridge cultures, she is a recipient of numerous awards. In 1979, she became the first Filipino to receive the Migrant of the Year Award from the SBS Television Documentary in Australia. Later in 1995, she received a Plaque of Recognition from The 3rd Sydney Colours Kayumanggi Talent Showcase for Excellence in Performing Arts, Dance, Choreography and Contribution to Aboriginal Dance for 23 years.
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Order of Horace B. Silliman Conferral Set in Manila
Two benefactors of Silliman University will be conferred the Order of Horace B. Silliman in Manila and two others on the Silliman campus.
Silliman President Dr. Ben S. Malayang III and Board of Trustees Chairperson Mrs. Juanita Dy-Amatong will confer the Order on Mrs. Elizabeth How and her family and Atty. Enrique Sobrepeña, Jr. on August 22 during the Founders Day celebration of the Silliman Manila Alumni Chapter, Inc. at the Makati Sports Club.
Mrs. How and her family donated a 467-hectare property in Ticao, Masbate in honor of Mr. Paulino and Mr. Francis Xavier How, a Sillimanian. The property is a growing model of an excellent extension program that covers livelihood and vocational training.
Atty. Sobrepeña, on the other hand, donated P5 million to establish the Rose Lamb Sobrepeña Writers Village in Camp Lookout, Valencia. The Writers Village is now the permanent home of the Silliman University Writers Workshop, the first in Asia.
A separate conferral ceremony is set August 26 at the South Lawn of the Silliman Hall to honor Rev. Alfredo Baliad and Dr. Eusebio Kho.
Rev. Baliad donated to Silliman over a hundred hectares of property in Bayawan City. Plans are underway to develop the property as a facility for the University's extension program, in coordination with the various academic units.
A longtime benefactor of Silliman, Dr. Kho established a professorial chair each at the College of Business Administration and Medical School. He has also donated several scholarships that continue to benefit poor but deserving students.
Inspired by the generosity of Dr. Horace B. Silliman, the man who donated the initial amount of $10,000 to start Silliman University, the Order of Horace B. Silliman is a recognition conferred upon individuals, families and organizations. Recipients have blessed the University with gifts and donations with a value of at least P1 million. Their support continues to help realize the University’s mission of providing better opportunities to its students and the members of both Silliman and the larger community of Dumaguete.
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Alumni College Launched
Silliman University launched the Alumni College, an academic facility that will formalize the involvement of alumni in various University activities, on August 17.
Headed by the Dean of the Graduate Studies Program, Dr. Teresita Sy-Sinda, the College will develop formal guidelines to streamline the participation of Silliman alumni as resource persons in lectures, seminars, workshops, and other academic activities on campus.
The College will serve as a conduit of the different academic units to the alumni in ensuring the objectives of the activity to which they are invited are met.
Operational throughout the school year, the College will be limited to overseeing academic activities involving alumni but will not be degree-granting.
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