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Silliman
Receives P6M from Uytengsu Foundation >> Grad Students’ Contributions Hit Winrock Int’l Book >> List of ANI Scholars Released >> Asian Students Undertake Service-Learning at SU >> New School Year Welcomes 8,000 Students >> Dr. Alcala Receives Award from President Arroyo >> UBCHEA Taps Dr. Tan for HK Workshop >> Women Artists to Gather at SU | ||||
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
Takahashi and Kotaro Takamatsu. New School Year Welcomes 8,000 Students Based on the June 12 report of the Office of the Registrar and Admissions (ORA), Silliman University is home to 8,149 students this School Year 2008-2009. This number is expected to increase with a day more left in the enrollment period. College enrollment accounts for 5,986 students; the rest, 2,163, is with the School of Basic Education (Kindergarten, Elementary, High School). Of the 13 academic units of the University, the College of Nursing and Allied Health Sciences (Nursing, Medical Technology and Physical Therapy) has the highest student population. The second and third largest colleges are the College of Business Administration and College of Arts and Sciences, respectively. The
ORA will release next week a final comparative university enrollment
report to determine if this school year’s total enrollment
registers an increase. Dr. Alcala Receives Award from President Arroyo Silliman University Professor Emeritus Dr. Angel C. Alcala was awarded as among the Philippine’s “50 Great Men and Women of Science”. President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo handed the award to Dr. Alcala at a ceremony in Malacañang held June 9. In his citation, Dr. Alcala was recognized as “the principal scientist in a research program on land vertebrates and marine biodiversity in the Philippines...a seasoned expert in biological science, having authored or co-authored at least half of the 169 scientific papers and books produced through this collaboration.” His commitment to research has also inspired him to put together what the citation considered are “the most comprehensive studies on Philippine amphibians and reptiles, with minor contributions to birds and mammals” – the first Filipino to have done so. Currently
the Director of the Silliman University Angelo King Center for Research
and Environmental Management, Dr. Alcala served as Silliman University
President from 1991 to 1992, before he was appointed Secretary of
the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR).
UBCHEA Taps Dr. Tan for HK Workshop Vice President for Academic Affairs Dr. Betsy Joy Tan was one of the resource persons of the “Regional Training Workshop on Service-Learning” held May 21 to 31 in Hong Kong. The workshop was sponsored by the United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia, and gathered participants from Cambodia, Vietnam, Myanmar, East Timor, Thailand, Indonesia and mainland China. One of the brains behind the service-learning program at Silliman, Dr. Tan handled sessions aimed at equipping the participants with knowledge and skills toward initiating service-learning as a pedagogy in their respective institutions. Dr.
Tan also served as panelist in the session “Service-Learning
in Asia: Practices and Prospects” at the 6th International
Triennial Conference of the Colleges and Universities of the Anglican
Communion held May 30 at Chung Chi College, The Chinese University
of Hong Kong.
Women Artists to Gather at SU Acclaimed women artists from Indonesia, the Philippines, Singapore, and the U.S. will come together to explore the dynamic convergences between eastern and western cultures and to interact with the local arts and academic communities of Manila, Dumaguete City, Bacolod City, and Bago City from June 15-30, 2008. The project is part of Woman As (Mythical) Hero (WMH), the TRADE ROUTES pilot project within the Southeast Asian region. These include Arahmaiani (performance and installation artist from Yogyakarta, Indonesia), Brenda V. Fajardo (painter from Manila), Kai Syng Tan (media installation artist from Singapore), and Angel Velasco Shaw (video maker from Manila and New York). The WMH project asks: Are women heroes necessary? Who are they in everyday life? How are these women culturally and socially perceived and represented? How can they function in different contexts as multi-dimensional symbols and as human beings? Through public forums, artist talks, art exhibitions, workshops, performances, and video screenings, these women will engage in academic exchanges, formal and informal sharing of their stories, cultures, and social concerns with local artists from the different regions. Such interactions aim to break through social barriers, like ignorance, discrimination, and lack of education, hence allowing for more dynamic relations between Southeast Asian, Asian American, and non-Asian artists. WMH will open in Manila at the Philippine Educational Theater Association Multi-Purpose Hall on June 15 at 6:00 P.M.. The project team will then go on a full series of talks, workshops, forums, exhibits, video screenings, and performances in Dumaguete, mainly at Silliman University, from June 19 to June 23. Afterwards, they will set up an exhibit at Orange Gallery in Bacolod City, which will run from June 27 to July 5, and conduct talks, forums, and workshops there as well. To culminate the project, Brenda Fajardo will host an Arts Festival at her Hanao-Hanao farm in Bago City on June 29 from 5:00 PM onwards. In partnership with Kababaihan sa Sining at Bagong Sibul na Kamalayan (KASIBULAN) and BAGLAN, Woman As (Mythical) Hero is supported by Arts Network Asia, the Asian Cultural Council, the Asian/Pacific/American Studies Program and Institute at New York University, Ford Foundation Jakarta, Silliman University, Foundation University, the National Arts Council of Singapore, the National Commission for Culture and the Arts, the Negros Museum, Negros Oriental State University, and the Orange Gallery. For
the complete list of events in Manila, Dumaguete, Bacolod, and Bago
City, please refer to the Woman As (Mythical) Hero schedules. For
inquiries, questions, and reservations, please contact Loen Vitto
at loenmv@yahoo.com. To get a copy of the compete WMH press kit
or to book interviews with the WMH artists during their stay in
the Philippines, please email Angel Velasco Shaw at angelshaw@earthlink.net.
(Release by Ian Casocot, Cultural Affairs Committee member) | ||||
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