Happy 114th Founders Day!

Happy 114th Founders Day!

We celebrate today the gift of Silliman University, the gift of friendship – the gift of you, the gift of us.

Imagine how things were like on this day 114 years ago when Silliman was founded. It would have been very festive, the air filled with so much rejoicing, fulfillment and optimism. To the Founders, Silliman University reaching more than a century and a decade may have just been a dream they all were fervently praying would materialize. What Silliman has become today though – the thousands of lives that the University sources from and infuses into hope, love, care and inspiration – was a legacy that they built strong into the Christian foundation on which Silliman stands firm today and beyond.

Founders Day has always been about that gift of a vision for a better future for the Filipino people espoused by philanthropist Dr. Horace Brinsmade Silliman. The same vision many then and now collectively sustain and live out. Let that very gift be a source of inspiration for us to continue pushing the boundaries of Silliman education further into the minds, hearts and spirit of one and all.

Let us be that Silliman experience, that Silliman education, that source of hope, love, care and inspiration to many around the world.

Godspeed!

BEN S. MALAYANG III
President