Dear Fellow Sillimanian: Happy New Year!  As we welcome another year, may we remain unceasingly hopeful that God grant us the desire of our hearts and allow all our plans to succeed. During one of the re-election campaigns of President Barack Obama, Oprah Winfrey optimistically exclaimed, “Cheers to another chance for us to get it […]

Dear Fellow Sillimanian: Maayong Pasko ug Mabungahong Bag-ong Tuig!   There was much opportunity for Christmas giving in December 2012 as Dumaguete becomes the new typhoon “destination.” Dr. Angel C. Alcala observes, “it is vulnerable to tropical depressions developed during the north monsoon season.” He urged the local government to accept the reality of climate change […]

Dear Fellow Sillimanian: Dayon sa DUMAGUETE!      This year, a new service at Silliman Church was held to celebrate All Saints’ Day and All Souls Day. It’s called a Memorial Service, which was not exactly new as this was done at the Dumaguete Memorial Park in the past years. What was different besides the […]

  Dear Fellow Sillimanian: Dayon sa Buglasan!   An expanded version of Silliman’s Hibalag, the Founders Day booth festival, was the main feature of Negros Oriental’s Buglasan 2012.  Each booth became the tourism and product  display center  for its town and city.  The design of each booth was inspired by the major tourism attraction of […]

Dear Fellow Sillimanian: September was another busy month for many of our students. The adrenalin rush of the young Sillimanians on Founders Day continued on, thanks to the celebration of Christian Education Month at the Silliman University Church.  The annual event covered a lot of ministries for all ages.  In addition to learning more about […]

Dear Fellow Sillimanian: “This is a well-organized Founders Day! I enjoyed this a lot! It’s not just a day but a very long celebration – this day actually lasted for a month. I have been watching cultural shows and attending lectures this August. I never had somethhing like this back home. It was my first […]

Dear Fellow Sillimanian: “EMPOWER ME — Spirit of the LIVING GOD” is the 111th Founders Day Theme. This is the third year that the theme is inspired by a popular hymn of the Church. In 2010, it was “On Eagles Wings”, and in 2011, Martin Luther’s “A Mighty Fortress is Our God.”  The Biblical foundation […]

Dear Fellow Sillimanian: Silliman University enjoys a 3.67% increase in its overall enrollment this school year 2012-2013. At the end of June, the total University student population was 9,259, with the Graduate School still registering students. The Early Childhood, Elementary and High School under the School of Basic Education’s 2,320 total enrollment covered 1.7 per […]

Dear Fellow Sillimanian: As the freshmen are officially enrolled, we are hoping that this prayer written in 2007 by Dr. Proceso U. Udarbe, Pastor Emeritus of Silliman University Church, will also be the prayer of their hearts:           “… We know that everything we are and have, and everything we can ever […]

Dear Fellow Sillimanian:   “After the war, in a letter he had written me, one of my former students at Silliman University, touched upon that period of our history which we called “the war years.” “He wrote: ‘“There was uncontrived courage in those who were part of the resistance movement in Negros Island. They knew depths of […]