12 graduate from SU Campus Journalism Summer Workshop
The College of Mass Communication of Silliman University graduated last week 12 young students who participated in its Campus Journalism Summer Workshop held April 22-26. The successful participants were Grades 5, 6, and incoming Grade 7 students of basic education schools in the city and from as far as Bohol province. The SU Campus Journalism […]
SU relaunches its online learning platform
Silliman University recently relaunched its online learning platform, the Silliman Online University Learning (SOUL). The new SOUL is powered by Blackboard Open LMS and will cater to 21st century learners through digital learning tools and technology that will be utilized by SU faculty starting June 2019. During the launch and unveiling of the new SOUL […]
Visiting prof teaches scientific programming to SU grad students, faculty
Austrian biologist Dr. Klaus M. Stiefel, a visiting professor at the Biology Department, College of Arts and Sciences of Silliman University (SU), taught SU faculty and graduate students how to manage and analyze scientific data using R, a programming language in a course held April 1-5 at the Multipurpose Room. The course was titled “Scientific […]
Alumni Updates April 22 – 28, 2019
National Artist Edith Lopez Tiempo’s 100th birthday anniversary celebrated A graveside Memorial Service in honor of the late Philippine National Artist for Literature, Edith Lopez Tiempo, was held on her 100th birth anniversary last April 22 at the Dumaguete Memorial Park. The memorial service was a collaborative activity of the Silliman University (SU) Creative Writing […]
69th Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature now accepting entries
The 69th Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature, the longest-running and most prestigious literary contest in the country, is now accepting submissions to its regular categories listed below: Novel and Nobela categories English Division– Short Story, Short Story for Children, Essay, Poetry, Poetry Written for Children, One-act Play, and Full-length Play; Filipino Division– Maikling Kuwento, […]
DepEd chief Briones visits SU
Dr. Leonor M. Briones, Department of Education (DepEd) secretary, visited Silliman University (SU) April 11 to discuss the Alternative Learning System-Education and Skills Training (ALS-EST) program of SU. She met with the University vice presidents and SU ALS-EST program core coordinators at the Administration board room. Atty. Nepomuceno A. Malaluan, DepEd undersecretary and chief-of-staff, led […]
Pan Hellenic Society donates to Ariniego Art Gallery
The Pan Hellenic Society donated 20 percent of its proceeds from the Plate Movement 2019 art workshop to the Silliman University (SU) Romeo P. Ariniego Art Gallery. The amount was turned over to SU last April 15 at the office of the Vice President for Development Jane Annette L. Belarmino. Plate Movement 2019 was a […]
Alumni Updates April 15 – 21, 2019
MARILEE K. SCAFF (November 27, 1915 – March 8, 2019) Remembering SU Missionary Dr. Marilee K. Scaff. We remember Dr. Marilee K. Scaff, an American missionary who passed away peacefully in her sleep last March 8. Dr. Scaff was a professor at Silliman University in the 1970s, together with her husband Alvin. She died at […]
Alumni Updates April 8 – 14, 2019
36 avail themselves of DOLE’s Special Program for Employment of Students (SPES) During the summer term (April-May 2019), 36 Silliman University working students will again benefit from the Special Program for Employment of Students (SPES). These student assistants assigned to the different academic and non-academic units in the University will receive compensation from the Department […]
SU Dragons to participate in Dumaguete Dragon Boat Challenge
The Silliman University Dragons is participating in the city’s Dragon Boat Challenge tomorrow, April 13. The SU Dragons is the dragon boat team of the university. A fledgling team, it is composed of students, alumni, and some friends of Silliman under the leadership of its manager and coach, Dr. Michele Joan D. Valbuena. The team is participating […]
