President’s Message during the All-University Convocation
19 November 2018 – 10am, 2pm | Claire Isabel McGill Luce Auditorium The University is our Home. All the students who are here, all faculty and staff serving here in various capacities, all administrators who work here – – we all spend a significant amount of time in this our Home. As our Home, this […]
SU confers honorary degree on Australian marine scientist
Prof. Garry Ronald Russ, Chief Investigator of the Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence in Coral Reef Studies at James Cook University (JCU), has been conferred a Doctor of Science degree honoris causa by Silliman University (SU) in ceremonies held at the Claire Isabel McGill Luce Auditorium, November 16. SU Board of Trustees chair […]
Alumni Updates November 12 – 18, 2018
Outstanding Sillimanian Awardee to receive Presidential Award. Engr. Elizabeth Merto Engle, 2016 Outstanding Sillimanian awardee for engineering, has been chosen as one of the recipients of the 2018 Presidential Awards for Filipino Individuals and Organizations Overseas. Engr. Engle is among 25 awardees selected from a total of 96 nominations received by the Commission on Filipinos […]
Fresh Psychology graduate places 8th in Psychometrician exam; 12 pass licensure exams for psychometricians, psychologists
Darlene Cahiles Juab, who graduated March this year with a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology, gained the eighth place in the October 2018 Psychometrician Licensure Examination, according to the list released by the Professional Regulation Commission last November 10. Nine other graduates from Silliman University also passed the exam. The batch garnered a passing […]
Sillimanian represents PH in Global Youth Trends Forum
Ray Kerry Dacoseo, first year BS Architecture student of Silliman University, represented the country as one of six Filipino delegates at the 2018 Global Youth Trends Forum held Oct. 30-Nov. 6 in Taipei, Taiwan. The forum was organized by Taiwan’s Ministry of Education-Youth Development Administration. The Filipino delegates were chosen based on their involvement and […]
Alumnus places second in national design tilt
Fashion designer Dan Ryan E. Duran, an alumnus of Silliman University, won second place in the Balintawak category of TERNOCON 2018, a nationwide terno-making convention and contest for regional designers. He was awarded during the event’s culmination night at the Cultural Center of the Philippines on November 11. TERNOCON gathered 30 designers from Luzon, Visayas, […]
eOSP version – 12 November 2018
This digital newsletter is a digest of calls for participation, research collaborations, fellowships, scholarships, events and other opportunities as well as news of breakthroughs and scientific discoveries for Silliman University. It is curated by the Office of Strategic Partnerships. EuroTechPostdoc Programme Deadline: 28 February 2019 The EuroTech Universities Alliance (https://eurotech-universities.eu) is a strategic partnership […]
SU co-presents EU’s biggest research and innovation program
Silliman University (SU) co-presented with the European Commission its “Horizon 2020 Info Days” seminars in Cebu City and Manila October 17 and 22-23, respectively. Horizon 2020 is the European Union’s (EU) eighth framework program for research and innovation. It makes available funding opportunities for research projects and grants for innovations. With accessible funding of almost […]
Role of Christian Universities in the Context of Ecological Disaster, Growth of Poverty, and Health Crisis: How to redefine socially responsible education praxis
Betty Cernol McCann, PhD Silliman University [Paper presented at the consultation workshop on the “Role and Relevance of Christian Education in a Multi-Religious, Secular Asia” hosted by Chang Jung Christian University, Tainan, Taiwan, on 16-17 October 2018] Asia is no stranger to ecological disasters, extreme poverty conditions, and health outbreaks. Just last month several countries […]
Pres. McCann presents paper at TaiCUCA international consultation
“Christian universities have a special charge: to train the next generation of leaders who must care for the earth and the creatures on it,” Pres. McCann told participants of the international consultation on re-visioning the role and relevance of Christian universities in Asia convened last October by the Taiwan Christian Universities and Colleges Alliance (TaiCUCA) […]
