Silliman is Top 8 Best Performing School in ME Board Exam
Silliman University clinched the eight spot on the list of Top 10 best performing schools, based on results of the recent Mechanical Engineer Licensure Examination. The University had a total of 14 passers out of 18 takers, registering a passing average of 77.78. The national passing rate was 55.31 per cent. Congratulations to our new […]
Marina Mission Clinic Now a DOH-Recognized Primary Healthcare Facility
The Silliman University Marina Mission Clinic is now a recognized primary healthcare facility by the Department of Health. This development reinforces the decades-long medical extension services that the Clinic has done in the municipality of Dauin and its neighboring towns. It also enables the Clinic to further expand its relevance and reach, especially with new […]
Importance of Biodiversity
THE IMPORTANCE OF BIODIVERSITY By Dr. Angel C. Alcala, Professor Emeritus and National Scientist (Excerpts from a talk by National Scientist Angel C. Alcala at the Seminar-Workshop on Biodiversity Reporting 101 held at Silliman University and sponsored by ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity, US Embassy Manila, and Silliman University REnews) The word “biodiversity” is a contraction […]
German Women’s Group Interfaces with Professors at Divinity School
A women’s group composed of 23 delegates from different parts of Germany visited the Divinity School on April 6. Rev. Dr. Dennis Solon, Dr. Victor Aguilan, Rev. Dr. Josephat Rweyemamu and Rev. Dr. Jeaneth Harris-Faller of the School interacted with the group led by two women pastors from the United Protestant Church of Westfalia: Ms […]
Dr. Aileen P. Maypa
For the past few years, she has spent a considerable amount of time in and around the sea, marveling in its beauty and grandeur, yet also seeing the fragility –– and even the degradation –– of our planet’s blue heart. Just like home, she feels comfort and reverence every time she immerses herself in the […]
Likeability
LIKEABILITYBy Mark Raygan E. Garcia, Director, Office of Information and Publications In the book “The Likeability Factor”, author Tim Sanders pounds around an interesting concept of choice. He throws us into a realization that, indeed, the choices that we make in life aren’t all ours. They are influenced by desired outcomes that factor in the perceptions, opinions, […]
CHED Names SU Center of Excellence in Teacher Education; Lone Recipient in Region
The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) has designated Silliman University as a Center of Excellence (CoE) in Teacher Education — the only one in the Negros Island Region. CoE is the highest distinction granted by CHED to a university for programs assessed among the country’s strongest in the areas of instruction for innovative curriculum and […]
4 Student Leaders Qualify for Immersion Camp on Mindanao Peace Process
Two incoming senior students from the College of Business Administration, an incoming junior student from the College of Medicine, and a freshman Foreign Affair student qualified for the Master Peace Boot Camp on April 4 to 7 in Tagaytay and Cotabato City. Moh’d Ryane Bogabong (Medicine), Nikko Paolo Calledo (Management), Shahadat Samsurin (Management), and Tyrel […]
Alumni Updates (April 4-10)
Sillimanians in Malaybalay, Bukidnon formally organized themselves as an alumni chapter last March 24, 2016 at a meeting held at the Sunflower Cafe, in Malaybalay City. The newly elected officers are: Beulah Rose R. Torres (president), Daniel C. Asuncion (vice president), Ophelia Pilar E. Zamora (secretary), Magnolia O. Improgo (treasurer), Bernard Luke Bernalez (PIO) and […]
National Confab on Linguistics Tackle ‘Asianization’ of English
The “Asianization” of English and the English language is the focus of this year’s national conference of the Linguistic Society of the Philippines (LSP), hosted by Silliman University from April 7 to 9. With the notion that the English language has become Asian in character, the conference delves on the implications of Asianization and the […]
