Alumni Updates (February 29-March 6)
The Aloha Chapter Silliman University Alumni Association (ACSUAA), host of Tipon 2017 now has a new set of officers: Otilo “OG” Gimang (president), Jean Tantano-Arnts (first vice president), Erwin Quiñanola (second vice president), Meda Magdamo-Palencia (secretary), Alice Sy Chuang (treasurer), Ivy Dael Quiñanola (auditor), Nella Villanueva Gimang (PRO), and Rev. Alan Patadlas and Rev. Salome […]
SURE, CAUSE Win Top Student Government Posts
The Student Government election results this year once again paved the way for shared leadership, with the winners of the top two posts coming from the two major student political parties. Accountancy junior Gil Buenavista of the Student Union for Reforms party is the new SG president. Vice president is Cedrick Louis Antiquina, a Medical […]
Candidates for Mayor Present Plans for Dumaguete in Forum at Luce
Three out of the four candidates for Mayor of Dumaguete City graced the Mayoral Candidates Forum organized by Silliman University on February 24 at the Claire Isabel McGill Luce Auditorium. Mr. Dindo P. Generoso, Mr. Quirino A. Ramirez and Atty. Felipe Antonio B. Remollo attended the forum and discussed their respective plans for Dumaguete. Not […]
10 Education Deans Showcased in Portraits
The College of Education launched a painting exhibit dubbed “Phases of Leadership” that showcased ten portraits of the different deans of the College, since the first one appointed in 1935. Featured on the ground floor of the Robert B. and Metta J. Silliman Library, the paintings are works of alumnus and former College instructor Mr. […]
Social Media Activism
SOCIAL MEDIA ACTIVISMBy Mark Raygan E. Garcia, Director, Office of Information and Publications Social media has seen the peak of citizenship participation. It has challenged barriers to the full exercise of freedom of speech. What on one end is a platform for self-expression is a catalyst for community action on the other. Social media has […]
SC Justice Carpio on Maritime Dispute with China: ‘We Need the World Behind Us’
Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio T. Carpio expressed optimism at a forum held February 26 at the Claire Isabel McGill Luce Auditorium that the United Nations-backed arbitral tribunal will render a favorable judgment on the case filed by the Philippines against China on its 9-dash lines claim illegal. The 9-dash line of China plots […]
Rev. Ludy C. Berame
Planting the good seeds of faith and love in the hearts of other people has been the driving force of her life ever since she was 12 years old. And for the last six years, she has found the perfect place for her to do just that. Growing up in a very simple locality, where […]
Checklist Developed to Help Barangays Collect DRM Data
Philippine law requires that the barangay government create a committee in their jurisdiction for disaster risk management, but implementing the law has been nil due to lack of information. To help solve this problem, Silliman University has recommended the use of a “template” that could serve as a checklist for identifying basic resource and environmental […]
Alumni Updates (February 22-28)
Silliman University organized a forum with candidates for the position of Mayor of Dumaguete, on February 24, 2016 at the Claire Isabel McGill Luce Auditorium. The forum was part of the General Education Integrative Learning Lectures in coordination with the Silliman University Alumni and External Affairs office and the School of Public Affairs and Governance. […]
Alumni Updates (February 22-28)
Silliman University organized a forum with candidates for the position of Mayor of Dumaguete, on February 24, 2016 at the Claire Isabel McGill Luce Auditorium. The forum was part of the General Education Integrative Learning Lectures in coordination with the Silliman University Alumni and External Affairs office and the School of Public Affairs […]
