Alumni Updates (March 7-13)
The Silliman Alumni Association, Inc., SOCSKSARGEN Chapter (South Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, Sarangani & Gensan) held a fellowship last February 27, 2016 at the home of outgoing president Linda Bañas-Alvarez in Kalsangi, Polomolok, South Cotabato. The new set of officers are: Engr. Ronnie Sechong (president), Taqna Sumajit (vice president for Sarangani), Rosalie Abugan-Gregorio (vice president for […]
Asst. Prof. Maria Elcon C. Kleine Koerkamp
She was born with music forming an attachment to her, no different from her limbs, heart and skin. She holds a voice that soothes the mind and pierces the soul. She is one of Silliman’s angelic voices. Asst. Prof. Maria Elcon C. Kleine Koerkamp is a faculty at the College of Performing and Visual Arts. […]
Pag-Handom ug Hinumdum
PAG-HANDOM UG HINUMDUM (“A FOND REMEMBRANCE”)(Sermon, Anniversary Sunday, UCCP Valencia Negros Oriental, 22 February 2016) By Dr. Ben S. Malayang III,President TEXT: Lucas 22:19 Gikuha niya ang pan ug nagpasalamat sa Dios unya gipikaspikas niya kini ug gihatag kanila nga nag-ingon, “Mao kini ang akong lawas nga gihatag alang kaninyo. Buhata ninyo kini aron paghandom […]
UN World Ocean Assessment Expert: ‘Seagrass Meadows Most Threatened Ecosystem’
The only Filipino in the 25 experts who wrote the First Ocean Assessment Report for the United Nations revealed that seagrass meadows are the most threatened ecosystems on earth. Dr. Hilconida P. Calumpong, who is a professor at the Institute of Environmental and Marine Sciences in Silliman, said that one-third of all the seagrass areas […]
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 […]
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 […]
