SU-AREC Facilitates Installation of Solar Home Systems in 16 Off-Grid Barangays
Silliman University will facilitate the distribution and installation of 942 solar home systems (SHS) in 19 remote barangays in Bayawan City beginning August 11. This project was lunched through a “Ceremonial Switch-on and Distribution of Solar Home System” held August 5 in Bayawan City, with the local chief executives of Bayawan, officials of the Provincial […]
Europe Alumni Chapter Supports Extended Work Scholarship Program
The Silliman University Association of Alumni and Family in Europe (SUAAFE-GABS) Chapter has donated an amount it has generated from its fund-raising to support the University’s scholarship program. SUAAFE-GABS turned over a total €500 representing proceeds from “Euroflock”, the first gathering in Berlin of alumni based in Europe. The donation coincided with the chapter’s third […]
Alumni Updates (August 3-9)
Sillimanian poet Myrna Pena-Reyes recently launched her third poetry collection, “Memory’s Mercy: New and Selected Poesm”. This new collection contains new poems written after she retired with her husband, William T. Sweet, and moved to Dumaguete City in 2015 after living abroad for 34 years. The book includes 13 selections from the out-of-print The River Singing […]
Silliman Produces 10 Psychometricians
Ten of this year’s successful passers of the July 2015 Psychometrician Board Exam are from Silliman University, based on results released by the Professional Regulation Commission. Of the 4,466 total takers nationwide, only 2,061 made it. Congratulations! Boborol, Thea Capistrano Cahanap, Leo Justin Valencia Cena, Alyssa Nikolai Montegrejo Lagudas, Krizzia Trish Rubio Lumawag, Denzel Faldas Ondoy, Lindel […]
Of Life Lessons
Of Life Lessons By Atty. Grace A. Sumalpong, Secretary, Board of Trustees (Message delivered during the Honors Day Convocation of the High School Department held August 3, 2015 at the Claire Isabel McGill Luce Auditorium.) It is always a pleasure to come home to Silliman. Every opportunity and reason to be here is always welcome. It gives me […]
Silliman Spirit
Proud to be Sillimanian! By Mr. Reuben N. Bokingo, Director, Office of Alumni and External Affairs Being in a gathering of Sillimanians in the country and abroad makes me ask myself: Is this the Silliman Spirit that has brought us together? It seems like an un-seen force has bonded us. It cannot be seen, nor […]
Ms. Marly D. Quilario
She was born and raised in Sibulan, Negros Oriental. The second of three sisters. Raised with Christian values, Christ was at the heart of everything they did as a family. Ms. Marly D. Quilario describes herself as an average and quiet student throughout her elementary and high school. In 1988, she enrolled in Silliman University […]
Education Major is Lone Filipino Recipient of Int’l Award for Public Affairs
A senior student from the College of Education is the only recipient from the Philippines of the 2015 Young Women in Public Affairs (YWPA) Awards of Zonta International. Amrryha M. Estelloso, an Education student majoring in English, made it to the roster of only 32 recipients from around 20 countries around the globe of the […]
Alumni Updates (July 27 – August 2)
The Silliman University Alumni Association of Ireland and Northern Ireland (SUAA-IE/NI), represented by current chapter president Mr. Noel Jereza, joined the Council of Leaders gathering at the Philippine Consulate in Dublin last July 12, 2015. The gather sought to get more Filipino groups and organizations involved in sharing information about the prospect of doing business […]
Flea Market Revs Up Preparations for Silliman High Centennial
In 2016, the Silliman University High School celebrates its centennial. This is another grand celebration that will witness groups of alumni from different parts of the country and abroad arriving in Dumaguete for what will be a weeklong reunion among classmates and friends. Marking an informal start of the celebration is a flea market organized […]
