Social Media
Social Media and Mobilization By 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 […]
Dr. Malayang Seals Formal Partnership with 2 Universities in Canada
Silliman President Dr. Ben S. Malayang III signed memoranda of understanding with the presidents of two universities in Canada. Royal Roads University (RRU) and Vancouver Island University have officially become the first institutional partners of Silliman in Canada following a formal tie-up sealed by Dr. Malayang and his counterparts in these two reputable higher education […]
Conservation Biologist: More Information Needed to Protect Marine Mammals
Marine mammals (like dolphins and whales) are being threatened by growing sea traffic, changes in their habitat, bycatch, pollution and disease. This was revealed by Angelico Jose Tiongson, a conservation biologist who had studied Marine Biology at Silliman University, in a lecture to young leaders at an environmental camp held in Lake Balanan, Siaton, Negros […]
VPAA Re-elected President of Accrediting Agency for Private Universities
Vice President for Academic Affairs (VPAA) Dr. Betsy Joy B. Tan has been re-elected as president of the Association of Christian Schools, Colleges and Universities-Accrediting Agency, Inc. (ACSCU-AAI) during the agency’s 30th National Assembly held May 21 to 22 in Tagaytay City. ACSCU-AAI is one of only three accrediting agencies for private education institutions in […]
United Board Fellow from India on Asia Placement in Silliman
A fellow of the United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia (UBCHEA) from India is on campus until July this year. Dr. Mini Alice, an assistant professor at Union College handling Malayalam, a regional language in India, is on her first of two placements in UBCHEA’s partner universities. Silliman is her Asia assignment; her […]
Mr. Manolito A. Gatchalian
From player to coach, his love for the game remains the same. A former college volleyball player, PE teacher Mr. Manolito Abot Gatchalian at the High School Department is a hands-on coach who joins in as many plays with his athletes as he can. Lito, as he is fondly called among friends and colleagues, was […]
Alumni Updates (May 18-24)
The Silliman University Alumni Council of North America is inviting all alumni and friends to the Inaugural 5K Run/Walk on June 21, 2015, 6AM, at La Quinta Hotel by the Riverwalk, 303 Blum Street, San Antonio, Texas. This 5K Run/Walk is part of the culmination of Tipon Silliman 2015, which will take place on June […]
CARES Officer is 1st President Outside Manila of Association for Guidance Counselors
The Head of the Counseling Advocacy Research and Evaluation Education Services (CARES), an office under the Human Resource Development Office, was elected president of the Philippine Guidance and Counseling Association (PGCA). Dr. Evangeline P. Aguilan is the first to hold the top post since the PGCA was founded in 1966. Her election took place during […]
Board of Trustees Vice Chair is Summer School Grad Speaker
Board of Trustees Vice Chairperson Judge Candelario V. Gonzalez speaks to a total of 110 college students during the 6th Summer School University Commencement Exercises on May 15 at the Silliman University Church. Of the total graduates, one from the College of Education is receiving the Latin honor magna cum laude. The Vice Chair of […]
54th Silliman University National Writers Workshop Opens
Asia’s longest-running creative writing program launched its 54th installment on May 11 at the scenic Rose Lamb Sobrepeña Writers Village in Camp Look-out, Valencia. The Silliman University National Writers Workshop (SUNWW) this year was formally opened with words of welcome from Vice President for Development Prof. Jane Annette L. Belarmino who mentioned briefly the University’s […]
