Alumni Updates (May 4-10)
Around a hundred student assistants assigned to the different academic and non-academic units on campus are the recipients of the Special Program for Employment of Students (SPES) this summer term, April 1 to May 31. SPES is a joint undertaking among different government agencies: Department of Labor and Employment, Department of Education, Commission on Higher […]
A Good Bad Buy
A GOOD BAD BUYBy (Sermon delivered during the 3rd “Silliman Sadya Mindanaw” on May 3, 2015 at the the Davao.) Text: Jeremiah 32: 6-44 (selected verses) The text just read was rather long. The story about Jeremiah buying land is a long narrative in the Bible. So we selected only some verses. But because the Bible […]
2 Top Members of Class 2015 Named Region’s Best
They belong to Class 2015. Both graduated magna cum laude. One was his batch’s Most Outstanding Student of the Year; the other was the Senior Student of the Year. And they once again share the stage after graduating last March, now as among the top student leaders in Region 7. Hanz Denzil Villahermosa and Mikle […]
High School Fresh Grad Ranks 2nd in National News Writing Contest
A fresh graduate from the High School department clinched a silver medal in the News Writing English Category of 2015 National Schools Press Conference (NSPC) held April 13 to 15 in Taguig City. Jude Martin V. Amiscaray, who graduated valedictorian last March, represented Central Visayas during the annual search for the country’s best campus journalists. […]
Alumna Appointed Comelec Commissioner
Sillimanian litigation lawyer Maria Rowena Amelia V. Guanzon is one of the new Commissioners of the Commission on Elections (Comelec), following her appointment on April 28. Atty. Guanzon graduated from Silliman University High School in 1974. Her parents, Judge Sixto Guanzon and Negros Occidental Board Member Mrs. Elvira Guanzon, were also Sillimanians. Both were among […]
54th Silliman National Writers Workshop Opens May 11
The 54th Silliman University National Writers Workshop will open on May 11 at the Rose Lamb Sobrepeña Writers Village in Camp Look-out, Valencia, Negros Oriental. Twelve writers from all over the Philippines have been accepted as regular workshop fellows. They are: Aimee Paulette O. Cando of Quezon City (University of Santo Tomas), Angela Gabriele R. […]
Mr. Bernard T. Duran
Safety Officer Bernard T. Duran is one of many “invisible” faces working in the background, committed to ensuring a smooth and safe campus experience for members of the Silliman community. His story is a testimony of how good education widens the doors of opportunity. This Dumagueteño from Barangay Piapi is the second child in a […]
Workers and Development
Workers: The Indispensable Element in Real DevelopmentBy Ms Glynnis Jean C. CasiñoPresident, Silliman University Staff Association Secretary, Claire Isabel McGill Luce Auditorium While the prediction of Karl Marx about the downfall of capitalism did not come true, his economic ideas which were basically derived from the classical economists like that of Adam Smith, still holds […]
Marine Bio Professor in New York for UN World Ocean Assessment
A professor at the Institute of Environmental and Marine Sciences (IEMS) is back at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from April 27 to May 1 for a meeting among experts convened to develop a global mechanism of reviewing and assessing the state of the marine environment. Dr. Hilconida P. Calumpong, marine biologist and Graduate […]
US Embassy Press Attaché: ‘What You Say or Write is Important’
The Press Attaché of the United States Embassy was on campus on April 30 to launch the Silliman University Research and Environmental News Service, a project initiated by a faculty member of the College of Mass Communication (CMC) and supported by a grant from the Embassy. “In this project, we want students to remember the […]
