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 […]
Summer School Graduation
MESSAGE What does the future hold for you? When asked this question, you might refer to your ambitions. Others, to what you yearned to be when you were still in grade school that you wanted to be a doctor, an engineer, lawyer, soldier or officer of the law. To some, it is better left for […]
Mrs. Violeta D. Rusiana
She is a familiar face to anyone who has burned hours of research and study time at the Reserve Section of the Robert B. and Metta J. Silliman Library. For nine years now, Mrs. Violeta Dumalag-Rusiana, the Reserved Section Librarian, has guarded a special collection of rare, out-of-print or limited edition books and resources. Dumaguete-born […]
National Scientist Challenges Youth at Ocean Conservation Camp
The Philippines is the third largest country in the world with the widest coral reef area. It has about 25,000 square kilometers of coral reefs, next to Indonesia which has 80, 000 sq. km., and the Great Barrier Reef near Australia which has almost 350,000 sq. km. But of this total area, National Scientist and […]
Alumni Updates (May 11-17)
The Siquijor alumni association, headed by Chapter president Fiscal Jose Imaculado “Jim” L. Palmitos, recently held a get-together on May 9 at the Siquijor State College Cafeteria in Larena. Present from Silliman University were President Dr. Ben S. Malayang III and Alumni and External Affairs Director Mr. Ruben N. Bokingo. The Silliman Alumni Association, Inc. […]
Staff Members Undergo Seminar on ‘Purpose-Driven Life’
Some 60 staff members attended a whole-day seminar on “Building a Purpose Driven Life” held May 12 at the Multi-Purpose Hall. The participants, who were secretaries, office assistants and other frontline personnel, went through a series of sessions aimed at developing a renewed sense of purpose in the work place. They also had exercises focusing […]
