Guerrero Challenges Photographers: ‘Tell a Story’
International photographer Francisco “Paco” Guerrero examined three genres of photography during his lecture dubbed “A Photographer’s Journey” on December 8 at the Cyber Lecture Hall. Mr. Guerrero’s first contact with photography started out on the streets. Exposure to street life helped him understand how light works and how to best capture that light in film. […]
Ethnomusicologist Shares ‘The Art of the Visayan Song’
Renowned ethnomusicologist Priscilla Magdamo-Abraham opened this semester’s Albert Faurot Lecture Series for Culture and the Arts with her talk on “The Art of the Visayan Song” at the College of Performing and Visual Arts (COPVA) Music Sala on December 1. Ma’am “Prescy”, as she is fondly called among friends and colleagues, explored the artistry behind […]
Alumni Updates (December 8-14)
JEFCOR Laboratories, Inc., owned and managed by Outstanding Sillimanian Awardee Edna C. Mijares, recently passed the Asian Pacific Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (APLAC) Proficiency Testing. The Asia Pacific Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation is a forum for laboratory accreditation bodies in the Asia Pacific region. Jefcor Laboratories, Inc., has been involved in inter-agency collaborative work with the Department […]
Alumni Updates (December 1-7)
Note: Posting of the Alumni Update for December 1 to 7, 2014 was only done this week. Focus of the website last week was on the advisories issued by the University in preparation for typhoon Ruby. The book Creation, Fall, and Redemption (published by Redemptivebooks Publishing) by Iloilo-based alumnus Atty. Edwin R. Catacutan (HS ’72 […]
Scientists Find Anti-Cancer Compounds in Guyabano Fruit
Scientists have isolated six compounds from the guyabano fruit (scientific name, Annonamuricata Linn.) which are known to fight cancer, diabetes, heart ailment and tuberculosis. Writing in a recent issue of the Silliman Journal, the researchers identified the following six compounds from the guyabano fruit which are known to have significant medicinal effects: beta-sitosterone (1), beta-sitosteryl […]
NYC-UNICEF Taps 4 Students for Conference on Disasters
Four Sillimanians were among 150 youth leaders invited to the Visayas-Mindanao Consultative Conference and Workshop on the Youth’s Role in Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DRRM) conducted December 3 to 5 in Cebu City. They are Stephanie Chelsea Mora (Psychology IV), Jeasela Lucyn De Barras (Psychology III), Shamah Bulangis (Political Science II) and Shahadat Samsurin […]
High School Senior Adjudged Champion in Reg’l Science Fair
High school senior Jude Martin Amiscaray was declared the champion for the Physical Science Individual Study Category of the Regional Science and Technology Fair held November 28 to 30 in Cebu City. His science project, titled “An Investigative Comparison on Heating Value and Combustion Gas Composition of Sacharumofficinarum Leaves and Oryza sativa Hulls Charcoal,” sought […]
30 Pass Phil-IT General Certification Exam
Thirty senior students from the College of Computer Studies are among the successful examinees of the Philippine Information Technology General Certification Examination (PHIL-IT GCE) administered November 29. PHIL-IT GCE is an annual entry-level professional competency standard which evaluates the taker’s cognitive, psychomotor and affective learning. It serves as a viable and credible measure of IT […]
Basmayor Family Donates Collection of Rocks, Minerals
Silliman University received recently a collection of 220 pieces of different rocks and minerals from the Basmayor family. The collection will soon be unveiled as a permanent exhibit in the Anthropology Museum. Mr. Romeo and Mrs. Loreto “Linda” Basmayor donated their collection in order for more people to learn more about the mineralogical items which, […]
ADVISORY 8 #RubyPH: Resumption of Classes, Work
Issued 10AM, December 7, 2014 Work resumes tomorrow, Monday. Classes resume Tuesday as normally scheduled. Extra-curricular and other school activities normally scheduled during Monday common time, if any, shall proceed as previously scheduled, except Early Childhood and Elementary, if Signal 1 remains hoisted over Negros Oriental. If no more storm signal, all work and academic […]
