Alumni Updates: September 29-October 4
Alumni Updates: September 29 – October 4 The new Alumni Board of Directors of the Sillimanians In Metro Manila (SIMM) recently held their first meeting to set and map out their chapter’s vision, goals, strategies and programs for the next two years. (Photo shows [L-R] Jobe Buling-Viernes, [Treasurer], James Manuel K. Raterta [Vice President], Danrex […]
Peace Week Celebrated
Every September, the University sets apart a week-long celebration of the United Nations General Assembly Declaration on the Right of Peoples to Peace. This year, the Peace Week spearheaded by the Religion and Peace Studies and Psychology Department, was held from September 21 to 27. Themed “Right of Peoples to Peace,” Peace Week opened with […]
Indonesian is One of Country’s Top 3 Outstanding Int’l Students
A student from Indonesia who is in her senior year at the College of Nursing was among those named Three Most Outstanding International Students of the Philippines by the Philippine International Friendship and Understanding Association, Inc. Diva Putri Wulandari, who received her award on September 25, is the only recipient from a university outside Luzon. […]
MIS Students Rank 3rd in Technopreneurship Bootcamp
Three students enrolled in the Master in Information System program ranked third in the Pitching Competition during the Technopreneurship bootcamp held September 27 at the Uytengsu Computer Studies Hall. Mary Romar McIntyre, Kevin Villagonzalo and Carena Mae Manzano comprised the only student group that placed in the competition for their project, “Intelligent Healthcare Assistant.” The […]
HS Senior Wins Speaking Tilt on Smoke-Free Dumaguete
High school senior Jude Martin Amiscaray was declared Champion during the Smoke-Free Inter-high School Oratorical Contest held September 29. This competition, themed “Making Dumaguete Smoke-free for a Healthy Lifestyle, Quit Now!” was conducted to celebrate the second year of the City’s enforcement of its Smoke Free Ordinance. There were a total of ten contestants coming […]
Weekly School Paper Adjudged Best Semi-Broadsheet
The University’s official student publication, the Weekly Sillimanian (tWS), was awarded Best Semi-Broadsheet during the 11th Organization of Student Services, Educators, Inc. (OSSEI) Seminar and Workshop on Campus Journalism held in Baguio City on September 18 to 20. TWS editor-in-chief Stephanie Colinco (Psychology III; first from right in photo) and associate editor Andrea Lim (Mass […]
Simulation
Simulation By Dr. Ben S. Malayang III, President (Remarks delivered during the inauguration of the Simulation Laboratory and Resource Center on September 25, 2014, with representatives from the American Schools and Hospitals Abroad-United States Agency for International Development and the United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia.) Our world today is no longer the […]
Ms. Sherily Joy Credo
She’s a Middle Eastern beauty who exudes a smile that can bring in light to anybody's day. In spite of her being a workaholic, Ms. Sherily Joy Credo maintains a sweet and cheerful disposition, not one to give in to stress and pressure of her daily load. Teacher Joy, as students and colleagues address her, […]
Australian Embassy Taps Silliman in New Colombo Plan
The Australian Embassy in Manila has included Silliman University on its list of some 15 Philippine universities accredited under its New Colombo Plan (NCP) to host undergraduate students from Australia who are interested to pursue a full year of studies or a short-term internship in the Philippines. Australian Ambassador to the Philippines H.E. Bill Tweddell […]
‘Corruption a Moral Issue’ — Professor Briones
Former National Treasurer Prof. Leonor M. Briones gave a lecture on various nuances to the problem of corruption in the Philippines, during a Forum on Applied Ethics in Good Governance held September 22 at the historic Silliman Hall. This forum is the second in a series of lectures on applied ethics that is supported by […]
