Full Accounting of Economic Value of Disaster Impact Urged
Researchers from Silliman University reported that the total impact of the 6.9 magnitude earthquake that hit six towns in Negros Oriental in February 2012 cost P2.3 billion. The figure is more than six times the early estimates made by the National Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (NDRRMC) and double the figures quoted in a subsequent […]
Alumni Update Letter August 2014
Dear Fellow Sillimanians and Friends: This year’s Founders Day theme, Submitting to the Refiner’s Fire, reminds us all that one must go through the process of submitting oneself to be cleansed and purified. John Piper wrote, “… God will have no alloys in heaven”, and in general, alloy refers to a mixture of metals that […]
Asst. Prof. Sonia Antonia Panaguiton-Lumayag
This Waray from Borongan, Samar is now on her 30th year in Silliman University. For that long, she has mentored many generations of students who are now doctors, professors and scientists. Asst. Prof. Sonia Antonia Panaguiton-Lumayag is a gentle spirit who doesn’t limit her classroom lectures to biological concepts. She reaches out to her students […]
Joy in Trial
Joy in the Midst of TrialBy Rev. Elmer L. Saa, Pastoral Team Coordinator, SU Church (Sermon delivered during the 9th Anniversary of Silliman Heights Thanksgiving Service on August 31, 2014, at the Silliman Heights Chapel.) 1 Peter 1:3-9 When Peter wrote this letter, about 64AD, persecutions were still taking place among the young Christian churches. […]
Sillimanian Places 9th in Electrical Engineer Licensure Exam
Fresh graduate Isser A. Kadusale landed the Top 9 spot in the September 2014 Electrical Engineer Licensure Examination. Isser graduated magna cum laude in March this year. All four of his batchmates also made it: Giselle Ree M. Belnas, Eduardo T. Obial Jr.,Louis Gerard C. Rotea, and Johara M. Villanueva. Silliman's passing percentage is at […]
Financial Experts Tackle ASEAN Integration
Two financial experts from the East West Educational Specialists (EWES) talked about the challenges and prospects for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) when a regional community is established in 2015. Mr. Dennis Franco M. Layug, EWES Group of Companies president and Prof. Jay G. Peñaflor, an economist and a stock investment expert, both […]
Faculty Fellow Speaks on Ethics in Business Today
University Graduate Faculty Fellow Dr. Dennis Patrick McCann gave a lecture on “Ethics in Business Today” on September 8 at the Claire Isabel McGill Luce Auditorium. His talk to an audience of students, professors and local businessmen kicked off a series of lectures in the forum on “Applied Ethics in Our Time” being run in […]
High School Athletes Bag 23 Medals in 2 Badminton Tourneys
Athletes from the High School Department brought home a total of 23 medals from two badminton tournaments held last month. Eighteen were garnered during the Negros Athletic Association (NAA) Badminton Age Group Tournament held last August 22 to 24, and five more during the Visayas leg of the First Sun Cellular-Ming Ramos Juniors Badminton Tournament […]
Elementary Pupils Bring Home Awards from Nat’l Convention
Sixth grader Audrey Kiara Delfin bagged a silver medal in the storytelling category (English) during the 35th Annual National Graders’ Convention held September 1 to 5 at the Teacher’s Camp in Baguio City. Three other sixth graders also received awards for their exemplary performance in their respective categories: Germuell Kin Pateño (Best in VJ Hosting), […]
Musical Inspired by Book on ‘Ampalaya’ Opens September 19
An original musical that is inspired by the children’s book “Alamat ng Ampalaya” (Legend of Bitter Gourd) is being staged at the Claire Isabel McGill Luce Auditorium from September 19 to September 22. “Ampalaya the Musical” takes off from the famous book by Augie Rivera Jr. (Read synopsis below.) It features the University’s homegrown thespians and […]
