6 Japanese Students Hosted for Month-long Service-Learning
Silliman University hosts six students from the International Christian University (ICU) in Tokyo, Japan for a service-learning exposure program from June 30 to July 28. The six Japanese students are Kei Kaneto, Sachie Agatsuma, Kasumi Dinsey, Yui Noda, Yutaro Oda and Taiga Yano. They are assigned to host families in different partner communities of the […]
Prof. Roy Olsen D. de Leon
His occasionally long hair may sometimes remind you of Samson, the champion of Israel who fell into the hands of the Philistines when his strength left him upon the cutting of his hair by his lover Delilah. But the opposite is true for Biology Department Chairperson Professor Roy Olsen de Leon whose short hair is […]
English & Prosperity
If We Are So Good in English, Why Aren't We Rich? By Prof. Leonor M. Briones, Chairperson, Board of Trustees For decades, we have billed ourselves as an English-speaking country. We proudly claim that one advantage we have over other countries is our ability to speak English. We even laugh at nationals of other countries […]
Violin Prodigy Opens 52nd Cultural Season
Thirteen-year-old violin prodigy Kristine Clair Uchi Galano opens the 52nd Cultural Season with the University’s Orkestra Sin Arco in a concert dubbed “Amazing Strings” on June 27 at the Claire Isabel McGill Luce Auditorium. Galano, who was was born in Isulan, Sultan Kudarat, first showed interest in playing the violin at the age of four. […]
Silliman Tapped as Youth Bureau for Population Development
Silliman University is one of only seven organizations, and the only one from the Visayas, designated as a youth information bureau of the Mulat Pinoy-Kabataan News Network (MP-KNN). Under this program of the MP-KNN, the team from Silliman is tasked to develop and disseminate materials on relevant population-related issues in Dumaguete City and Negros Oriental. […]
Psychology Sophomore Selected Aboitiz Scholar
Psychology sophomore Erika Jean Quiñones is among 15 students from around the country granted a full scholarship under the Aboitiz College Scholarship Program (ACSP) of the Aboitiz group of companies. Quiñones, who made it to the final list out of 300 applicants, will also receive an allowance for books and transportation. Of this year’s recipients, […]
Review Classes for Psychologists Board Exam Start June 26
The Psychology Department has scheduled review classes for the first ever board examination for psychologists on October 26 to 27 and for psychometricians on October 28 to 29. Review classes in Silliman begin June 26. The schedule includes alternate weekends to cover the eight board subjects. For more information, click: Psychology/Psychometrician Review Classes
Metrobank Fellows in Journalism to Lecture at Luce
Silliman University is hosting the 2nd Metrobank Foundation Lecture Series in Journalism on June 27 at the Claire Isabel McGill Luce Auditorium. The lectures will be delivered by 2013 Metrobank Foundation Journalists of the Year (JOY) awardees: Ms Maria Lourdes “Malou” C. Mangahas, host of GMA News TV’s Investigative Documentaries and executive director of the […]
Alumni Update Letter May 2014
Dear Fellow Sillimanians & Friends: It has been a couple of days now since classes started at Silliman University and the fun and excitement of the first few days have started to fizzle out. But, the way things are unfolding isn’t that bad for the over 9,000 students. There is free WiFi and the 300 […]
Leonel L. De Jesus
At 12 years old, as he was looking out their kitchen window into the vast outer space, a crippling fear dawned on him. He came to realize the inescapable truth of death. It was this fear that set Mr. Leonel L. De Jesus on the track of following the one person who overcame death – […]
