Passion to Serve
Learning to Serve in this Knowledge Society By Dr. Betsy Joy B. Tan, Vice President for Academic Affairs (Message delivered during the service-learning orientation for students from George Mason University on June 13, 2014.) In the Journal of International Trade & Economic Development, Prof. Graciela Chichilnisky of Columbia University wrote in 1998 about the Knowledge […]
Friends Pool Funds for 7th Placer to Take Agriculturist Exam
Orlando Paculanang Cabugnason only wanted one thing: a college diploma. It was a promise he made to himself and one that he wanted for his family. He would be the first in the family to graduate from college. But little did Orlanz know that God did not only answer His prayer; He added an unexpected […]
Online Credit Card Payment System Now Up
Credit card payments can now be made online. This development is part of the continuing commitment of Silliman University to further enhance the efficiency of its student services, and facilitate transactions without the need to be on campus. For online credit card payments, students need to access their Student Online Services account. Once logged in, […]
VPAA Elected to Top Leadership Posts in Accrediting Bodies
Vice President for Academic Affairs Dr. Betsy Joy B. Tan was elected president of the Association of Christian Schools, Colleges and Universities – Accrediting Agency, Inc. (ACSCU-AAI) during its 29th National Assembly held late last month in General Santos City. ACSCU-AII is a major accrediting agency in the Philippines for private educational institutions. It evaluates […]
Tokushima University Explores Tie-up with Silliman
Officials of the University of Tokushima met with Silliman President Dr. Ben S. Malayang and other members of the Administration on June 11 to explore partnership opportunities, particularly on the University’s program at the Medical School. Present were Dr. Akira Tangoku, Assistant Dean of International Relations and Professor of the Department of Thoracic, Endocrine Surgery […]
14 Students from Virginia in Silliman for Service-Learning
Fourteen students from George Mason University (GMU) in Fairfax, Virginia USA are in Silliman University for their Service-Learning Exposure Program from June 10 to 18. They are: Carol Zigani, Tabatha Sakurako Donley, Jessica Melton, Adriana Coste-Hayes, Taylor Pasquale, Nubia Del Carpio, Sean Ferry, Alec Wurzbacher, Tyler Rogers, Joseph Romano, Eunice Perez-Mejia, Maura Schmidt, Hayley Walczer […]
What Awaits You?
MESSAGE Institute of Clinical Laboratory Sciences Pinning Ceremony June 6, 2014, Silliman University Church By Prof. Cleonico Y. Fontelo, Vice President for Finance and Administration Perhaps at this stage of your academic life, you may be asking: What awaits you from here? What awaits you outside Silliman? What awaits you in the world that you […]
Prof. Lorna Tumulak-Yso
Her name is said to have been first coined by a famous English novelist for the heroine in his novel, Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor (R.D. Blackmore, 1869). It is no surprise then that University Librarian Prof. Lorna Tumulak-Yso is herself a romantic at heart who finds leisure in unwinding to the music of old […]
Athletes Bag 8 Gold, 8 Silver, 7 Bronze in National Games
Athletes from both tertiary and secondary school levels of Silliman University bagged a total of 23 medals during the Philippine National Games held May 16 to 25 in Manila. The Silliman team clinched a total of eight gold medals, eight silver and seven bronze in archery and swimming. Bringing home gold were archers Marie Crizabelle […]
Brill Holds Workshop on Publishing Research Internationally
SPi Global partnered with Silliman University on a workshop by Brill Publishing on “How to Get Your Research Published Internationally”, held June 6 at the American Studies Resource Center of the Robert B. and Metta J. Silliman Library. Participants in the half-day workshop were teachers and graduate students from Silliman, St. Paul University and Foundation […]
