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 […]
Professors Tackle Role of Philosophy in Education Reforms
Three professors from the Philosophy Department presented their respective papers during the 37th annual conference of the Philosophy Association of the Visayas and Mindanao (PHAVISMINDA) themed “Quo Vadis Philosophia? Challenges and Opportunities for Philosophy under K to 12 Curriculum,” held May 22 to 24 in Cebu City. Prof. Ferdinand Mangibin, Chairperson of the Philosophy […]
Teachers Undergo ‘COEPING’ for Learners with Special Needs
Over 30 teachers and guidance counselors from the Elementary and Early Childhood Departments underwent an orientation seminar dubbed “COEPING” on May 26. COEPING stands for “College of Education Program for Inclusion Across Generations.” It is a program geared towards inclusive education. It seeks to educate, equip and empower teachers in accommodating and managing learners with […]
Silliman Hosts Online Seminars on Korea’s Dev’t Experience
Silliman University is one of three institutions in the Philippines linking participants to the Korea Development Institute for the Global Distance Learning Seminar Series that covers ten topics over a seven-month period. The seminar series is a course in itself. It offers lessons via distance learning on the development experience of Korea from an aid […]
IT Professor Elected PSITE President
College of Computer Studies OIC-Dean Dr. Dave E. Marcial was elected president of the Philippine Society of Information Technology Educators (PSITE). Dr. Marcial is the first from the Visayas region to occupy the post PSITE president. He took his oath on May 23. Within the same month of May, the PSITE officers conducted a benchmarking […]
Mrs. Blanchie M. Utzurrum
Physicists and cosmologists agree, the universe is shaped in great part by an attractive force we call gravity. It may be the weakest among the four fundamental forces of physics, but its reach is furthest and holds sway over all objects that have mass even through the vacuum of space. Without it the universe will […]
Sillimanian Tops Foreign Service Exams
A graduate of Silliman University topped the Foreign Service Examinations (FSO) of the Department of Foreign Affairs. Stacy Danika S. Alcantara, who obtained her degree in Mass Communication, summa cum laude, in 2009 leads this year’s passers of only 30. The FSO is one of the toughest exams administered to those aspiring to become diplomats. […]
