Alumni Letter December 2013
Dear Fellow Sillimanians and Friends: The month of December makes us pause and smile as we remind ourselves that it is a time for celebration. Whatever situation we are in, whether we are in our valleys or mountain tops, we continue to thank God and celebrate for all the goodness He has graced us with. […]
Christian Leadership
Answering the Call to Leadership, Especially Christian Leadership By Prof. Juliet V. Padernal, Director of Instruction “Answering the Call to Leadership, Especially Christian Leadership” is one of the topics my batch of United Board Fellows (2005-2007) was asked to essay. The original essay, fromwhich this reflection is culled, was my first documented one. Reflective moments […]
Sillimanian Top 3 in Nurse Licensure Exam
A fresh graduate from the College of Nursing is among the country's topnotchers in the Nurse Licensure Examination administered December 10, 2013. Marian Maro Vanslembrouck ranked third in the 2013 NLE which only had 10,977 passers out of a total of 35,475 takers nationwide. Silliman has a total of 39 passers. It registered a passing […]
Team Conducts Psychosocial Training in Leyte
A team of 27 volunteers from Silliman University were in Kananga, Leyte from January 5 to 10 to undertake psychosocial training to teachers of a school badly affected by typhoon Yolanda in the area and facilitate debriefing among 230 other participants. The team, composed mostly of teachers, guidance counselors, some alumni and students from the […]
ROTC Corps Commander Named AFP Cadet of the Year
The Corps Commander of the Silliman University Reserved Officers Training Corps (ROTC) Unit was named ROTC Cadet of the Year by the Armed Forces of the Philippines. Gabriel Paulo C. Orosco received the award from Philippine President Benigno Simeon Aquino III last December 20, 2013 at Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City. Orosco is a junior […]
Scholars from 7 Countries on Campus for Diaconic Mgt Course
Fourteen scholars from seven countries are being hosted on campus for the International Diaconic Management Seminar-Workshop, from January 12 to February 2. The participants, who come from Tanzania, Congo-DRC, Rwanda, Namibia, South Africa, Indonesia and Sri Lanka, are in Silliman for the third of five modules of their two-year Master of Arts in Diaconic Management […]
IEMS Releases Necropsy Findings on Dolphin, Whale Head
The Institute of Environmental and Marine Sciences (IEMS) responded to requests for assistance in December last year in identifying the cause of death of two species that were sighted dead off the shores of the municipality of Dauin. A spinner dolphin (Stenella longirostris) was spotted dead on December 11 along the shores of Barangay Poblacion. […]
2 High School Students Win First in Reg’l Schools PressCon
Two students from the High School Department bagged the first place during the 2013 Regional Schools Press Conference held late last year in Cebu. Jude Martin V. Amiscaray and Patrich L. Lozano, junior and senior students, respectively, each won the top prize in their own categories. Amiscaray won in news writing (English), while Lozano, in […]
New Start
New Start, New BeginningBy Rev. Jeremias M. Lagahit, Minister for Students and Campus Chaplaincy (Delivered during the devotion for the Administration on January 6, 2014.) Texts: Matthew 2: 7-12, Revelation 21: 5-6 Story by Faith J. Conklin: It was just a few days after Christmas. A mother was busy cleaning the house, packing decorations and […]
