Basic Ed Students Bag Medals in Asian Math Tournaments
All seven students from the School of Basic Education that competed in two separate international math tournaments in Hong Kong and Singapore each brought home a medal. Highest pointer was High School junior Azel Amada who won gold in the Asia Math Cup in Hong Kong on July 24 to 28. At the same tournament […]
English Instructor Leaves for US on Fulbright Fellowship
An instructor at the English and Literature Department leaves for the United States on a fellowship under the Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA) program. Ms Lady Flor Partosa is assigned to the Skyline College in San Bruno, California. Her program covers the period of August 2013 to June 2014. Started in 1968, the FLTA […]
CELTA Spearheads Celebration for the Visually Impaired
The Center of Excellence in Learning, Teaching and Assessment (CELTA), the extension arm of the College of Education (COE), spearheaded the celebration of the 24th White Cane Safety Day in Dumaguete City on August 10. “White cane” symbolizes the continuing campaign to provide care and respect for persons with disabilities, particularly those who are visually […]
Alumni Letter July 2013
Dear Fellow Sillimanians and Friends: The month of July started off as Silliman University Christian Life Emphasis Month (UCLEM). In the past years it was a whole week of activities. This time it has been spread out to run through the whole month. The change to a monthly from a one-week celebration is […]
Mrs. Jocelyn Villegas-Salatandre
For years, this lady has learned the art of resilience. Resilience is “the ability to recover quickly from illness, change, or misfortune; buoyancy”. It also refers to “the property of a material that enables it to resume its original shape or position after being bent, stretched, or compressed; elasticity.” There can be more definitions of […]
SU & US
SU and Us: A Long Standing Love AffairBy Dr. Betsy Joy B. Tan, Vice President for Academic Affairs (Delivered during the welcome dinner for the Silliman University General Alumni Register, Inc. – Houston, Texas, held August 9, 2013 at the Silliman Hall.) Being home tonight reminds me of that line in the classic movie, […]
VP for Development Meets with Laos Embassy Official
Vice President for Development Prof. Jane Annette L. Belarmino met with the Deputy Head of Mission of the Embassy of Laos PDR in the Philippines to explore opportunities of student recruitment in Laos. Deputy Chief of Mission Khamfeung Phanthaxay welcomed Professor Belarmino in the receiving room of the Embassy in Magallanes Village in Makati, and […]
SU Produces 21 Licensed Agriculturists; Top 2 Nationwide
Twenty-one of this year's new licensed agriculturists in the country are from Silliman University, registering a passing percentage of 91.3 per cent higher than the national passing percentage of only 35.2. This performance in the 2013 Licensure Examination for Agriculturists ranked Silliman first in the Visayas and Mindanao among schools in the category of 20 […]
Former BSP Governor Speaks to Law, MBA Students
Former Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas governor Dr. Jaime Laya spoke in a forum on August 5 at the Justice Venancio Aldecoa Moot Court on the topic: ?The BSP and the State of the Country's Public Finances. Dr. Laya started his talk by discussing the country's economy vis-à-vis employment figures and the performance of the Philippine […]
Conflict Mgt Expert Administers Trauma Healing Course
A professor at the New Century College of George Mason University (GMU) in Virginia facilitated a course on trauma healing in Silliman University last August 5 to 10. Dr. Al B. Fuertes, an expert in conflict transformation management, handled the five-day course on “Trauma Healing and Resiliency: ‘Peace-ing’ the Self and Community Together After Conflict.” […]
