Alumni Letter June 2013
Dear Fellow Sillimanian: June is the month of beginnings, and Dumaguete is abuzz once again with 9,349 students enrolled at Silliman University. The University activities for the students have ranged from convocations to weekend live bands and from Sunday afternoon praise and worship services to Meet You At The Pole prayer sessions. GOVERNANCE It is […]
192 Pass Nurse Licensure Exam
Silliman University garnered a 95.54 passing percentage in the Nurse Licensure Exam against a national passing rate of 42 per cent, based on results released July 7. There are 192 passers from Silliman: Abella, Jamson Jaeger D. Abil, Paula Ann A. Abrasado, Arly Rochelle Q. Absin, Nikkita Paula P. Academia, Le Ann B. Alaban, Aileen […]
Nominations Opened for Outstanding Law Alumni
The Silliman University Law Alumni Association (SULAW) announces that it is now accepting nominations for the Outstanding SULAW Awards in the fields of Public Service, Legal Education, and Environmental Advocacy. Nomination forms are available at the College of Law, Integrated Bar of the Philippines (Hall of Justice), Office of the Clerk of Court of […]
Scientists Warn: Climate Change Will Devastate Country’s Seas
Climate change will severely devastate the Philippines’ rich marine ecosystems, a team composed of experts from Greenpeace, Coastal Conservation and Education Foundation (CCEF) and the Institute of Environmental and Marine Sciences (IEMS) of Silliman University said on July 12, as they raised the alarm on the need to save the country’s seas. The warning came […]
Play by Award-Winning Alumni in Lit, Theater Set July 19
Award-winning playwright Ms Elsa Martinez-Coscolluela and celebrated play director Mr. Amiel Leonardia are now on campus for the play, In My Father’s House, opening July 19 at Claire Isabel McGill Luce Auditorium. Ms Coscolluela’s In My Father’s House was set in the wartime and occupation years of Dumaguete. It will be staged for the first […]
8 Pupils Compete in Int’l Math Competitions in HK, Singapore
Eight students from the School of Basic Education are set to leave for Hong Kong and Singapore as part of the Philippine delegation to four different international math competitions. High School Department's Azel Amada (third year) and Micah Edem (first year) competes in three competitions in Hong Kong on July 24 to 28: Search for […]
Museum Tours, Film Showing Mark 1st Anthro Day Celebration
Free guided tours of the Anthropology Museum and a film showing were two activities on campus that highlighted the first nationwide celebration of Anthropology Day on July 8. The Museum, which exhibits rare and priceless collections of ethnographic and archaeological artifacts dating back to as early as 200 BC, opened its doors in the morning. […]
Silliman Church Welcomes New Pastor
A new pastor has been appointed to the Silliman University Church effective School Year 2013-2014. Rev. Grace A. Bangisan joins the Church as the Minister for Christian Education and Nurture. Her responsibilities include children and youth ministry, student fellowships, and coordination with the Christian Women’s Association and the United Church Men. She completes a four-member […]
Outcomes-Based
A Beautiful Mind: Silliman University's Outcome-Based Education By Dr. Betsy Joy B. Tan, Vice President for Academic Affairs (Delivered for the 6th Sunday after Pentecost, June 30, 2013, at the Silliman University Church.) “The Lord is my Light!” What a beautiful song! Thank you choir, for the beautifully rendered song to inspire us in confronting […]
Asst. Prof. Ronelaine Baslot-Picardal
The life a pastor's kid is never glamorous. But this lady from Butuan thinks life in general doesn't have to be one; you just need to see the good side of things in all that is laid down before you. Like any of that of a pastor, Asst. Prof. Ronelain Baslot-Picardal and her family had […]
