Silliman Education
NOTE: “Leadership Reflections” shares views of the different members of the University Leadership Council on matters related to campus life and the operations of the University. As well, it features opinions on issues of national and/or international relevance. What SU Education IsBy Dr. Betsy Joy B. Tan, Vice President for Academic Affairs (Silliman Administration messaged […]
Prof. Alice A. Mamhot
Teaching how to solve complicated number problems in the easiest and most enjoyable way possible is the specialty of Prof. Alice A. Mamhot of the Mathematics Department. “I see to it that my students can learn and enjoy every time we meet in class,” she says. And this she does without being consumed by traditional […]
Silliman Reinforces Parking Policy with Citation Tickets
The Office of Student Affairs issued a campus advisory informing students and personnel of a set of guidelines that will govern the issuance of citations for parking violations on campus. This development is a reinforcement of the University's policy on parking which was implemented last school year. The same policy employed color coding in the […]
Alumni Letter October 2012
Dear Fellow Sillimanian: Dayon sa Buglasan! An expanded version of Silliman’s Hibalag, the Founders Day booth festival, was the main feature of Negros Oriental’s Buglasan 2012. Each booth became the tourism and product display center for its town and city. The design of each booth was inspired by the major tourism attraction of […]
Social News Site ‘Rappler’ Chats About ‘Social Change’
A social news network that is enjoying a growing popularity especially among young people in the country comes to Silliman University for a round of discussion on media ethics and development. The 7th leg of the Rappler Chat Series will be conducted at the Silliman Hall on November 16, bringing together students, teachers and media […]
Pioneering Library Science Batch Registers 100% in Exams
The first batch of graduates of the Bachelor of Library and Information Science program garnered a perfect mark in the November 2012 Librarian Licensure Examination. All four graduates passed the exam that had a national passing average of 46.67 per cent, which is equivalent to 379 passers out of a total of 812. This new […]
CAS Dean Elected Nat’l President of Asian Faculty Fellowship
College of Arts and Sciences Dean Dr. Margaret Helen Udarbe-Alvarez was elected president of the Asian Christian Faculty Fellowship (ACFF)-Philippines during its 6th Biennial Conference held recently at Silliman University. ACFF-Philippines, organized in 2003, is a member of the ACFF Federation that also has chapter organizations in Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Myanmar, […]
Asst. Prof. Dionesio V. Piñero II
Talk of the swim team of Silliman University and his face would hardly be detached from it. Assistant Professor Dionesio V. Piñero II is the coach of the Silliman swim team and concurrently Chairperson of the Physical Education Department of the College of Education. He says swimming is his passion, something that he developed within himself after being […]
2nd Semester
MESSAGE Welcome to the second semester of School Year 2012-2013! We hope that your experiences in the second semester will be equally enriching toward accomplishing your respective goals in life. Campus life is only as good as what you make of it. Seize all the opportunities you can to further develop the person within you […]
IEMS Director on Threatened Marine Resources: ‘Asianize CRM’
Institute of Environmental and Marine Sciences (IEMS) Director Dr. Hilconida P. Calumpong highlighted the need for closer regional cooperation among academic institutions in addressing threats to marine resources at the 44th Annual Federation of Institutions for Freshwater and Marine Sciences (FIMFS) held late last month in Cebu City. Dr. Calumpong was one of only two […]
