Student Gov’t Pedals Up to Christmas with Bike Rental Project
The Silliman University Student Government (SUSG) intensifies its environmental campaign with a “rent a bike” program launched right before Christmas. Sixteen bicycle units were immediately rented out to students on November 26, right after the launching of Sikad, a project of the SUSG Environment Committee (EnviroCom) that promotes biking as an alternative mode of […]
Alumna is First Filipino to Receive Prestigious UK Award
A Silliman alumna becomes the first Filipino to receive what the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) announced on December 5 is a “highly coveted national award” in the United Kingdom. Ms Mylene Freires, who graduated from the College of Nursing in 1992, was chosen recipient of the 2010 Mary Seacole Development Award, a recognition given […]
Alumni Letter November 2011
Welcome Home! There is always a sense of pride in every welcome event for our alumni who are on a nostalgia visit to our campus by the sea! Among this month?s balikbayans are Priscilla Magdamo Abraham, State Artist of Vermont and our country?s pioneer in ethnomusicology
US Embassy Trains Negros Or. Librarians
Close to a hundred librarians and information specialists from different schools in Negros Oriental attended the lecture-workshop on “21st Century Competency Skills” conducted on December 9 at Silliman University by the Thomas Jefferson Information Center (TJIC) of the United States Embassy. The lecture walked the participants through new media technologies and resources that are available […]
God’s Presence
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. The Gift of God's Presence By Rev. Jonathan R. Pia, Minister of the Parish, Silliman University Church Text: […]
Dr. Christopher A. Ablan
A self-proclaimed pragmatist, Dr. Christopher A. Ablan is the Liaison Officer of the United Board of Christian Higher Education in Asia (UBCHEA). He joined the University in the year 1967 as a faculty member of then the Department of Agriculture (DA) and within two years became the chairperson of the Department.
Groundbreaking Rites to Honor Late BOT Chair Emeritus
Silliman University will honor the late Col. Roman T. Yap, Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Trustees (BOT), in a groundbreaking ceremony on December 9 for a building that will bear his name. The two-storey structure will be named the Col. Roman T. Yap Hall. It is a gift from the Yap family and a […]
Congolese Named Country’s Top Foreign Student
A junior Nursing student who hails from the Democratic Republic of Congo was one of three international students who won the 42nd National Search for the Three Most Outstanding International Students in the Philippines. Baraka Muvuka, who is the current president of the Overseas Student Fellowship of the Silliman University Church and an active member […]
Longing
LONGING, HOPING AND WAITINGIn Celebration of the 1st Sunday of Advent Ben S. Malayang III, President TEXT: Isaiah 64: 1-9 (1) I wish you would open up your heavens and come down to us! I wish the mountains would tremble when you show your power! (2) Be like a fire that causes twigs to burn, […]
‘We Belong Under One Umbrella’ — SUSA Prexy on New CBA
A new Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) between Silliman University and the union for its non-academic personnel, Silliman University Staff Association (SUSA), was signed on November 29 at the Dr. Jovito Salonga Center for Law and Development. SUSA president Mrs. Araceli C. Tan, who served as chief negotiator for the staff union, expressed happiness over the […]
