PCARRD Features SU’s Conservation Farming Project
A project of Silliman University on conservation farming is featured in the recent issue of the Monitor, the quarterly newsletter of the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resources Research and Development (PCARRD). The project was run with the municipal government of La Libertad. Coordinating it for Silliman was Prof. Santiago B. Utzurrum, Jr., […]
SY 11-12 Enrollment Registers Increase
Silliman University’s total student population is up by 0.33 per cent, compared to last school year’s figures. Based on the comparative enrollment report of June 30, this school year welcomes a total of 8,911 students, or 29 students more than last school year’s 8,882. Of the total amount, 6,632 are in college, including the graduate […]
University Conference Achieves High Participation Turnout
Faculty and staff members of Silliman University convened June 30 at the Silliman University Church for the annual University Conference. Silliman is home to around 490 and 290 faculty and staff members, respectively. Vice President for Academic Affairs Dr. Betsy Joy B. Tan, who concurrently serves as Acting President while President Dr. Ben S. Malayang […]
Online Deposit Slip Submission System Up
Transmittal of details of payments made off-campus can now be done online. Silliman University has created an online deposit slip submission system that facilitates faster verification of payments made for tuition and other fees. These are payments made through the different partner banks of the University around the country. The links (click title): List of […]
Service-Learning Center Hosts Japanese, Korean Students
A total of eight students from Japan and Korea are on campus for a month-long service-learning program. Being administered by the Service-Learning Center, headed by Prof. Emervencia Ligutom, the program this school year, which runs from June 28 to July 26, is customized for two universities: International Christian University (ICU) in Japan and Seoul Women’s […]
Technology With Responsibility: The International Student’s Role in a University
(This page temporarily features articles by Dr. Betsy Joy B. Tan, Vice President for Academic Affairs, who has been designated as Acting President in concurrent capacity, while Dr. Ben S. Malayang III is on official leave. Dr. Malayang will resume his reflections in August.) By: Dr. Betsy Joy B. Tan(Note: Message delivered at the opening […]
Silliman, DENR Sign Agreement on Socio-Econ Survey
Silliman University, through the Silliman University Government Affairs (SUGA), and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources signed June 22 at the Board Room of the Leopoldo T. Ruiz Administration Hall a Memorandum of Understanding on the conduct of the Region 7 Community Based Forest and Mangrove Management Project-KfW (CBFMMP-KfW) Baseline/Household and Socio Economic Survey. […]
What Dr. Hibbard Might Have Seen
(Delivered by Silliman University President Dr. Ben S. Malayang III as his keynote speech at the Silliman University Alumni Council of North America 10th TIPON Anniversary celebration held June 18-21, 2011 at Fairbanks, Alaska, USA.) It’s been told many times in Silliman that when Dr. David Hibbard, our founder, first saw Dumaguete from a boat […]
2 Students Off to Peace-building Conference in Hong Kong
The issue on the widening disparity between the rich and the poor in most Asian countries has pooled in a conference in Hong Kong students from Christian academic institutions, including Silliman University. Two Silliman students are at the Chung Chi College, The Chinese University of Hong Kong for the international student conference on “Peace-Makers and […]
Physics Grad Advances to TOSP National Search
A fresh graduate with a degree of Bachelor of Science in Physics is among this year’s 30 national finalists from around the country to the prestigious search for the Ten Outstanding Students of the Philippines (TOSP). Jonathan Andro P. Tan, who graduated magna cum laude in March and was awarded Most Outstanding Student of the […]