Meriendas With Mom Edith and Other Memories
By Chi Balmaceda Gutierrez. I was a part of that workshop of 1988-1989 which was held for an entire semester. My co-fellows then were the Soria-de Veyra brothers from Leyte, Vim Nadera, Mozart Pastrano, Cynthia Lopez-Dee, Jun Celmar, Tim Montes, among others. Each time Mom Edith had a literary session with us, which was usually […]
Grumble in the Jungle
By Alvin I. Dacanay One of the attractions of what is now known as the Silliman University National Writers Workshop—which celebrates its 50th year this month—for the Manila-based fellowship applicant is the chance to not only learn about the craft of writing from some of the country’s literary luminaries, but also to travel to some […]
2nd Graduation Ceremony for Summer Term Set
Over 60 students will march at the Silliman University Church in the afternoon of May 15 for the commencement exercises specially organized for the summer term of 2010-2011. This is the second year for the University to hold a graduation ceremony for the summer term. It was conceptualized last year in order to afford the […]
Lambdans Scholarship for Continuing Students Offered
The Student Scholarship and Aid Division (SSAD) is calling on incoming junior and senior students to apply for the Lambdans Scholarship. Covered under a memorandum of agreement signed recently, the scholarship offers 50 per cent waiver on tuition fees. Qualified applicants are those who meet the following criteria: Annual family income from all sources of […]
CCS Project Explores CRM Practices-Digital Technology Link
The College of Computer Studies (CCS) is organizing a seminar-workshop that reflects on the use of internet technology in promoting local knowledge and indigenous practices in coastal resource management (CRM). Themed “Preserving and Sharing Local Knowledge of and Indigenous Practices in Coastal Resource Management using Digital Tools”, the seminar-workshop on May 17 to 20 targets […]
Alumni Hit Gold, Bronze in Vietnam Archery Grand Prix
Three alumni of Silliman University made the country proud after winning gold and bronze medals in the 2nd Asian Archery Grand Prix held late last month in Vietnam. Jennifer Chan and Joan Chan-Tabanag were two of three members of the Philippine Women’s archery team who received a gold medal each for the team event compound […]
Legends of the Clan
All families have stories that are passed from one generation to another. The beginnings of some clan stories go so far back in time they have become legends. So it is with the Magtolis clan. One of my favorite family legends is about the earliest Magtolis. My father used to say that one way of […]
Do-It-Yourself Dumaguete Diary
By Vim Nadera. Way back in 1988, while I was in the midst of my thesis writing for an M.A. in psychology, Dr. Ophelia Alcantara Dimalanta offered me an alternative. She led me to a different direction. She recommended to the first Silliman University Semestral Writers Workshop. At first, it made me a bit […]
Drugged and Still Drugged
By F. Jordan Carnice . Sometime in the second week of May 2008, I baptized our batch “Katsubongs” without meaning to. Like what the other batches of the workshop did before us, the ritual of naming was just one of those customary but unwritten agreements for hilarity’s sake. But later on, as we braved one […]
Short But Sweet
By Mo Francisco. There’s only one thing that all fellows of the Dumaguete Workshop will agree on—some more wistfully than others: a summer in Dumaguete ends all too soon. That statement however holds the most truth for our batch. While other batches had three weeks, ours had to cram all our stories, forging of new […]
