Alumni Join Countdown to Tipon 2011
Hundreds of Silliman alumni are flocking in Fairbanks, Alaska in the United States for the 10th Tipon celebration on June 17 to 21. Tipon is a biannual gathering of alumni and friends in North America. Its hosting rotates around alumni chapter-members of the Silliman University Alumni Council of North America (SUACONA). This year, it is […]
Developing a Program for Waste Management
Garbage such as papers, plastics, glasses, bottles, tin cans that a food establishment generates as the results of its activities are not really waste but resources waiting to be reused, recovered, or recycled. There’s money in garbage, if we make use of our creative minds. When garbage are irresponsibly mixed together and dumped in an […]
Singing Group to Perform at Gathering in Alaska
The Silliman University Gratitude and Goodwill Ambassadors (SUGGA), a group of students, faculty and staff, is set to perform at the Tipon 2011 celebration in Fairbanks, Alaska, United States on June 17 to 21. SUGGA sings and dances with repertoire ranging from Baroque to Contemporary periods of musical styles with sacred and secular genre, […]
Reflecting on Knowledge & Identity
(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, who is in the United States to meet with the different alumni chapters and attend the Tipon […]
Kabataan Partylist Representative Apologizes to Silliman
Kabataan Partylist Rep. Raymond Palatino has sent a letter of apology to Silliman University after the University publicly condemned its inclusion in his list of higher education institutions that allegedly charge “bizarre” and “unfathomable” fees through the “Stones and Pebbles Fee.” Below is the press release of the University on the Administration's reply and request […]
We’re Not Socialites But Managers — French Ambassador
His Excellency Thierry Borja de Mozota, Ambassador of France to the Philippines, was the guest speaker at the special academic convocation of Silliman University held June 6, 2011 at the Claire Isabel McGill Luce Auditorium. The Ambassador's talk on the role of an ambassador as a manager of a nation's interest in a foreign land […]
Understanding corruption
Understanding corruption Tuesday, 28 June 2011 19:45 Liling Magtolis Briones / Boiled Green (Business Mirror) Philippine presidents, including the incumbent, have won on anticorruption platforms. Since it has become practically synonymous with governance, Filipinos believe they know everything about corruption. For its part, the international donor-community has poured in hundreds of millions of dollars in anti-corruption […]
The Ministry of Care on Eagle’s Wings
(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, who is in the United States to meet with the different alumni chapters and attend the Tipon […]
French Ambassador to Visit Silliman June 6
His Excellency Thierry Borja de Mozota, Ambassador of France to the Philippines, has scheduled a visit to Silliman University on June 6. The Ambassador will be with a party of two: Mr. Louis Thievenin and Ms Juliette Blouin, Director and Deputy Director of the Alliance Francaise de Cebu, respectively. Silliman University Vice President for Academic […]