Message at the Opening of the 20th WCSP Biodiversity Symposium
Ben S. Malayang III, PhD | Silliman University Recent works on conservation explore how we think when we do environmental science.[1] Let me focus on three most recent: Frodeman (2011) talks of how our approaches to doing environmental science are mired in a morass of (1) Kantian assumptions (on the inherent value of disciplinal specializations);(2) Humboldtian […]
Making Taxes as Permanent as Death
(Note: This article appeared on Business Mirror, Sunday, 10 April 2011) IT has been said that there are only two things, which are permanent in life: taxes and death. Filipinos refuse to recognize this simple truth. They always try to evade and cheat on both death and taxes. Most of the time, they succeed in […]
Silliman Produces New Mechanical Engineers
Silliman University congratulates its new licensed mechanical engineers who passed the board exams administered on March 19 to 20, 2011: Campomanes, Edsel Calumpang Ramirez, Danilo Ogok Ramos, Chiquo Mar Sevilla Silliman's passing rate: 100%National passing rate: 53.93%
Alumni Letter March 2011
March is Graduation month at Silliman. There were 973 who graduated with college, graduate and doctoral degrees; 204 graduated from high school; 150 from elementary and 140 from early childhood. Sixty-three of the college graduates have been studying in Silliman University since preparatory school days and are called by the yearbook, The Portal. As “RED-blooded […]
Salonga Center Trains Army, PNP on ‘Law Enforcement’
The Dr. Jovito R. Salonga Center for Law and Development of Silliman University conducted a two-day “Law Enforcement Seminar” for 40 members of the 302nd Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army and the Negros Oriental Philippine National Police. Conducted end of last month at Camp Leon Kilat, Tanjay City, the seminar touched on topics which […]
Developing A “Science Culture” – Now Na!
(Keynote, 2011 National Conference, Philippine Physics Society, held at Silliman University, April 6-7, 2011) Ben S. Malayang III | Silliman University Two weeks ago, a Singaporean academic told of an old story about how a boy saved the people of his coastal village. One early morning, the boy had risen up well ahead of everybody […]
SU BOT, SUMCFI BOD Issue Joint Statement
Joint StatementSilliman University Board of Trusteesand theSilliman University Medical Center Foundation, Inc. Board of Directors Through the years, the Silliman University Medical Center (SUMC) has been a facility of Silliman University, in pursuit of the University’s vision, mission and goals. SUMC has always been an instrument of the University’s inherent and historical commitment to quality […]
Former BOT Chair Receives Prestigious Bayi Citation Award
Former Board of Trustees Chairperson Prof. Leonor M. Briones is one of ten recipients of this year’s distinguished Bayi Citation Award. Professor Briones, who once served the country as National Treasurer and is presently lead convener of Social Watch Philippines, a group that seeks to eradicate poverty and corruption, is cited in the field of […]
Installation of Rubberized Flooring to Gym Underway
A cooler, safer and more spacious Silliman University Gym will greet students by the opening of School Year 2011-2012. The gym caps its series of renovation works this summer with rubberized flooring. A special prefabricated rubber shock pad will be bonded on the concrete floor of the gym, and layers of sealer and durable coating […]
Cooking, Performing Arts Summer Programs Open April
Different short-term programs are in store for kids, students and adults to help them make their summer experience more fun and productive. These summer programs are open to the public. They are being offered by the College of Visual and Performing Arts and the Nutrition and Dietetics Department of the College of Education. Conducted annually, […]
