Alumni Update May 17 – 23, 2021
Boston-based alumna moderates Stanford speakers series Outstanding Sillimanian Awardee (OSA), Prof. Priscilla Lasmarias Kelso (AB/English, 1961, magna cum laude), was handpicked by Stanford University, her graduate school alma mater, to moderate a Zoom panel last May 8, 2021 for Asian American alumni and students. The topic discussed was on “The Stories That Shape Our Lives” […]
Alumni Update May 10 – 16, 2021
Silliman alumnus and former Communication Specialist at the United Development Programme (UNDC) Manila, Agnes Shari Tan-Aliman, shares with us her latest book entitled, The Siege of Jolo in 1974. Aliman, feeling ecstatic in her Facebook post announces, “It’s finally out! My book, which forms part of the social history of my hometown, Jolo, Sulu, during […]
Nursing/PT to hold limited face-to-face classes; medical clerkship for MedSchool
Silliman University’s (SU) BS Nursing and Physical Therapy programs; and the Medical School were recently granted authorization from the Commission on Higher Education Regional Office (CHEDRO) 7 to hold limited face-to-face classes and medical clerkship, respectively. For the Nursing program, only Related Learning Experience (RLE) or Skills Laboratory Classes will be held in a face-to-face […]
New Testament Professor is new bishop of Tanzanian Lutheran Church
Rev. Dr. Msafiri Mbilu, a visiting professor in New Testament Studies at the Silliman University (SU) Divinity School, was consecrated bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania (ELCT) last May 9 at the Lushoto Lutheran Cathedral, Tanga Region, United Republic of Tanzania. Mbilu, who teaches New Testament courses and biblical languages at the formation […]
SU student’s paper becomes first published record of gnathiid species found in PH
Silliman University (SU) Institute of Environmental and Marine Sciences student Mary O. Shodipo authored the first scientific paper that identifies gnathiid species found in the Philippines. Shodipo, an MS Marine Biology student, is the lead author of the paper titled “First record and molecular characterisation of two Gnathia species (Crustacea, Isopoda, Gnathiidae) from Philippine coral […]
Divinity School webinar emphasizes state of the Church amid pandemic
Silliman University (SU) Divinity School held a webinar on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on churches around the country last April 28, 2021, via Zoom and Facebook Live. The online event titled “Church in the Pandemic: Impacts and Prospects” featured Dr. Walden Ursos, Dean of the SU Medical School, and Bishop Melzar Labuntog, General […]
Alumni Update May 3 – 9, 2021
Remembering Dr. Horace Brinsmade Silliman on his 111th death anniversary The Dumaguete Chapter of the Silliman Alumni Association, Inc. (SAAI), in partnership with Silliman University (SU), commemorated the 111th death anniversary of Dr. Horace Brinsmade Silliman through a memorial service and floral offering, May 4, 2021 at the Horace B. Silliman bust in front of […]
Alumni Update April 26 – May 2, 2021
Sillimanians join the Community Pantry movement The community pantry fever has spread all over the country and has caught on a group of Sillimanians and big-hearted Dumagueteños to set up one at Barangay Bantayan, Dumaguete City. The Maginhawa Community Pantry in Quezon City is organized by 26-year-old Ana Patricia Non, whose simple act of kindness […]
SU-Lao ICI Lab distributes first batch of food packs in Lao assistance program
Silliman University (SU), led by the Dr. Mariano Lao Innovation, Creation, and Invention Laboratory, distributed April 29, 2021 the first batch of food packs for displaced outsourced personnel of SU and financially challenged students and senior citizens, at the Dr. Mariano & Lina Lao Activity Center and Technology Laboratory. This food assistance project was made […]
SU ranks 6th in 2021 PH university ranking
Silliman University (SU) now ranks 6th in UniRank’s 2021 Philippine University Ranking, a step-up from being 8th in the 2020 list. The top 10 universities in the 2021 ranking is as follows: University of the Philippines Diliman Ateneo de Manila University De La Salle University University of Santo Tomas University of the Philippines System Silliman […]
