Former Service-Learning director named 2021 Outstanding Professional of the Year
Prof. Emervencia L. Ligutom, former director of the Silliman University Office of Community Engagement and Service-Learning (SU OCESL), was named the 2021 Outstanding Professional of the Year in the field of Social Work by the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC). Aside from being the former OCESL director, Ligutom served as a faculty member of the SU […]
Alumni Update October 4-10, 2021
SUHS 1973 Closes in on its Php 1 Million Goal The Silliman University High School (SUHS) Class of 1973 is closing in on its pledge of 1 million pesos to endow the SUHS 1973 Scholarship Fund for the SU Junior High School. Substantial contributions and pledges were given by classmates during their “50-2” (50th minus […]
SU partners with DOST to share resources for STARBOOKS
Silliman University (SU) partnered with the Department of Science and Technology-Science and Technology Information Institute (DOST-STII) to provide digitized science & technology resources for the Science and Technology Academic and Research-Based Openly-Operated Kiosk Station (STARBOOKS). Also known as a “library in a box,” STARBOOKS is a kiosk containing thousands of digitized resources on science, technology, […]
ECCs are unique to specific projects, asserts ex-DENR exec
Environmental Compliance Certificates (ECCs) granted to a project cannot be copied by similar projects in other sites because each project and its site have unique features and impacts that would require unique mitigation measures, asserted Dr. Ben Malayang III, former Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) undersecretary and former Silliman University (SU) president. Malayang […]
SU extends study in Europe opportunities in Visayas as EHEF regional hub
Silliman University (SU) assists the Delegation of the European Union (EU) to the Philippines and the Commission on Higher Education in inviting Filipinos interested in studying in Europe to join the Virtual European Higher Education Fair (EHEF) 2021 this October 1-2, 2021. SU is on its second year as the EHEF’s regional partner institution […]
SU produces 33 new medical doctors
Silliman University (SU) garnered a passing rate of 94.44 percent as 33 graduates of the SU Medical School passed the September 2021 Physician Licensure Examination administered by the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC). The national passing rate is 70.12 percent (1,084 passers out of 1,546 takers). Based on the list of passers released by […]
SUDS Church Music mentor, alumnus launch Cebuano liturgical song collection
Asst. Prof. Jean Cuanan-Nalam, Silliman University Divinity School (SUDS) faculty member, and Dr. Dave Jan Fabe, SU alumnus, recently launched a collection of original Cebuano liturgical music in time for the centenary of the formation center. The collection was launched during a creative worship last August 29, 2021 via Facebook Live. Titled “Hinalad” (offered), the […]
SU-NSTP forum to highlight youth’s role in elections
The Silliman University National Service Training Program (SU-NSTP) highlights the Filipino youth’s role in participating the May 2022 national elections through a virtual forum on September 25, 2021. The forum features Commission on Elections Commissioner Ma. Rowena Amelia V. Guanzon who will talk about the Philippine elections. “The Philippine Elections and The Role of […]
Alumni Update September 20 – 26, 2021
Outstanding Sillimanian Awardee Edna Callejas-Mijares will be awarded the 2021 Philippine Federation of Chemistry Societies (PFCS) Service to the Profession Award during the 35th Philippine Chemistry Congress on September 24, 2021. The PFCS is an Umbrella Organization of Four Member Chemical Organizations: Integrated Chemists of the Philippines (ICP), Kapisanan ng mga Kimiko ng Pilipinas, Philippine […]
Of Covid, Corals and College
Betty Cernol McCann, PhD [Presented during the Virtual University Convocation on 22 September 2021] To the Silliman community of learners, good morning! I bring you greetings from the Silliman Board of Trustees and the University Administration. Today, we are inside an empty Luce Auditorium. But in our hearts and minds, we are filled with […]
