Alumni Updates

Apr
25

Alumni Updates (April 23 – 29)

Dumaguete-based alumna Myrna Peña-Reyes (aka Myrna Sweet) is one of the recipients of Unyon ng Manunulat sa Pilipinas (UMPIL) Gawad Pambansang Alagad ni Balagtas this year, a lifetime achievement award for outstanding Filipino writers in various Philippine languages.  She is the awardee for Poetry in English.  Established in 1974, UMPIL or the Writers Union of […]

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Apr
20

Alumni Updates (April 16-22)

The officers of the Silliman Alumni Association, Inc. Dumaguete Chapter, led by chapter president Leo G. Mamicpic (standing, third from left), hosted incoming Silliman University President Dr. Betty Cernol McCann (seated, third from left),  and husband Dr. Dennis McCann (seated, fourth from left) in a dinner on April 19, 2018 at a local restaurant. The […]

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Apr
13

Alumni Updates (April 9 to 15)

The organizers of EUROFLOCK 2018, led by Grace Auza Ada Genge, president of the Silliman University Association of Alumni and Family in Europe (Germany, Austria, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxemburg and Switzerland) are inviting all alumni to register on or before the deadline of April 30, 2018. EUROFLOCK 2018 will take place on September 13 to 16, […]

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Mar
23

Alumni Updates (March 19-25)

The Silliman Alumni Association, Inc. (SAAI) – Iloilo Chapter, gathered at The Grand Dame Hotel, March 17, 2018, to honor Outstanding Sillimanian Awardees based in Iloilo and Panay.  The highlight of the alumni gathering was a Ceremony of Sacred Trust and Donning of the Outstanding Sillimanian Awards (OSA) Medallion. The Medallions were donned by Silliman […]

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Mar
08

Alumni Updates (March 5-11)

The Silliman University Alumni and Friends (SUAF) of San Diego celebrated its 25th Anniversary on February 25, 2018 at The Royal Banquet, Miramar Road, in San Diego.  It was a well-attended gathering with 150 members and friends in attendance.  Also present during the alumni gathering were friends from Silliman University Alumni Association of Southern California […]

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Mar
02

Alumni Updates (February 26 – March 4)

Fifty-seven participants coming from 25 alumni chapters in the country and abroad, attended the three-day Alumni Summit held February 16-18, 2018 at the Silliman University Conference Center, Guy Hall. The summit, initiated by the 50-year-old Silliman Alumni Association Inc. (SAAI), revisited the association’s vision, mission, and goals, by-laws, handbook on chapters, and its institutionalized activities […]

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Feb
09

Alumni Updates (February 5 – 11)

US-based alumna, Ms Lutie Orteza-Lee (BSEED ‘71), shared her insights on “Cultural Clash among Filipino-American Students”, in a town hall discussion with Silliman students held February 8, 2018 at the American Studies Resource Center, Robert B. and Metta J. Silliman Library. Ms Orteza-Lee will soon be publishing her book, Culture Clash: an Immigrant Filipino Parents […]

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Feb
02

Alumni Updates (January 29-February 4)

Silliman graduates continue to be in demand as the current needs of the global electronic market has prompted Cebu Mitsumi, Inc. to conduct on-campus recruitment last January 31, 2018  at the Silliman Hall. The Mitsumi recruitment was attended by graduating students of the College of Engineering and Design, particularly those in the Mechanical, Electrical and […]

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Jan
26

Alumni Updates (January 22 – 28)

Sixty-six student assistants assigned to the different academic and non-academic units in Silliman received a total of P178,296 under the Special Program for Employment of Students (SPES). They each received compensation for work rendered during the summer term of SY 2016-2017. Distribution of compensation was done by Provincial Labor Employment Officer Ms Evita Mae V. […]

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Jan
12

Alumni Updates (January 8-14)

Outstanding Sillimanian awardee Dr. Renato P. Querubin and wife Ester Nolido-Querubin will be donating, through the Acacia Alumni Chapter (Michigan, Ohio, West Virginia and Kentucky), a total of $4,000 dollars to the Silliman University School of Medicine intended towards an incentive program for its future topnotchers in the Physician’s Licensure Exam. The Querubins are long-time […]

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