Colleague Of The Week

Somewhere beyond space and time, Karen Carpenter must be smiling. And singing. Along with one of her biggest fan. As Atty. Tabitha Tinagan, Dean of the School of Public Affairs and Governance, belts out her favorite Carpenters tune, singing Goodbye to Love, the smile on her face and her mellifluous voice belying its melancholic undertones. Tabitha […]

It was love at first laugh. Or so it seemed to him, the quiet type who found her too lively to ignore. Her joie de vivre was a force of nature that filled everything around her, including the silent longings of his heart. His dignified silence bespoke of a heart that cared ever so deeply. […]

Years ago, a young boy from Buenavista, Guimaras answered “No” when he was asked by his school’s director if he will continue with college studies. Moved by the boy’s candidness, the school’s director offered him a college scholarship at Silliman University. One condition was given:  He pursues music so that he returns to the same […]

Silliman University was an unfamiliar ground to this young lady form Iligan. She knew of its high quality education but was not so open to the idea of leaving home. But from the time she stepped on the Silliman campus, everything that was before her pieced together her future. A college education at a state […]

She only has three children, but every year, she is a “mommy” to fourth year students at the High School Department. “Nobody gets rich in teaching, but I feel so rich because of students who often call me Mommy Marcy,” says Mrs. Marcelita Cafe Pascual, who teaches English at the School of Basic Education. Marcy, […]

Strong. Kind. Loving. Three words that describe this Psychology teacher who wants to be remembered as someone who went beyond the pages of the books and the walls of the classroom. Asst. Prof. Lourdes Angela Florendo-Piñero, or “Lou Anne” as she is fondly called by many, spent most of her life in Silliman University. She […]

His secrets to success at a young age? “Hard work and character.” Dr. Dave E. Marcial, a professor at the College of Computer Studies, never fails to share with his students that in life, one has to always be ready to face the consequences of one's actions and decisions.  “Don’t be afraid to try. Just […]

All to Jesus I surrender, All to Him I freely give;I will ever love and trust Him, In His presence daily live. Whenever Rev. Elmer L. Saa sings this stanza from the hymn “I Surrender All”, he is reminded that he has no control over his life. And he worries not for to him, his […]

Living near Silliman campus prompted a little girl to dream of getting a diploma from the institution. That simple dream was turned into a beautiful experience years later as she formally became a Sillimanian, no longer just a “Silinganian” — as her family lived at the back of Doltz Hall.    Asst. Prof. Emervencia L. […]

She denied her heart what it beat for and decided to take up another course. But the sound of musical instruments and the voices emanating from the Guy Hall, once the home of the College of Performing and Visual Arts (COPVA), were too luring to resist.  Asst. Prof. Mathilda L. Erojo now teaches music at […]