Colleague Of The Week

Inspired by her mentor in college, Mrs. Rosanne Ferrer-Salve keeps a positive outlook about work and life every single day. She wears a contagious smile and never skips a laugh whenever she bumps into friends and former students.  Rosanne has been teaching Home Economics at the Elementary Department since 1979, the same year she obtained […]

Some consider the study of history and political science as boring, owing to the memorization that subject exams often entail. But to those who had the chance to be under this professor — who's equally known for his love of shoes — their journey through the stages of national life back in college had never […]

An author once said: “It's not enough to have lived. We should be determined to live for something. May I suggest that it be creating joy for others, sharing what we have for the betterment of person, kind, bringing hope to the lost and love to the lonely.” And these words of author Leo Buscaglia […]

Not known to many, this senior professor studied Marxism and guerilla warfare in the Soviet Union for a year right after his college graduation, a few years before Martial Law was declared in the country. Prof. Carlos P. Magtolis, Jr. is the current Dean of the Office of Student Services. He completed his secondary education […]

For years, this lady has learned the art of resilience. Resilience is “the ability to recover quickly from illness, change, or misfortune; buoyancy”.  It also refers to “the property of a material that enables it to resume its original shape or position after being bent, stretched, or compressed; elasticity.” There can be more definitions of […]

She grew up spending her elementary and high school years in a school in Cebu that was exclusively for girls. She developed a sense of obedience to her teachers who were nuns. But when it was time for her to leave home for college, she was headstrong in venturing into a non-sectorian setting that her […]

Rarely would you find people who are inclined in both the sciences and the arts. But this lady from Cadiz, Negros Occidental has managed to revolve in both worlds quite naturally.  Ms. Clarissa T. Reboton is the museum curator at the Institute of Environmental and Marine Sciences (IEMS). Her project involvements and formal training in marine […]

In this generation, when you ask kids what they would like to become, “a teacher” rarely figures on their list.  But unlike those kids today, Dr. Evalyn E. Abalos grew so much admiration for her third grade teacher in her hometown of Guihulngan that she sealed her fate in a profession in the academe. (Her […]

The life a pastor's kid is never glamorous. But this lady from Butuan thinks life in general doesn't have to be one; you just need to see the good side of things in all that is laid down before you. Like any of that of a pastor, Asst. Prof. Ronelain Baslot-Picardal and her family had […]

“Only those who have learned the power of sincere and selfless contribution experience life’s deepest joy: true fulfillment.” – Anthony Robbins Fulfillment is what this Ilongga teacher who is originally from Bacolod City exudes. Her face brightens up as she recalls the 35 years that she has served Silliman. This school year marks her culmination […]