Colleague Of The Week

To calm his students’ nerves while they answer his seat works, Mr. Cole Leo Vincoy Geconcillo plays ambient music in the classroom. “The music takes away the students’ anxiety; and in turn, they perform better,” says this high school English teacher who has been doing extensive research on music therapy and its effects on the […]

“Sweet success”, the words used by Asst. Prof. Brenda R. Boladola, Junior High School principal in describing her life now.  Brenda admits that her journey to who she is now was a long and arduous one. No one, even in her own childhood hometown of San Jose, Negros Oriental, has ever thought that this young […]

It has been 14 years since Mrs. Aida R. Torres, who spent a big part of her life working in Mindanao, moved back to her beloved hometown Dumaguete to work in Silliman as the High School librarian. And it was this very decision that led her and her family to a more fruitful life – […]

He had a struggling but productive life as a student and young professional in Metro Manila, but despite numerous glowing opportunities there, he preferred to come back to Dumaguete and teach at the Silliman University High School. After all, this is the place he calls home, where he can practice his passion of teaching—a field […]

She is no stranger to becoming a pastor to big congregations. She is no stranger to moving to different places and to the struggle of being away from home, either. Born on November 27, 1970, Rev. Leny I. Jovita is the sixth of seven children. At two years old, she and her family moved from […]

Life can sometimes be really funny. You’re in one place at one moment, doing a certain job that you may or may not like; and then you’re in a totally different place doing a totally different job the next. Such is the story of Pastor January B. Alpuerto, who is one of the newest additions […]

It was in teaching that he found purpose. But years ago, when he was in college, he never thought of being in a classroom, in front of Grade 7 students in Silliman, teaching social studies. Instead, Mr. Prime Paul C. Cepeda wanted to be a lawyer. After all, his father graduated from law school, and […]

“Operator, hello?” If you’ve tried contacting Silliman via the trunk line, she is perhaps the first person you get to talk to. You can ask her to redirect your call to any office or college of your choice, or ask for that office or college’s local number. When it comes to calls in and out […]

Many students see her as one who’s quite sure about life’s answers. After all, she’s their English teacher and concurrently Coordinator of the Edilberto and Edith Tiempo Creative Writing Center. Little do they know that she’s just as clueless as they are, equally adventurous and in constant pursuit of something new. She may have just […]

Like the Apostle Paul who made a difference when he heeded the Macedonian Call (Acts 16:9), the new dean of the Divinity School can pretty much call her tenure in Silliman something similar to that. A native of Sorsogon City, Sorsogon, Dr. Jeaneth H. Faller is a true-blue Bicolana. She was born on September 11, […]