Faithful Service
Theme: Embracing the Refiner's Fire through Faithful ServiceBy: Prof. Dinah B. PeñafloridaPresident of the Silliman University College of Nursing Alumni Association, Inc. and Professor of Nursing at the Santa Monica College, California (Message delivered on July 14, 2014 at the Silliman University Church during the pinning and candlelighting ceremony of the College of Nursing.) My […]
Whose Are We?
Who Am I, Who Are You, Who Are We, and Whose Are We? By Dr. Lourdino A. Yuzon, former Acting President, Silliman University (Sermon delivered at the Silliman University Church on July 20, 2014.) Romans 8:12-25 In The Man Behind The Mask, biographer Peter Evans says that actor Peter Sellers played so many roles he […]
Faith in Governance
“Faith in Governance”By Dr. Betsy Joy B. Tan, Vice President for Academic Affairs (Delivered during the SU-PERL [Participatory Evidence-Based Research and Learning] Engagement with representatives from local government units on July 9, 2014 in Masbate.) In the English language, the term ‘Common Sense’ is a brain-teaser that is a human mystery . . . for surrounded as we are with […]
Ang Pagmugna sa Simbahan
ANG PAGMUGNA UG PAGPALAHUTAY SA SIMBAHANBy Ben S. Malayang III, President (Sermon delivered on the occasion of the 108th Founding Anniversary of the Dumguete United Church of Christ in the Philippines, July 6, 2014. [Sermon delivered in Bisaya, the local dialect.]) TEXTS Isaias 11: 1. Ang harianong kaliwatan ni David nahisama sa usa ka kahoy […]
SY 2014-2015
School Year 2014-2015 Welcome Message By Dr. Betsy Joy B. Tan, Vice President for Academic Affairs (Delivered during the All-University Academic Convocation on June 30, 2014 at the Claire Isabel McGill Luce Auditorium.) When you raise your hand and hold it close to your face, what do you see? You see your fingers. You see […]
English & Prosperity
If We Are So Good in English, Why Aren't We Rich? By Prof. Leonor M. Briones, Chairperson, Board of Trustees For decades, we have billed ourselves as an English-speaking country. We proudly claim that one advantage we have over other countries is our ability to speak English. We even laugh at nationals of other countries […]
Deep Blue Sea
… AND DEEP BLUE SEA …By Dr. Ben S. Malayang III, President (Sermon delivered on June 15, 2014 at the Silliman University Church.) TEXT Exodus 14:10-16 Imagine you’re Moses. You are leading a people, weak because of years of slavery, poor and defenseless, plodding slowly across a vast, hot desert, urged on by the powerful […]
Passion to Serve
Learning to Serve in this Knowledge Society By Dr. Betsy Joy B. Tan, Vice President for Academic Affairs (Message delivered during the service-learning orientation for students from George Mason University on June 13, 2014.) In the Journal of International Trade & Economic Development, Prof. Graciela Chichilnisky of Columbia University wrote in 1998 about the Knowledge […]
What Awaits You?
MESSAGE Institute of Clinical Laboratory Sciences Pinning Ceremony June 6, 2014, Silliman University Church By Prof. Cleonico Y. Fontelo, Vice President for Finance and Administration Perhaps at this stage of your academic life, you may be asking: What awaits you from here? What awaits you outside Silliman? What awaits you in the world that you […]
Letting Go
Hanging on While Letting GoBy Rev. Jonathan R. Pia, Senior Minister and Administrative Pastor, Silliman University Church (Sermon delivered on May 25, 2014.) Text: John 14: 15-27 Our lectionary lesson for today tells us of the time when Jesus with his disciples were in an Upper Room. Jesus most likely planned it as a farewell […]
