Alumni Updates May 6 – 12, 2019
Remembering Dr. Horace Brinsmade Silliman Dr. Betty Cernol-McCann, Silliman University president, lays floral offering at the Bust of Dr. Horace Brinsmade Silliman May 4. The Silliman Alumni Dumaguete Chapter commemorated the 109th death anniversary of Dr. Horace Brinsmade Silliman on May 4 with a 6:30 am memorial service and floral offering at his bust […]
Pres. McCann delivers CPU commencement address
Dr. Betty Cernol-McCann, Silliman University (SU) president, delivered the commencement address during the 91st Commencement Exercises of Central Philippine University (CPU) held April 28 in Iloilo City. “Wherever your journey leads you,” she told the new CPU graduates, “the Fourth Industrial Revolution and its impact on the education you’ve already received will mark the paths […]
6 to get Outstanding Sillimanian Awards for 2019
Silliman University (SU) has selected six alumni to receive the 2019 Outstanding Sillimanian Awards (OSA). The chosen candidates were seen to best exemplify Silliman’s principles of Via, Veritas, Vita (The Way, The Truth, and The Life) through excellent and distinguished performance in their field of specialization or career; social responsibility or strong commitment to what […]
SU President participates in Women’s Leadership Forum
Dr. Betty Cernol-McCann attended the Women Leadership Forum held at Nanjing Normal University in Nanjing, China on April 11-13, 2019. Co-organized by the United Board for Christian Higher Education (UBCHEA) and Ginling College, the forum focused on the review of the role of women’s colleges and universities in Asia with regard to their mission to […]
14 SU grads pass latest Bar Exams
Silliman University (SU) produced 14 new lawyers, based on the list of passers of the November 2018 Philippine Bar Examinations released by the Supreme Court May 3. Twelve (12) of the seventeen (17) who graduated from the SU College of Law in 2018 passed the Bar Exams as first-takers, or a passing rate of 71 […]
Alumni Updates April 29 – May 5, 2019
Alumni Summer Gathering in Tacloban 2019 Hugyaw Visayas, this year’s alumni summer getaway, was a well-attended gathering in Tacloban City last April 27-29. With the Eastern Visayas Alumni Chapters as hosts, the 3-day Silliman alumni gathering included a Tacloban City tour; a history rich-visit to the Balangiga Bells led by Silliman Agribusiness graduate turned historian, […]
12 graduate from SU Campus Journalism Summer Workshop
The College of Mass Communication of Silliman University graduated last week 12 young students who participated in its Campus Journalism Summer Workshop held April 22-26. The successful participants were Grades 5, 6, and incoming Grade 7 students of basic education schools in the city and from as far as Bohol province. The SU Campus Journalism […]
SU relaunches its online learning platform
Silliman University recently relaunched its online learning platform, the Silliman Online University Learning (SOUL). The new SOUL is powered by Blackboard Open LMS and will cater to 21st century learners through digital learning tools and technology that will be utilized by SU faculty starting June 2019. During the launch and unveiling of the new SOUL […]
Visiting prof teaches scientific programming to SU grad students, faculty
Austrian biologist Dr. Klaus M. Stiefel, a visiting professor at the Biology Department, College of Arts and Sciences of Silliman University (SU), taught SU faculty and graduate students how to manage and analyze scientific data using R, a programming language in a course held April 1-5 at the Multipurpose Room. The course was titled “Scientific […]
Alumni Updates April 22 – 28, 2019
National Artist Edith Lopez Tiempo’s 100th birthday anniversary celebrated A graveside Memorial Service in honor of the late Philippine National Artist for Literature, Edith Lopez Tiempo, was held on her 100th birth anniversary last April 22 at the Dumaguete Memorial Park. The memorial service was a collaborative activity of the Silliman University (SU) Creative Writing […]
