SU elementary, high school students advance to regional level in DepEd Schools Press Conference
Over 60 students from the SU Elementary and High School Departments advance into the Regional Schools Press Conference after raking in different awards during the 2018 Division Schools Press Conference held on October 9-12 at DepEd Dumaguete City. The Division Press Conferences is a competition organized by the Department of Education and participated by elementary […]
Silliman lists 4 new chemists and 19 chemical technicians
The SU Chemistry Department has produced 4 new chemists and 19 chemical technicians after they passed the licensure examination administered by the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) this month. Congratulations to our new chemists: Real, Mar Jude D. Esquierdo, Rayanem E. Diputado, Rachel Zioness O. Arrogante, Joash D. Congratulations, too, to our new chemical technicians: Cagaanan, […]
CALL FOR PAPERS
Convergence, the College of Arts and Sciences’ multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary journal now welcomes contributions for its 2019 issue. The journal accepts for review original research, review articles, action research, opinions and commentaries, works in progress or brief reports, and book reviews on the humanities, sciences, social sciences, governance and policy, and religion and ethics. […]
Alumni Updates October 15 -21, 2018
Poet Myrna Peña-Reyes to receive Taboan 2018 awards Dumaguete-based Silliman poet, Myrna Peña-Reyes (aka Myrna Sweet) has been cited as one of the Taboan 2018 awardees. The 10th Taboan Writers Festival will be held in Tagbilaran City, Bohol on October 19 – 20, 2018. The Taboan Writers Festival, A Flagship project of the National Commission […]
ACUCA installs Pres. McCann as its new president
SU President Betty Cernol-McCann has taken on the presidency of the Association of Christian Universities and Colleges in Asia (ACUCA) for the years 2018 to 2022. ACUCA is a community of Christian institutions of higher learning in Asia that work closely together to benefit each other as well as the societies in which they exist. […]
SU calamity response program aids Naga landslide survivors
After days of heavy rainfall, a hillside in Naga City, Cebu, collapsed on several houses, killing at least 56 people on September 20. The landslide covered about 80 hectares of land and displaced some 1,716 with 7,653 individuals in six barangays. Sixty(60) people have been declared dead, 28 are missing, and 18 are injured. Homes […]
eOSP version 9 – 17 October 2018
This digital newsletter is a digest of calls for participation, research collaborations, fellowships, scholarships, events and other opportunities as well as news of breakthroughs and scientific discoveries for Silliman University faculty, staff and students. It is curated by the Office of Strategic Partnerships. Stanford University – Draper Hills Summer Fellowship on Democracy and Development Program […]
Divinity School receives donation from Qualfon Philippines
The Divinity School has received a cash donation from Qualfon Philippines, Inc. The P50,000-gift was presented by Qualfon Site Director David Bruce Jackson, Sr. on October 5 to SU President Betty Cernol-McCann and Vice President for Academic Affairs Earl Jude Paul L. Cleope. The donation is part of Qualfon’s initiative to give back to the […]
SUNDD and DOST launch Food Laboratory
The Silliman University Nutrition and Dietetics Department (SUNDD) launched its Food Laboratory on Sept 27. The Department of Science and Technology (DOST)-Negros Oriental also formally turned over the facility to Silliman University during the launch. In 2016, the Home-Economics and Nutrition and Dietetics Department was awarded the DOST 7 Grant-in-Aid Project “Enhancement of Silliman University’s […]
Alumni Updates October 8 – 14, 2018
Alumnus and internationally acclaimed artist Paul I. Pfeiffer recently concluded his solo exhibition, entitled Incarnator, at the Bellas Artes Projects Outpost at The Alley at Karrivin in Makati. Last day for the exhibition was last October 6. Curated by Diana Campbell Betancourt, Incarnator derives its title from the old Spanish word ‘encarnador’—a term for the […]