Alumni Updates (April 23 – 29)
Dumaguete-based alumna Myrna Peña-Reyes (aka Myrna Sweet) is one of the recipients of Unyon ng Manunulat sa Pilipinas (UMPIL) Gawad Pambansang Alagad ni Balagtas this year, a lifetime achievement award for outstanding Filipino writers in various Philippine languages. She is the awardee for Poetry in English. Established in 1974, UMPIL or the Writers Union of […]
Nursing Faculty Leads Basic Life Support Training at Jail Facility
A faculty of the College of Nursing faculty headed a group from the Philippine Nurses Association (PNA)-Negros Oriental Chapter in an outreach program that benefited the residents of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) in Bajumpandan on April 14. Dr. Theorose June Bustillo led the group, composed of PNA officers and nurse-volunteers, in […]
Chemistry Prof Undertakes Research in US on Early Detection of Dengue Virus
A professor at the Chemistry Department is currently at the Michigan State University (MSU) in the United States completing her research on a cost-efficient biosensor that targets early detection of the dengue virus in blood and mosquitoes. The research of Asst. Prof. Flora M. Yrad, which concludes this month, focuses on the development of lateral […]
Alumni Updates (April 16-22)
The officers of the Silliman Alumni Association, Inc. Dumaguete Chapter, led by chapter president Leo G. Mamicpic (standing, third from left), hosted incoming Silliman University President Dr. Betty Cernol McCann (seated, third from left), and husband Dr. Dennis McCann (seated, fourth from left) in a dinner on April 19, 2018 at a local restaurant. The […]
Foreign Affairs Junior Joins Int’l Camp for the Environment
A third year Foreign Affairs major was one of only four Filipinos who was invited to the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) Sea and Earth Advocates (SEA) Camp held for close to weeks last month in Baclayon, Bohol. Rhyn Anthony Nique S. Esolana joined 30 young leaders from ten Southeast Asian countries who made […]
International Confab in May Tackles ‘Mission in Time of Terror’
The International Center for Mission Studies of the Divinity School will host anew the International Mission Studies Conference from May 30 to June 1. Themed “Answering the Call: Mission in Time of Terror,” the conference brings together multi-disciplinary scholars from around the globe working on the topic of mission, religion, violence, and peacemaking from historical […]
Architecture Major Places 2nd in HCG Young Designers’ Competition
A fourth year Architecture major placed second in the 2018 ArchiNEXT: HCG Young Designers’ Competition. Deborah Ruth Espiritu was among 569 students from all over the country who submitted their designs based on the competition’s theme “Sibol: A Community-Based Recovery Home for Drug Dependents.” She received her award during the United Architects of the Philippines […]
CCS Runs Short Courses in Computer Applications
The College of Computer Studies (CCS) is rolling out a number of short courses this summer for kids, students, and professionals. Classes for professionals will be held at the Uytengsu Computer Center, while those for kids and students will be at the Mariano Lao Innovation, Creation and Invention Laboratory at the Junior High School complex. […]
Dean of Students Elected to Philippine Board of Assoc. for Student Mobility in Asia-Pacific
Dean of Students Dr. Edna Gladys T. Calingacion has been elected as a Member of the Board of the University Mobility in Asia and the Pacific (UMAP) in the Philippines, on April 5 during a conference held in Clark Pampanga. UMAP is an association of government and non-government representatives in higher education geared towards enhanced […]
Alumni Updates (April 9 to 15)
The organizers of EUROFLOCK 2018, led by Grace Auza Ada Genge, president of the Silliman University Association of Alumni and Family in Europe (Germany, Austria, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxemburg and Switzerland) are inviting all alumni to register on or before the deadline of April 30, 2018. EUROFLOCK 2018 will take place on September 13 to 16, […]
