CCP, DepEd, SU Tie Up on Nat’l Arts Workshop for 350 Senior High Teachers
Around 350 public and private school music and art teachers from different senior high schools in the country are in Silliman University for the National Arts and Design Training Workshop of the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP), taking place April 23 to 27. CCP, through its Arts Education Department, linked up anew with Silliman […]
Indigenous Worship, Music Workshop Slated May
The Divinity School (DS) is organizing a workshop on Indigenous Worship and Music on May 24 to 27. It will pull together some 25 scholars and teachers in theology from select member schools of the Association of Theological Education in Southeast Asia. There will be four major topics: “Indigenous Spiritualities and Theology in Relation to […]
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. […]
