Alumni Updates (January 22 – 28)
Sixty-six student assistants assigned to the different academic and non-academic units in Silliman received a total of P178,296 under the Special Program for Employment of Students (SPES). They each received compensation for work rendered during the summer term of SY 2016-2017. Distribution of compensation was done by Provincial Labor Employment Officer Ms Evita Mae V. […]
TEDxSillimanU is First in Negros; Features 6 Alumni
The University’s Culture and Arts Council will host the first independently organized Technology, Entertainment and Design (TED) talks on Negros Island. Dubbed TEDxSillimanU, the event slated February 3 at the Claire Isabel McGill Luce Auditorium explores the theme “Convergence, Divergence.” It highlights how Dumaguete and Silliman have jointly become a place where ideas are not […]
2 Elementary Pupils to Compete in National Schools Press Conference
Two pupils from the Elementary School will complete in the National Schools Press Conference (NSPC) which will be hosted by Dumaguete City next month. Sofia Jae A. Caraig and Margarette C. Jones are will represent Region 7 in the NSPC. Both clinched top spots in the Regional Schools Press Conference held last year in Cebu. […]
Interdisciplinary Project on Climate Resiliency of Riverside Communities Receive P1.8M Grant
The Oscar M. Lopez Center for Climate Change and Adaptation and Disaster Risk Management Foundation, Inc. (OML Center) awarded the 2017 Resilience Grant to Silliman University, during its fifth anniversary celebration held in Makati late last year. Amounting to P1.8 million, the grant to Silliman will fund an interdisciplinary project that aims at developing tools […]
Education is Entire Country’s Concern — Secretary Briones
Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Prof. Leonor M. Briones delivered a lecture on the status of the country’s education system during the 2018 Eminent Persons Lecture Series held January 15 at the Claire Isabel McGill Luce Auditorium. Secretary Briones started by stressing that “the importance of education is not only the concern of educators and […]
Silliman Produces 70 New Teachers
Silliman registers passing percentages higher than the national passing rate, as 70 of the University’s graduates made it to the 2017 Licensure Examination for Teachers (LET) administered in September last year. The University garnered a passing average of 77.60 per cent in LET for elementary teachers, higher than national passing percentage of 26.33; while it […]
64 Students from Korean University Study English, Business in Silliman
Sixty-four students from Hannam University, South Korea are in Silliman University from January 8 to February 3 under two separate programs. Forty-two are enrolled in the Intensive English Program (INTEP), while 22 are on campus under the collaboration between the College of Business Administration (CBA) and Hannam’s Linton School of Global Business (LSGB). Handled by […]
DepEd Secretary Briones to Speak on Education Reforms at University Event
Department of Education Secretary Prof. Leonor M. Briones will deliver a lecture on the country’s education reforms and other issues related to the state of the basic education system in the Philippines, on January 15, 10AM at the Claire Isabel McGill Luce Auditorium. Secretary Briones speaks on campus under the Eminent Persons Lecture program which […]
Former Law Prof’s Novel Goes Global; Launching in Silliman Set January 15
A Silliman alumnus and former professor at the College of Law has released a fictional book that is now available on Amazon and at popular bookstores, such as Barnes and Noble. Atty. Jose Ramon Nakao, who is now based in New Zealand, is doing a relaunch of his book – this time in Dumaguete City, […]
Alumni Updates (January 8-14)
Outstanding Sillimanian awardee Dr. Renato P. Querubin and wife Ester Nolido-Querubin will be donating, through the Acacia Alumni Chapter (Michigan, Ohio, West Virginia and Kentucky), a total of $4,000 dollars to the Silliman University School of Medicine intended towards an incentive program for its future topnotchers in the Physician’s Licensure Exam. The Querubins are long-time […]
