Alumni Updates November 13 – 19, 2017
The Silliman University Association of Alumni and Family in Europe (SUAAFE) is set to host the 3rd EUROFLOCK in Lucerne, Switzerland on September 13 – 16, 2018. Barely 10 months away, part of the activities are a Welcome and Acquaintance Dinner scheduled on September 14, 2018, 5:00pm, at the Ibis Budget Hotel and a […]
COPVA, CAC hosts Kodaly Seminar Workshop
The College of Performing and Visual Arts in cooperation with the University’s Culture and Arts Council organized the Kodaly Seminar Workshop held on November 16-17, 2017 at the Silliman Hall. The Kodaly approach believes that the voice is the most accessible of all instruments which makes it most suitable for musical instruction and can lead […]
4 New Chemists, 4 New Chemical Technicians for Silliman
Silliman’s Chemistry Department has produced 4 new chemists and 4 new chemical technicians after they passed the October 2017 Chemist and Chemical Technician Board Exam administered by the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC). Congratulations to our new chemists: Armentano, Roque Tanilon, Jr. Maputi, Joan Rose Caluscusin Orlina, Honey Kate Jaboni Maningo, Mikaela Patricia Sy Congratulations, […]
UAPSA, SUSG Environment Committee organize talk on Climate Change
The United Architects of the Philippines-Student Auxiliary, in partnership with the Silliman University Student Government Environment Committee celebrates the National Environment Awareness Month and World Cities Day through a talk on Climate Change as a threat to the Environment, and building Sustainable Cities in response to the Environment’s Agony The event, dubbed ‘BANYUHAY: Correlating Cities […]
SU received its first AED device from San Diego Alumni Chapter & Friends
Silliman received its first Automated External Defibrillator (AED) device from the Silliman Alumni & Friends of San Diego on November 7, 2017. Nursing alumna and US-based nursing professor Dinah Peñaflorida together with volunteer friends of the San Diego Alumni Chapter, Dr. Steve Hadwiger and his wife Mariquit Calunsod-Hadwiger, gave a comprehensive demonstration on how to […]
Grad Places 2nd in Psychologist Board Exam
A 2009 graduate of the BS Psychology program, Karen Joy D. Patayon, placed second in the 2017 Psychologist Board Exam. Joining her as newly licensed psychologist from the University is Aldwin Murphy B. Kwek, a PhD in Clinical Psychology graduate in March 2017.
Alumni Updates (November 6-12)
The Silliman Alumni Association Inc. (SAAI) Zamboanga del Norte, Dipolog and Dapitan Alumni ZNDIDA Chapter, gathered together in a “A Night of Music and Fellowship” last October 28, 2017 at Missio Hei Hotel in Dipolog City. It was a four-part event rolled into one: a fund-raiser dinner for the chapter, the formal oath-taking of the […]
VPAA Interfaces with Team in Calvin College on Curricular Innovations, WPE
Vice President for Academic Affairs Dr. Betsy Joy B. Tan had a series of interfacing sessions with different teams of administrators and faculty at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan on October 11. Calvin College was one of the academic institutions that Dr. Tan visited in 2014 as part of the initiative of the Silliman […]
Psychology Professor Receives Award from Victorian Government
Associate professor Dr. Michele Joan D. Valbuena of the Psychology Department received an award from the government of Victoria, Australia as finalist in the search for International Alumnus of the Year, one of seven categories under the Victorian Education Awards (VEA) 2017. VEA is an initiative aimed at supporting the international education sector. It recognizes […]
SAITE Graduates 48 Under Contact Center Services Certificate Program
Forty-eight students graduated from the Contact Center Services-NC II certificate program on November 7, 2017. This certificate program consists of basic, common and core competencies, aimed at preparing students in handling customer complaints and managing inbound and outbound customer care and sales services. The program is administered by the School of Agro-Industrial and Technical Education. […]