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A member of the faculty of the Institute of Clinical and Laboratory Sciences (ICLS) presented a paper at the 49th Conference of the Asia-Pacific Academic Consortium on Public Health held mid-August at Yonsei University, Incheon, South Korea. Mr. Kim G. Sarong received the Yonsei University Fund to discuss his paper on “Influence of Political Dynamics […]

Dr. Elizabeth Susan Vista-Suarez, a professor at the College of Performing and Visual Arts (COPVA), was awarded the Gawad Nicanor Abelardo for Outstanding Music Educators of the Philippines. The distinction formed part of the College of Music Centennial Awards of the University of the Philippines. It was presented on September 15, 2017. Recipients of the […]

The artworks of Fine Arts Department Chairperson Asst. Prof. Erma Lacorte are on exhibit at a local restaurant from September 16 to October 15. Akat is from the T’bolic dialect which means “to scatter what was once in order”. “I was fascinated with the single word that describes an occurrence as an effect of a […]

Ambassador Jose Apolinario L. Lozada Jr. was on campus on September 15 to give a talk on his experiences as a diplomat, touching on the Philippines’ relations with and foreign policies in dealing with the United States and China. His talk was organized by the School of Public Affairs and Governance (SPAG), under which academic […]

The Silliman University Campus Choristers advances to the national finals of the National Music Competition for Young Artists (NAMCYA) after making it through the semi-finals for the Visayas held September 16 on the Silliman campus. Led by conductor Asst. Prof. Mark Ian A. Caballes of the College of Performing and Visual Arts, the Campus Choristers […]

The contingent from Silliman University for the Sandurot Festival Street Dance of Dumaguete City was adjudged champion on September 16. It bagged a total of eight awards. Composed of college MAPEH majors and students from the Senior High School, the Silliman contingent clinched the championship in two categories: Showdown and Street Dance; and was awarded […]

Twelve graduates from the College of Engineering and Design passed the recently concluded Electrical Engineer Licensure Examination administered September 2 and 3. Silliman garnered a passing rate of 85.71 per cent, higher than the national passing percentage of 62.93. Congratulations to our new Licensed Electrical Engineers! Amada, Aaron Balbon Arbas, Denton Flores Borromeo, Franz Chiu […]

Outstanding Sillimanian Dr. Romeo P. Ariniego has donated another P10 million to Silliman University to establish a scholarship fund for medical education in Silliman. The donation was given by Dr. Ariniego during the Founders Day Celebration last August, around the same time the Art Gallery, which was named after him, was inaugurated and had it […]

Vice President for Academic Affairs Dr. Betsy Joy B. Tan was among the resource persons on whole person education (WPE) at a consultative conference organized by the United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia last September 6 to 8 in Hong Kong. The consultative conference was intimate, attended by a select group of academics […]