Japan and US Students to Arrive in SU for Service-Learning
Another batch of students from International Christian University (ICU) of Tokyo, Japan and George Mason University (GMU) of Virginia, USA will be coming to Silliman University (SU) on June 29 and July 23 for their week-long homestay program in host communities in Dumaguete City, through SU’s Service-Learning Center. This formal partnerships on Service-Learning between SU and GMU and […]
English Faculty Present Paper on Genre Analysis in HongKong
Assistant Prof. Myla June T. Patron, Asst. Prof. Ronelaine B. Picardal, and Asst. Prof. Jennifer Eve A. Solitana of the English and Literature Department presented a paper during the “Faces of English 2: Teaching and Researching Academic and Professional English” conference on June 1 to 3 at the Center for Applied English Studies, University of Hongkong. […]
Pol Sci Alumnus Gives Lecture on Country’s Neoliberal Constraints
Silliman alumnus Dr. Kenneth E. Bauzon, Professor of Political Science at St. Joseph’s College, New York, USA, gave a Balik Talent lecture on “Neoliberal Constraints to National Sovereignty, Democratic Governance, and Development: Lessons from the Trenches in the Global Struggle Against Neoliberal Globalization” on June 22 at the University’s Audio-Visual Theater 1. Bauzon, who graduated from […]
SU is one of PH’s 10 HEIs to Offer Postgraduate Programs with Partner UK Universities
Silliman University is one of the country’s 10 Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) which will be offering postgraduate programs in partnership with universities of the United Kingdom (UK). The “Joint Development of Niche Programs through Philippines-United Kingdom Linkages,” a collaboration between the British Council and the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), aims to upgrade the quality […]
Silliman Produces New Licensed Agriculturist
The lone Sillimanian taker of the April 2017 Agriculturist Licensure Examination made it, giving Silliman a 100% passing rate against the 31.55% national passing rate. Graciano Jose Pal is now one of the country’s 2,938 newest licensed agriculturist. Congratulations!
Alumni Updates June 12 – 18, 2017
A memorial service was held celebrating the life of MARTHA MAGDAMO-GHENT on June 16, 2017, 7pm at the Udarbe Memory Chapel. Martha graduated from Silliman University High School in 1939. She then married George Marshall Ghent on August 9, 1945 in Dumaguete City and later moved on to the United States. After World War II […]
5 Humphrey Fellowship Alumni to Lecture on Ethical Dilemmas in a Changing Nation
Five alumni of the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program of the U.S. Department of State will deliver their lectures in the 16th Humphrey Voice Series at Claire Isabel McGill Luce Auditorium, Silliman University (SU) on June 30. The lecture series, in coordination with SU’s College of Law, is called “Catch 22: Ethical Dilemmas in a […]
SU Designs, Builds “Calamity-Smart” Church for UCCP Bohol
The construction of a church building made of six – 20-footer container vans in Catagbian, Bohol is completed and will be formally turned over to the United Church of Christ in the Philippines (UCCP) Catigbian, Bohol on July 2. It is a “calamity-smart” structure that can withstand up to 400kph winds and an intensity 8 […]
SU Students Show Results of Water Quality Tests in 2 Cities
Student researchers from the biology department of Silliman University presented their research in monitoring waste water treatment facilities in Dumaguete and Bayawan City, using new equipment and new techniques such as bio-filtration. The research presentation was made last June 1 at the American Resource Center at Silliman University. National Scientist Dr. Angel C. Alcala and […]
ND Faculty’s Abstract on Nutrition Intervention Gets Accepted in Asia-Pacific Service-Learning Con
Dr. Michele A. Naranjo’s “Nutrition Intervention as Service Learning: Silliman University’s Indigenous Food Security in Philippine High Risk Calamity Areas” got accepted in the 6th Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Service-Learning (SL) at Petra Christian University (PCU), Indonesia on May 28 to June 2. Dr. Naranjo’s abstract cited SU’s Home Economics-Nutrition & Dietitics Department (HE-ND)’s long […]