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The Silliman University Medical School (SUMS) produced 40 new physicians in the September 2016 Physician Licensure Examination. The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announced that 2,899 out of 3,695 passed the exam. Silliman’s passing rate of 86.96% is higher than the national passing rate of 78.45%. Congratulations to our new SUMS Physicians: 1. ABBOT, WILGEE EILA […]

“Don’t think of organ donation as giving up part of yourself to keep a total stranger alive. It’s really a total stranger giving up almost all of themselves to keep part of you alive.” This was the perspective-changing thought that Dr. Francisco E. Sarmiento III, Program Manager of the Philippine Network for Organ Sharing (PhilNOS), […]

Silliman University’s Board of Trustees (BOT) has elected its new chair upon the resignation of Dr. Leonor M. Briones effective July 1, 2016. Dr. Briones, who accepted the offer of President Rodrigo Duterte to be a part of his Cabinet, took her oath as Secretary of the Department of Education on June 30, 2016. Her […]

Two students have been chosen as delegates to the prestigious Aboitiz Future Leaders Business Summit.Economics senior Genin Raya Amiscaray and Psychology senior Erika Jean Quiñones are bound for Cebu City to attend the summit on November 3 to 5, 2016. They are among 90 college students across the Philippines set to learn about business and […]

Silliman has landed on the list of the Top 20 universities in the Philippines, based on the latest Webometrics Ranking of World Universities. The University ranked 13th in the Webometrics list, based on data collected last June 2016.  Webometrics ranks universities around the world based on their Open Access initiatives, electronic access to scientific publications and to […]

The Annual Report for School Year 2015-2016 is now available on the University Website. Read it here: Annual Report 2016

Sillimanians are almost in every corner of the globe these days. In Nairobi, Kenya, the Silliman spirit is alive with our alumni finding their niche in that part of the world. In photo from left to right is Elbert M. Calpo (BSEE ‘79), Glynda Pil Calpo (HS ‘75, BSGS ‘79), Rowland Van Es, Jr. (HS […]

A trust fund to honor the memory of a former Silliman President has been established for all Silliman college students to avail. Named the Dr. Quintin and Mrs. Pearl Doromal Trust Fund for Financial Assistance to Students, it is a loan facility available to financially constrained students for personal or school purposes. The following are the guidelines […]

Award-winning Filipino contemporary a cappella group, Acapellago, is coming to Silliman to share their talents. Acapellago will have three shows at the Claire Isabel McGill Luce Auditorium:  September 16 (Friday), 8 PM, and September 17 (Saturday), 10 AM and 3 PM. The group has joined and won several a cappella competitions both nationwide and outside the country, including the International A Cappella Championships […]

A group of students and faculty from Ferris University in Japan visited Silliman last week for a series of intercultural exposure and service-learning activities. Led by their adviser Dr. Masaki “Gus” Yokoyama, the group of six students visited various government agencies and private non-government organizations for interviews for their respective theses based on their fields of interest. They […]