Palanca-winning Filipino-American Writer to Talk on the Art of the Filipino Essay
Catch the Palanca-winning Filipino-American creative nonfictionist WILFREDO PASCUAL talk on “The Art of the Personal Essay at the 931st Kilometer Stop” on MARCH 22, Wednesday, for the Albert Faurot Lecture Series! The talk, which will also feature a reading from Mr. Pascual’s new book, Kilometer Zero, will begin at 5:30 PMat the University House. Wilfredo Pascual, author of Kilometer Zero and recipient of […]
Alumni Updates March 13 – 19, 2017
The Silliman Alumni Association – Butuan Chapter is all set for Sadya Mindanaw on April 28 – 30, 2017 in Butuan City. This 3-day alumni gathering is open to all Sillimanians. The Sadya activities will include a Butuan City, Brittania Island, and Enchanted River tour among others. An early bird discount will be given to […]
News release: Maslog’s Martial Law Jokes atbp to be launched March 23
A new book, Martial Law Jokes atbp, will be launched Thursday morning, March 23, at the Bantayog ng Mga Bayani on EDSA-Quezon Avenue, Quezon City, back to back with a Roundtable of Martial Law claimants, titled Untold Stories and Unpaid Debts. The twin events are a joint undertaking of the Bantayog ng mga Bayani Foundation and […]
Marine mammals disturbed by warming waters
From the polar bears of the Arctic to the Irrawaddy dolphins of the Tropics, climate change is bearing down on marine mammals, leading to loss of habitat, changes in distribution and migration patterns and threats to the availability of prey. The warming of the oceans could also mean diminished reproductive success and increased susceptibility to […]
SU Faculty Represents PH for UN Sports Development and Peace Seminar in Japan
Asst. Prof. Manolito Saldivar of the Physical Education Department was selected to represent the Philippines to the Project Management Seminar on Sports Development and Peace (SDP) in Tokyo, Japan on March 4 to 8, 2017. The seminar is a collaboration between the United Nations Office on Sport for Development and Peace and the Japan Sports […]
PRESS STATEMENT: SU Admin – SUFA CBA Negotiation
Issue Date: 10 March 2017 The SU Faculty Association (SUFA) and the University Administration are currently engaged in collective bargaining negotiations. SUFA has previously submitted a Notice of Strike before the Department of Labor. It has since withdrawn the same last March 3, 2017. The Administration wishes to assure everyone that it will continue with […]
Alumni Updates February 27 – March 5, 2017
The Silliman community honored the lives of 5 Silliman alumni and former faculty during the Midweek Service at Silliman University Church on March 1, 2017. It was a solemn time to honor and remember the lives of: • Dr. Jesusa Corazon “Bing” Perigua-Gonzales (Elem ’69, HS ’73, BBA Mgt ’77, BSE P.E., M.A. Ed. ’93, […]
Former BOT Chair Conferred Honorary Degree by FU
In recognition of her commitment in nation-building, government transparency, public policy, and in the academe, former Silliman Board of Trustee Chair and now Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Prof. Leonor Mangtolis-Briones was conferred with the honorary degree, Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa, by Foundation University (FU) in Dumaguete. The conferral happened during FU’s Honors […]
FIRST WORLD OCEANS REPORT REVISITED; Theme 1: Climate change and its impact on the oceans
22 scientists from around the world—including Silliman University’s Hilconida Calumpong, Ph.D.—submitted to the United Nations General Assembly in late 2015 their report on the state of the world’s oceans after their appointment by the U.N. in 2010 to constitute the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Regular Process for Global Reporting and Assessment of the […]
