Silliman Produces 2 New Mechanical Engineers
Rhafael Mar Sevilla Ramos and Jose Noe Lopez Tan of Batch 2016 passed the March 2017 Mechanical Engineer Licensure Examination. Both Ramos and Tan are first-time takers after finishing their degree in October last year. Silliman garnered a passing rate of 66.67% against the national passing rate of 56.88%.
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT
Issue Date: 4 April 2017 In behalf of the Silliman community, I extend my deepest sympathies to our colleague, Prof. Dionesio V. Piñero II and family on the senseless death of their daughter, Jan Nicole “Nikki” Piñero and her unborn child. All of us in Silliman are in shock and deeply saddened that the life of […]
FIRST WORLD OCEANS REPORT REVISITED Theme A: Climate change and its impact on the oceans (Third in a series)
22 scientists from around the world—including Silliman University’s Hilconida Calumpong, Ph.D.—submitted to the UN General Assembly in late 2015 their report as the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Regular Process for Global Reporting and Assessment of the State of the Marine Environment, including Socioeconomic Aspects. We wish share some details of the Report. Fish […]
Silliman Produces 7 New Doctors, 6 New RNDs, 2 Alumni Topnotchers
Seven graduates of the Silliman University Medical School (SUMS) passed the March 2017 Physician Licensure Examination (PLE), garnering an 87.50% passing rate against the national passing rate of 61.73%. Further, two alumni from the College of Nursing – Maude Sang-an Tabigue (SUCN Batch 2010) and Clint Christian Tan Garbanzos (SUCN Batch 2009) – placed 4th […]
SU Signs MoA with New York-based Engineering Firm
Silliman University and Howard I. Shapiro & Associates, Consulting Engineers, P.C. entered into a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) after incoming 5th year mechanical engineering student Lawrence Joseph Mariño got accepted as the latter’s student-intern. The New York-based engineering and consulting firm was represented by Jay P. Shapiro, P.E. The Agreement is for the purpose of setting out […]
Environmental and Marine Sciences Director Attends UN’s Group of Experts Meeting
Dr. Hilconida P. Calumpong, director of the Silliman University Institute of Environmental and Marine Sciences (IEMS), is one of the 18 members of the Group of Experts of the Regular Process (GOERP) of the United Nations (UN) Regular Process for Global Reporting and Assessment of the State of the Marine Environment, including Socioeconomic Aspects. The […]
Alumni Updates March 27 – April 2, 2017
Silliman alumna Engr. Elizabeth Merto Engle has been named as one of the three recipients of the Women of Distinction Award by the Girl Scouts Farthest North Council of Fairbanks, Alaska. The ceremony will be held on May 4, 2017, 6pm, at the Westmark Gold Room. The other two awardees are Becky Zaverl and Michelle […]
ND Dept Conducts Nutrition and Food Security Training
Faculty and staff of the Nutrition and Dietetics (ND) Department through its Service – Learning program recently conducted a month-long Nutrition and Food Security Training Program in the municipalities of San Jose and Amlan, Negros Oriental. The Training Program, which started in February until the 1st week of March, is also part of the University’s […]
FIRST WORLD OCEANS REPORT REVISITED; Theme 1: Climate change and its impact on the oceans (Second in a Series)
22 scientists from around the world—including Silliman University’s Hilconida Calumpong, Ph.D.—submitted to the UN General Assembly in late 2015 their report as the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Regular Process for Global Reporting and Assessment of the State of the Marine Environment, including Socioeconomic Aspects. The First World Ocean Report, which was approved by […]
Alumni Updates (March 20 – 26, 2017)
Breathe: A One-Woman Art Exhibition by alumna Leila D. Marapao-Brian will be displayed at the Museo Ng Sining on April 6-29, 2017. Opening night guest of honor is Atty. Winston F. Garcia, former GSIS President and General Manager. Ling, as she is fondly called, is a new artist and a breast cancer survivor. She attests […]
