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A Silliman University study encourages the establishment of community-based blood donation programs powered by non-paid youth volunteers to help solve the problem of insufficient and unsafe blood supply for health care in this country. Kim G. Sarong, a medical technologist and college instructor at the SU Institute of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, said persons 18 to […]

Twenty-eight students from the Silliman University Psychology Department attended the 30th Psychological Association of the Philippines Junior Affiliates (PAPJA) Convention at the SMX Convention Center, Mall of Asia, Pasay City on January 20 to 21. The PAPJA Convention is an annual gathering of select Psychology undergraduate students in the Philippines. This year’s convention focused “Emphasizing […]

Ninth grader Nicole Marie Tagle sealed the three top spots for the Philippine team with a bronze medal in the Individual Junior Recurve Women’s Category of the 2017 Southeast Asian Archery Championships on January 20 at Yangon, Myanmar. The Philippines bagged six gold, four silver and two bronze medals against athletes from Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, […]

Silliman University is host to this year’s Annual Scientific Conference of the Philippine Population Association (PPA). It brings together academics, professionals, program and policy stakeholders, and graduate students interested in research and education in the population field on January 25 to 27. This year’s conference revolves around the theme, “Improving Human Capital Through Good Governance”. […]

Silliman University recently hosted the 1st Transnational Education (TNE) Monthly Learning Session organized by the British Council and the Commission on Higher Education (CHED).   Held on January 18, 2017 at the University’s Anthropology Museum, Dr. Ben S. Malayang III and Chair of the Program Committee of the Silliman Board of Trustees, Dr. Angel C. […]

  The 56th edition of the Silliman University National Writers Workshop starts May 8 to 19 at the Rose Lamb Sobrepeña Writers Village in Camp Look-out, Valencia, Negros Oriental. Ten writers from all over the Philippines have been accepted as workshop fellows. They are the following: Poetry • Elijah Maria Villanueva Pascual of Marikina City […]

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) reported that 2016 was the hottest year on record, surpassing the already exceptional record of 2015. In a press release issued January 18, WMO said the global average temperature in 2016 was 1.1°C higher than the pre-industrial record, and approximately 0.83°C above the long-term average of 14°C in 1961-1990 reference […]

Ninth grader Nicole Marie Tagle is set to compete in the 2017 Southeast Asian Archery Championships on January 20 at Yangon, Myanmar. Tagle is among the newest additions to the Philippine Team, contending in the Junior Recurve Women’s category. Silliman alumni Joy Mariño and Clint Sayo from the Dumaguete Archery Center are also part of […]

Silliman University Student Government President Gil Buenavista is set to attend the 6th Asian Youth Leaders Travel and Learning Camp in Singapore on February 9 to 13. Buenavista, an Accountancy senior, is among student leaders worldwide who will be going through engaging activities to enhance their abilities in cross-cultural interaction and cooperation, which will further […]

True to its mission in infusing into the academic learning the Christian faith anchored on the gospel of Jesus Christ, Silliman University is conducting this semester’s University Christian Life Emphasis Month (UCLEM). This semester’s UCLEM’s theme, “Growing in the Way of Christ” reaffirms the University’s motto from John 14:6: Jesus is the Way, the Truth, […]