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Ms. Amyrrha M. Estolloso, who earned her Bachelor of Secondary Education major in English last March, has made it to the Top 30 National Finalists in this year’s search for the Ten Outstanding Students of the Philippines (TOSP). Amyrrha was chosen from almost 100 regional and national nominees after a rigid selection process based on […]

“When God’s face shines upon the University, we get power.” This was how President Dr. Ben S. Malayang III described Silliman’s solar power project, the first and largest of its kind in Southeast Asia, after it was formally launched and blessed last August 23. The panels, installed on rooftop of the Claire Isabel McGill Luce Auditorium, were […]

Silliman University honors on August 28, 2016 five of its alumni as this year’s recipients of the prestigious Outstanding Sillimanian Award. They are Dr. Susan May Ferrolino-Calumpang for Crop Protection and Chemical Ecology, Engr. Elizabeth Merto Engle for Engineering: Project Management, Engr. Katsutoshi Furukawa for Civil Engineering & Humanitarian Service, Dr. Patricia Velez-Gaid for Pediatrics, […]

Ten outstanding alumni of the College of Mass Communication will receive professional achievement awards August 25 on the occasion of the golden jubilee of the first School of Journalism (now College of Mass Communication) outside Metro Manila. The awardees are: Nilo Paurom, Philippine Daily Inquirer city editor, for distinguished professional achievement in print journalism Emmanuel Dejaresco, […]

The Coordinator of the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternative lamented at a convention on climate change held August 9 in Silliman University the failure of local government units to implement the solid waste management law. Mr. Ramon Lopez said that most local government units in the Philippines, tasked to implement the Ecological Solid Waste Management […]

“Thank you, Silliman and Dumaguete, for giving me the ‘best years of my life.’” These were Dr. Rolando del Carmen’s words of gratitude for his alma mater, Silliman University, during the conferral of his Doctor of Laws degree, honoris causa, on August 15 at the Claire Isabel McGill Luce Auditorium. “Believe me when I tell […]

More than 1,000 runners joined Silliman University High School’s Centennial Fun Run on August 13.  Dubbed “An August Rush”, participants were students from SUHS and Dumaguete City’s public and private high schools as well as from local runners’ group, Dumaguete Amateur Roadrunners and Striders (DARS).  And, together with them is 86-year-old Manuel McIlroy Utzurrum Jr., […]

The Institute of Rehabilitative Sciences (IRS) produces another topnothcer in the Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy Licensure Exam.  Fresh graduate Alexander R. Vidal II places fourth. He leads this year’s successful examinees from Silliman, numbering 18. The University registered a passing percentage 90, higher than the national passing rate of 68.06 per cent.  Congratulations to our […]

“The troubling reality today is the lack of farming knowledge among today’s youth and kids. The closest they could get to a farm is via Farmville on their smartphones and tablets.” This statement from Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel “Manny” Piñol elicited laughter but painted a reality where there is a waning interest in agriculture both as […]

Three faculty members were engaged as experts in social work and service-learning at two Asian schools, one in Yangon, Myanmar and another in Hue, Vietnam.  Director of Extension Asst. Prof. Emervencia L. Ligutom was a Visiting Lecturer in Social Work at Tedim Christin College in Yangon, Myanmar from July 25 to 29. She handled different […]