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Assistant Prof. Myla June T. Patron, Asst. Prof. Ronelaine B. Picardal, and Asst. Prof. Jennifer Eve A. Solitana of the English and Literature Department presented a paper during the “Faces of English 2: Teaching and Researching Academic and Professional English” conference on June 1 to 3 at the Center for Applied English Studies, University of Hongkong. […]

Silliman alumnus Dr. Kenneth E. Bauzon, Professor of Political Science at St. Joseph’s College, New York, USA, gave a Balik Talent lecture on “Neoliberal Constraints to National Sovereignty, Democratic Governance, and Development: Lessons from the Trenches in the Global Struggle Against Neoliberal Globalization” on June 22 at the University’s Audio-Visual Theater 1. Bauzon, who graduated from […]

Silliman University is one of the country’s 10 Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) which will be offering postgraduate programs in partnership with universities of the United Kingdom (UK). The “Joint Development of Niche Programs through Philippines-United Kingdom Linkages,” a collaboration between the British Council and the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), aims to upgrade the quality […]

The lone Sillimanian taker of the April 2017 Agriculturist Licensure Examination made it, giving Silliman a 100% passing rate against the 31.55% national passing rate. Graciano Jose Pal is now one of the country’s 2,938 newest licensed agriculturist. Congratulations!

A memorial service was held celebrating the life of MARTHA MAGDAMO-GHENT on June 16, 2017, 7pm at the Udarbe Memory Chapel.  Martha graduated from Silliman University High School in 1939. She then married George Marshall Ghent on August 9, 1945 in Dumaguete City and later moved on to the United States.  After World War II […]

Five alumni of the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program of the U.S. Department of State will deliver their lectures in the 16th Humphrey Voice Series at Claire Isabel McGill Luce Auditorium, Silliman University (SU) on June 30. The lecture series, in coordination with SU’s College of Law, is called “Catch 22: Ethical Dilemmas in a […]

The construction of a church building made of six – 20-footer container vans in Catagbian, Bohol is completed and will be formally turned over to the United Church of Christ in the Philippines (UCCP) Catigbian, Bohol on July 2. It is a “calamity-smart” structure that can withstand up to 400kph winds and an intensity 8 […]

Student researchers from the biology department of Silliman University presented their research in monitoring waste water treatment facilities in Dumaguete and Bayawan City, using new equipment and new techniques such as bio-filtration. The research presentation was made last June 1 at the American Resource Center at Silliman University. National Scientist Dr. Angel C. Alcala and […]

Dr. Michele A. Naranjo’s “Nutrition Intervention as Service Learning: Silliman University’s Indigenous Food Security in Philippine High Risk Calamity Areas” got accepted in the 6th Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Service-Learning (SL) at Petra Christian University (PCU), Indonesia on May 28 to June 2. Dr. Naranjo’s abstract cited SU’s Home Economics-Nutrition & Dietitics Department (HE-ND)’s long […]

Faculty and students of the Institute of Environmental and Marine Sciences (IEMS) attended the 35th Symposium and Annual Meeting of the Association of Systematic Biologists of the Philippines (ASB) on May 28-31 at the University of St. La Salle in Bacolod City. The delegation was headed by IEMS Director, Dr. Hilconida P. Calumpong, and four students […]