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Sillimanians are almost in every corner of the globe these days. In Nairobi, Kenya, the Silliman spirit is alive with our alumni finding their niche in that part of the world. In photo from left to right is Elbert M. Calpo (BSEE ‘79), Glynda Pil Calpo (HS ‘75, BSGS ‘79), Rowland Van Es, Jr. (HS […]

A trust fund to honor the memory of a former Silliman President has been established for all Silliman college students to avail. Named the Dr. Quintin and Mrs. Pearl Doromal Trust Fund for Financial Assistance to Students, it is a loan facility available to financially constrained students for personal or school purposes. The following are the guidelines […]

Award-winning Filipino contemporary a cappella group, Acapellago, is coming to Silliman to share their talents. Acapellago will have three shows at the Claire Isabel McGill Luce Auditorium:  September 16 (Friday), 8 PM, and September 17 (Saturday), 10 AM and 3 PM. The group has joined and won several a cappella competitions both nationwide and outside the country, including the International A Cappella Championships […]

A group of students and faculty from Ferris University in Japan visited Silliman last week for a series of intercultural exposure and service-learning activities. Led by their adviser Dr. Masaki “Gus” Yokoyama, the group of six students visited various government agencies and private non-government organizations for interviews for their respective theses based on their fields of interest. They […]

Newly appointed Director-in-Residence for the 56th Silliman University National Writers Workshop (SUNWW) Dr. Jaime An Lim and junior Creative Writing major Michael Aaron Gomez were honored in the 2016 Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature on September 2. Dr. Lim, who obtained his Master of Arts in English, major in Creative Writing in 1974, won […]

Forty-six graduated on September 6 from the TESDA-accredited course on Contact Center Services (NC II) Program of the School of Agro-Industrial and Technical Education (SAITE). The 18-day program, which started in July, administers comprehensive courses covering workplace communication, computer operations, career professionalism, and customer service delivery. Congratulations to the following: Abonin, Jovelyn V. Acibes, Jobert […]

Coal-powered plants pose serious threats to public health and are the biggest sources of greenhouse gas emissions and therefore government should stop, prevent and correct its approval of the construction of 29 new coal-fired power plants and implementation of 39 new coal mine explorations.   This is the recommendation of Greenpeace Southeast Asia, the regional […]

Twenty-three graduates from College of Arts and Sciences’ Psychology Department are now registered psychometricians after passing the licensure examination administered by the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) last August. The graduates are among the 3,690 takers who passed the exam given by the PRC’s Board of Psychology in Manila, Baguio, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Davao, Iloilo, […]

After a thorough and rigid screening process, five Sillimanians are in the final list of candidates for the next University President. A forum will be held on November 7, 2016 (Monday), 9am to 4pm at the Claire Isabel McGill Luce Auditorium for the Silliman community and other stakeholders to know more about the candidates and […]

Silliman University recently received a total of Php 866,000.00 for scholarships from the Silliman Alumni Association, Inc. (SAAI) during its Board meeting last August 25, 2016. In behalf of Silliman University, Dr. Ben S. Malayang III received a check of Php 366,000.00 pesos from SAAI in support of the University’s scholarship program and another check […]