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A group of Architecture students from the College of Engineering and Design are given what could be their first break. Soon to rise on the scenic campus will be the Art Gallery – which building they have designed. Now on their fifth year under the BS Architecture program, Cay Louise Kirit, Mary Vail Lunor and […]

Greetings from West Papua! Sillimanians from Mindanau and West Papua recently gathered at the GKI (Evangelical Christian Church) Tanah Papua, Indonesia to relive the Silliman spirit. The alumni group was headed by Yafet and Fransina Yoteni and their daughter Anatasia.  Fransina earned her Doctor of Philosophy in Education at Silliman in 2012. The group expresses […]

STATEMENT Prof. Leonor Magtolis-Briones’ Selection as Incoming Secretary of Education(Issued June 6, 2016) (Professor Briones, an Outstanding Sillimanian in Fiscal and Public Administration, is the current Chairperson of the Board of Trustees of Silliman University. She is Professor Emeritus at the National College of Public Administration and Governance at the University of the Philippines and […]

Nominations are open for the College of Mass Communication’s Golden Jubilee Awards, one of the highlights of the 50th anniversary in August of the Philippines’ oldest journalism school outside Manila. To be presented for the first time, the Golden Jubilee Awards recognizes notable alumni from the College who have made an impact in their respective […]

A team of 10 faculty members from different disciplines in Silliman University trained teachers from private high schools in Cebu in the administration of the Grade 11 curriculum under the K+12 program, from June 1 to 3. The team trained more than 700 teachers from private high schools in Regions 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, […]

Atty. Fe Marie Dicen-Tagle, a Certified Public Accountant, is the new Vice President for Finance and Administration. Before her appointment to the vice presidency, Atty. Tagle served as Human Resource and Development Manager from May 2007 to May 2016. Prior to that, she was with the Utzurrum Business and Finance Center as Accountant then Student […]

The works of a team from the Fine Arts Department will be featured at the gallery of the National Commission on Culture and the Arts (NCCA) in Intramuros, Manila from June 9 to 30. Dubbed “PROMDI: A survey of contemporary visual arts in Dumaguete”, the exhibit features the works of three Fine Arts faculty, Mr. […]

An English teacher at the Junior High School Department is bound for the United States after earning a study grant from the American government. Ms Bea Mara L. Zamora, an English teacher, has been granted a Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistants (FLTA) fellowship, based on results released recently. The non-degree program runs for ten months. […]

The College of Agriculture led this year’s International Conference on Nature Studies and Innovations for the Environment (ICoNSIE) of the Philippine Society for the Study of Nature (PSSN) held May 24 to 28 on campus. Around 100 participants, composed of teachers, students, researchers and practitioners from Germany, Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines, convened in Silliman […]

A group of Sillimanians, with 12 members belonging to Silliman University College of Nursing Class (SUCN) of 1977, had a get-together on a cruise across the Western Mediterranean from April 17 to 24. They were joined in by their families. Aside from the fellowship, fundraising was also in the agenda to support the Guy Hall […]