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PRESS STATEMENT Issue Date: 12 May 2015Subject: Tuition and Fees in Silliman Tuition and fees are serious concerns in Silliman. They always are. They are intended to be as low as possible, yet sufficient to support a portion of the costs of education that we give our students. (This portion was 70% in school year […]

An administrative officer from Ashland University (AU) in the United States was on an exploratory visit to Silliman University on May 7. International Programs Executive Director Dr. Nathan Myers met with Silliman officials led by President Dr. Ben S. Malayang III and Vice President for Development Prof. Jane Annette L. Belarmino to discuss opportunities of […]

Silliman University and Ateneo de Manila University jointly organized on May 5 to 9 a workshop on research and publication for teachers in the social sciences. The workshop is designed as a collective mentoring system. Participants are engaged in lectures, presentations of outputs and open critique of research works, aimed at publishing in internationally refereed […]

They belong to Class 2015. Both graduated magna cum laude. One was his batch’s Most Outstanding Student of the Year; the other was the Senior Student of the Year. And they once again share the stage after graduating last March, now as among the top student leaders in Region 7. Hanz Denzil Villahermosa and Mikle […]

A fresh graduate from the High School department clinched a silver medal in the News Writing English Category of 2015 National Schools Press Conference (NSPC) held April 13 to 15 in Taguig City. Jude Martin V. Amiscaray, who graduated valedictorian last March, represented Central Visayas during the annual search for the country’s best campus journalists. […]

Sillimanian litigation lawyer Maria Rowena Amelia V. Guanzon is one of the new Commissioners of the Commission on Elections (Comelec), following her appointment on April 28. Atty. Guanzon graduated from Silliman University High School in 1974. Her parents, Judge Sixto Guanzon and Negros Occidental Board Member Mrs. Elvira Guanzon, were also Sillimanians. Both were among […]

The 54th Silliman University National Writers Workshop will open on May 11 at the Rose Lamb Sobrepeña Writers Village in Camp Look-out, Valencia, Negros Oriental. Twelve writers from all over the Philippines have been accepted as regular workshop fellows. They are: Aimee Paulette O. Cando of Quezon City (University of Santo Tomas), Angela Gabriele R. […]

A professor at the Institute of Environmental and Marine Sciences (IEMS) is back at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from April 27 to May 1 for a meeting among experts convened to develop a global mechanism of reviewing and assessing the state of the marine environment. Dr. Hilconida P. Calumpong, marine biologist and Graduate […]

The Press Attaché of the United States Embassy was on campus on April 30 to launch the Silliman University Research and Environmental News Service, a project initiated by a faculty member of the College of Mass Communication (CMC) and supported by a grant from the Embassy. “In this project, we want students to remember the […]

Twenty-one students from the School of Agro-Industrial and Technical Education (SAITE) received their Certificates in Animal Production NC II during its 2nd Graduation Exercises held April 16 at the Cyber Lecture Hall. This year’s graduates are: Juanito A. Balansag, Marlou E. Bohol, Vic Anton A. Cadalin, Bonifacio C. Cadalin, Jacob A. Cataylo, Jefry V. Deguit, […]