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Four students from the Department of History and Political Science reaped awards during the 2015 Political Science Students Association of the Philippines (PSSAP) Conference held February 11 to 15 in Cebu City. Two are in their third year: one majoring in Political Science and the other in History; and the other two are in their […]

Supreme Court (SC) Associate Justice Marvic Mario Victor F. Leonen gave a talk on how the Philippine Constitution has been shaped by a post-colonial flaw in our national consciousness and how this manifests in current pursuits for peace in Mindanao, on February 16 at the Claire Isabel McGill Luce Auditorium. The Associate Justice discussed “The […]

Twenty-six presidents and representatives of local and international alumni groups gathered on campus for the first-ever Alumni Summit held February 7 to 8.   The summit, which was organized by the Silliman Alumni Association, Inc. (SAAI), led by national president Atty. Mikhail Lee Maxino, highlighted the need for alumni chapters to further collaborate and assess […]

Economics professor Winnie Monsod on Monday said corruption and the “feudalistic economy” prevailing in the Philippines are evil and the elite or landholding composition of Congress was sustaining that evil. Professor Monsod spoke to an audience of mostly college undergraduates in a forum in Silliman University sponsored by the Philippine Daily Inquirer and organized by […]

An all-female team from the College of Law bagged all three speaker awards during this year’s Grand Law Debate against Ateneo de Manila University Law School held February 16 at the Claire Isabel McGill Luce Auditorium. (The debate team from the Silliman University College of Law [L-R]: Fatima Ayesh Bahjin, Kristine Felva Licup, Johanna Adanza […]

An alumnus who now serves as an independent consultant to the Geneva-based Henry Dunant Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue was on campus to shed some light on the Mindanao conflict, the peace process and its mechanisms. In partnership with the Religion and Peace Studies Department, Mr. Michael Frank Alar led a lecture-discussion titled “Understanding the Mindanao […]

Faculty and staff members of the University were in for a treat in the morning of February 16, in celebration of Faculty and Staff Day. This, after the breakfast reception held in honor of the 25 personnel who were awarded their 20 years of service to Silliman and outstanding teaching. Each of the regular faculty […]

This Valentines Month, experience being serenaded by one of the most awarded choirs in Asia and in the world, with the Philippine Madrigal Singers in their Valentine concert KakaKILIG! The Madz will have show dates on February 20, Friday at 8:00 PM Gala, and February 21, Saturday at 8:00 PM Gala, at the Claire Isabel […]

Silliman President Dr. Ben S. Malayang III was in Yangon, Myanmar on February 4 to 6 to keynote a conference of senior officials of higher education institutions in Myanmar on the theme, “Higher Education Reform: Perspectives from Universities in the ASEAN Region.” Dr. Malayang was the only president from a university in the Philippines that […]

Three senior students from Silliman University have been named recipients of the Bank of the Philippine Islands-Department of Science and Technology (BPI-DOST) Science Award. Charlene Caduhada (Biology), Raymart Jay Canoy (Physics), and Lorraine Allie Solitario (Computer Science) will each be presented a plaque, a research grant and a cash prize in a special ceremony to […]