Speech and Theater Arts Department Stages ‘Reminiscences’
In a show of gratitude and a collective journey down memory lane, the Speech and Theater Arts Department (STAD) treated late last month the Silliman community to a medley of performances at the Claire Isabel McGill Luce Auditorium. Dances, singing, and snippets of Broadway performances and theatrical plays brought life to the stage in a […]
Silliman Leads Development of AUDRN Virtual Museum
A team from the College of Computer Studies (CCS) took the lead in setting up the Virtual Museum of the Asian University Digital Resource Network (AUDRN), making available an online listing of museums, artifacts and other materials of great cultural and historical value to the Philippines. The Virtual Museum currently showcases eight museums either hosted […]
MassCom Student’s Food Rescue Project Wins US Grant
A project that will collect perishable food from businesses and give it to the hungry and the homeless has won a grant from the United States Government through its Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) Seeds for the Future program. The project, Food Rescue ASEAN, will be implemented in Dumaguete by Mac Florendo, 20, a […]
Annual Report for SY 14-15 Released
The Annual Report for School 2014-2015 is already available on the University website. Click: Annual Report 2014-2015
Pre-Med Class 1967 Establishes Molecular Biology Lab
The Biology Department inaugurated on August 25 its new Molecular Biology Laboratory. Located on the second floor of the James W. Chapman Science Complex, the laboratory is a gift from the Pre-Med Class of 1967, through Dr. Enrico C. Sobong and wife, Dr. Ester L. Sobong. Targeted to be fully functional by the next semester, […]
18 New Nutritionist-Dieticians for Silliman
Eighteen of the country’s 705 new nutritionist-dietitians come from Silliman University. The results were released August 26 by the Professional Regulation Commission. This year’s passers are: Abueva, Piagayle Palma Awayan, Dennis II De Los Santos Baculad, Rodulf Matt AntoniRagay Bollozos, Jacqueline Andaya Budiongan, Kristine Jeanne Madriñan Bustillo, Jacque JynnBajala Leones, JurielhuElumba Lo, Inna CarlindAcaylar Macaraya, […]
Northern California Alumni Association Donates Ambulance
Silliman University held a blessing and dedication ceremony on August 28 for an ambulance unit that it received as a donation from the Silliman University Alumni Association of Northern California (SUAANC). It is the second ambulance of the University. Its first unit is assigned to respond to emergencies on campus. The second one, a 1999 […]
Forum in Silliman Highlights Negros Oriental as Phil. Center for Water Excellence
Philippine water experts who gathered in Silliman University recently said making Negros Oriental the Philippine Center for Water Excellence would push other provinces in the country to protect their own waters. “We want Negros Oriental to be the center of excellence for water management in the entire Philippines so we can start educating other provinces […]
Call for Submissions: ‘Sands & Coral’ Literary Journal
Sands & Coral, Silliman University’s historic literary journal, is now accepting submissions for its 2015-2016 issue. S&C is open to all persons currently enrolled in or once affiliated with Silliman University, as well as former fellows and panelists of the Silliman University National Writers Workshop. Sillimanian students are strongly encouraged to submit works. The folio accepts […]
Silliman Turns 114
“Via, Veritas, Vita: Now and Always.” This is the guiding statement that drives this year’s 114th Founders Day of one of the country’s premier higher education institutions, the oldest among universities founded by American Presbyterian missionaries in the country. It is inspired by the Biblical passage taken from John 14:6: “Jesus answered, ‘I am the […]
