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Twelve colleges have sent in their respective bets for this year’s Miss Silliman pageant happening in the evening of August 24. This year’s pageant promises to test the advocacies of the candidates, bringing out their respective commitments to social development, youth and gender empowerment, and environmental conservation. The 12 candidates are: College of Arts and […]

Names of 11 former faculty and staff who have already passed on will be inscribed in the Heritage Builders Wall in a special ceremony on August 25. Located at the south lawn of the historic Silliman Hall, the Heritage Builders Wall honors Silliman personnel who had spent most of their professional years with Silliman University. […]

The 114th Founders Day celebration opens August 16 with a Sunday service at the Silliman University Church. Gracing the opening service as speaker is Dr. Everett L. Mendoza, former Vice President for Academic Affairs of Silliman University and professor at the Divinity School. This year’s Founders Day theme is “Via, Veritas, Vita: Now and Always”. It […]

Fresh graduate Thessa B. Oremeo ranked tenth in the Social Workers Board Examination, leading this year’s batch of Sillimanian passers which garnered for the University a perfect passing rate of 100%.  The 2015 board exam had a total of 2,654 takers; only 1,817 passed. Congratulations to our new licensed social workers:  Theresa Agatha P. Gulle Desiree […]

The Honorary Consul General in Ho Chi Minh welcomed the efforts of Silliman University to expand its international student recruitment efforts and linkages in Vietnam.  Atty. Li Thi Phung, who is a prominent and well-respected business figure in Ho Chi Minh, said the University’s visit to Ho Chi Minh further bolsters the interest of the […]

Two commissioners from the National Youth Commission (NYC) tackled the important role of the youth during the upcoming national elections in a forum held August 15 at the Silliman Hall.  Mr. Jose Sixto G. Dantes, NYC commissioner-at-large and a prominent celebrity, and Mr. Jon Jan Paul Peñol, who represents the Visayas, engaged student leaders in […]

Sophomore Mass Communication major Ray Chen S. Bahinting was hailed champion during the  oratorical speech contest in the national language known as Talumpati ng Taon 2015, held August 10 at the Claire Isabel McGill Luce Auditorium. Ten students from different colleges in Silliman participated in the oratorical speech contest in Filipino, this year themed:“Filipino: Wika […]

Silliman University is now accepting applications for the 55th Silliman University National Writers Workshop (SUNWW) to be held May 9 to 27 at the Silliman University Rose Lamb Sobrepeña Writers Village. This Writers Workshop is offering 12 fellowships to promising writers in the Philippines who want to have a chance to hone their craft and refine […]

Philippine Ambassador to Cambodia H.E. Christopher B. Montero expressed his full support for the initiative of Silliman University to reach out to schools and universities in Phnom Penh for both student recruitment and linkages.  During the courtesy call on August 5 made by Mr. Mark Raygan E. Garcia, Director of the Office of Information and […]

Silliman University will facilitate the distribution and installation of 942 solar home systems (SHS) in 19 remote barangays in Bayawan City beginning August 11.  This project was lunched through a “Ceremonial Switch-on and Distribution of Solar Home System” held August 5 in Bayawan City, with the local chief executives of Bayawan, officials of the Provincial […]