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National Scientist and Silliman Professor Emeritus Dr. Angel C. Alcala said the government needs to invest more funds to set up more no-take marine reserves (NTMRs) and networks of NTMRs so that at least 20 to 30 percent of the total coral reef areas in the Philippines could be protected to avert possible fishery crisis. […]

The Student Organizations and Activities Division (SOAD) organized an Orgs’ Summit 2015 last June 8. Done in partnership with the Committee on Student Organizations of the Student Government, the summit gathered key officers of 60 student organizations in the University. Among those discussed were policies and guidelines that govern the conduct of activities on campus, […]

Silliman University President Dr. Ben S. Malayang III was one of the speakers on disaster preparedness and resilience during a forum on June 10 at the Philippine Consulate in San Francisco, USA. He was in a panel with five other distinguished personalities, including Dumaguete City Mayor Mr. Manuel T. Sagarbarria who was in the area […]

The president of the Student Government last school year who graduated from the College of Education, magna cum laude, in March is now one of thirty national finalists to the search for the Ten Outstanding Students of the Philippines (TOSP). Hanz Denzil Villahermosa received the official communication recently from Ms Marie Concepcion-Young, president of the […]

The Cultural Affairs Committee (CAC) brings to Manila the musical “Ampalaya”. There are two shows scheduled on July 15 (Wednesday) at the Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo of the Cultural Center of the Philippines: matinee at 3PM and gala at 8PM. With the support of CCP Kaisa Sa Sining, theater actress Dessa Quesada-Palm directs the musical written by […]

The Jovito R. Salonga Center for Law and Development (JSCLD) conducted a seminar on Contemporary Legal Issues to members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), on June 5 at the Aldecoa Moot Court at the Villareal Hall. There were 45 participants that represented three battalions of the AFP assigned in Negros Oriental. Conducted […]

Two graduates of the Accountancy program passed the Certified Public Accountant (CPA) licensure exam administered last month. John Vincent D. Teoco and Queben Mundro B. Zamora were the only ones from Silliman who took the exam last month. Both made it, registering a perfect passing mark for Silliman against a national passing rate of 35 […]

A senior student from the College of Education landed as runner-up in the Harvard Project for Asian and International Relations (HPAIR) Photo Contest which ran from April 17 to 25. Amyrrha Estolloso clinched the spot after sending a photo of herself with the historic Silliman Hall in the background. Open worldwide, the photo contest looked […]

Silliman University ties up with two other universities in Iloilo and Davao and the World Bank (WB) in rolling out a pioneering course on “Localizing Poverty Reduction Targets”. The course opens June 9, with the first of four development discussions focusing on the national perspective of poverty and development. Resource persons for the first development […]

Some 1,600 public school teachers in Negros Oriental and Siguijor underwent a weeklong training last month in Silliman to better prepare them for the full shift to the K+12 education program by 2016.  All participants are assigned to classes in Grade 10 — what under the old year-level classification is equivalent to fourth year in […]