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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 […]

A graduate student researcher at the Institute of Environmental and Marine Sciences (IEMS) churned out the numbers to show the rich and diverse marine resources of the Philippines and how much the country stands to lose if threats to these resources are not removed. Jean Asuncion T. Utzurrum presented her data  for the appreciation of […]

The Committee on Student Organizations of the Silliman University Student Government has released the list of Top 10 organizations for School Year 2014-2015. They are:Student organizations earn points based on the number, quality and coverage of their projects and community involvement. Points are tallied at the end of every school year to come up with […]

Over a hundred plastic soda bottles carry a hanging vegetable garden on the University fence along the national highway. Local vegetables, such as water spinach (kangkong), vine spinach (alugbati) and camote tops (talbos ng kamote), are planted in organic soil inside each soda bottle. The hanging vegetable garden adds both aesthetic and practical value to […]

Dean of Students Dr. Edna Gladys T. Calingacion has been elected as auditor of the Philippine Association of Administrators of Student Affairs, Inc. (PAASA) during its 20th Annual National Convention held April 20 to 23 in Puerto Princesa City, Palawan. PAASA is a professional organization of heads and practitioners of student affairs all over the […]