PechaKucha 20×20 Concludes First Season
The Cultural Affairs Committee joins a global network by launching in Silliman University the PechaKucha Night Dumaguete, a timed presentation format where speakers carry fun and informal conversations based on 20 slides. PechaKucha is a Japanese term for the sound of conversations, or, as described by local organizer Asst. Prof. Ian R. Casocot: “chitchat”. It […]
Dr. Aquino Launches New Book of Poems
Award-winning literature professor Dr. Cesar Ruiz Aquino launched “Like a Shadow That Only Fits a Figure of Which It is Not a Shadow”, on February 21 at Student Center in the Oriental Hall. His new book features 151 poems. Some of these poems have figured in “Companionable Voices: Five Filipino Poets”, and some, which were […]
Basic Education Pupils on ‘FIRE’ at Luce
A cultural presentation featuring talents from the School of Basic Education (SBE) will run for two days at the Claire Isabel McGill Luce Auditorium. Dubbed “SBE on FIRE,” the presentation shines the spotlight on select kids from the Toddlers class of the Silliman University Church and pupils at the Early Childhood, Elementary and […]
Prince of Songkla University Explores Partnership with SU
A delegation of 11 administrative and academic officers of Prince of Songkla University (PSU) in Thailand was on an exploratory visit to Silliman University on February 26. They were welcomed by members of the Silliman Administration, headed by President Dr. Ben S. Malayang III, and their academic counterparts in the Univeresity. Discussion focused on opportunities […]
Silliman is Top Performing School in Teacher Education
Silliman University was listed among the country’s best performing Teacher Education Institutions (TEIs) by the Philippine Business for Education (PBEd). PBEd is a non-profit organization that represents the business community’s response to the need for consensus and sustained advocacy in education reform. In a recent study released on February 9, PBEd identified 12 top schools […]
CBA Majors Win Top Posts in Student Gov’t Elections
Two students from the College of Business Administration, who ran under the same political party, are occupying the top two posts of the Silliman University Student Government (SUSG) by the opening of School Year 2015-2016. Management junior Kirk Philip F. Emperado won as president, while his party mate, Accountancy sophomore Nikko Paolo V. Calledo raked […]
1st Silliman Film Open Screens 19, Gives Out 20 Awards
An all-student production that culminated with its own version of film awards almost filled the Claire Isabel McGill Luce Auditorium on February 25. The 1st Silliman Film Open screened a total of 19 short films produced, directed and edited by Silliman students and where actors were Silliman students as well. Festival director Asst. Prof. […]
Juris Doctor Program Commended for Rigid Thesis Defense
This year’s batch of students under the Juris Doctor (JD) program defended their theses in a process described by a popular humanitarian lawyer as “the only in the Philippines”. Atty. Herminio “Harry” Roque, Jr., Director of the University of the Philippines Law Center Institute of International Legal Studies was one of the panelists that put […]
4 Students Reap Awards in Political Science Nat’l Confab
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 […]
Justice Leonen Tackles Post-Colonial Biases in Constitution
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 […]
