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Two Economics majors won the championship of the Junior Philippine Economics Society’s Inter-University Debate held in Cebu on January 10. Sophomore Genin Raya Amiscaray and freshman Dale Casocot went up against two teams from the University of San Carlos and a team from the University of St. La Salle in the debate patterned after the […]

Silliman University formally opened the country’s first Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) Museum on December 5, 2014. The museum, located at the Col. Roman T. Yap Hall, is dedicated to University’s rich history in military service. It currently features full uniforms of Sillimanian high-ranking officials in the Armed Forces of the Philippines and government service, […]

The School of Basic Education was declared the overall champions for both the Elementary and High School Divisions during the 2014 Department of Education Dumaguete Palarong Panlungsod held last month. Athletes from the High School Department clinched a total of 50 gold, 32 silver and 23 bronze medals. Meanwhile, the Elementary Department bagged 32 gold, […]

Silliman University launches on January 10 the celebration of University Christian Life Emphasis Month (UCLEM), guided by the theme “A Life Transformed in God's Truth”. Celebrated every semester, UCLEM offers different activities that pull together students, faculty, staff and alumni as one community of faith in reflecting on their personal relationship with God and the […]

Are you for or against the “One Negros Island Region” proposal? Politicians from both sides of the question approached Silliman University for a stand, hopefully to endorse their side. In order to get the public pulse, President Dr. Ben S. Malayang III commissioned some faculty members to analyze the implications of the proposal and also […]

National Book Development Board (NBDB) deputy executive director Camille Dela Rosa sat down with Dumaguete-based authors, editors, publishers, librarians and booklovers in a roundtable discussion on the state of Philippine literature and publishing held last month.  Held at the American Studies Resource Center of the Robert B. and Metta J. Silliman Library, the event introduced […]

Twenty-three graduates passed the Civil Engineer Licensure Examination administered last month. This registered a passing rate of 82.14 per cent for Silliman University against the national percentage of 49.47 per cent. Congratulations to our new licensed civil engineers! Buquiran, Richard Viason Calibo, Frenz Fabugais Colon, Rachele Danica Gillesania Cueco, Wilfredo Jr. Singuit Divinagracia, Usborne Foncardas […]

On its fifth consecutive year, the College of Administration (CBA) was declared the overall champion in the Intramural Games concluded December 15 at the Gymnasium. CBA garnered a total of 395 points. First runner-up was the team-up between the College of Education and and the School of Basic Education with 330 points. Second runner-up College […]

The College of Law launched before the holiday break this school year’s issue of the Silliman Law Journal (SLJ). This year’s issue, which is the seventh since its first release in 1968, features articles and essays by law professors, contributions from other legal experts, and condensed versions of the best theses from the graduating batch […]

To usher in the season of our Savior’s birth, the Central Philippine University (CPU) Handbell Ringers performed their holiday concert dubbed “Christmas Bells” last December 12 at the Claire Isabel McGill Luce Auditorium. The CPU Handbell Ringers was organized by American missionary Elizabeth Taylor in the 1970s. It is considered the first of its kind […]