News

His Excellency Neil Reeder, Ambassador of Canada to the Philippines, visited Silliman University on March 30 and met with Silliman University President Dr. Ben S. Malayang III. The Ambassador was with his wife, Madame Irene Reeder. Both were given a campus tour aboard the Silliman Cruiser before the formal meeting with some University officials. Hosted […]

College of Performing and Visual Arts Dean Dr. Elizabeth Susan Vista-Suarez has been invited by the Guam Symphony Society to take a lead role in an all-Mozart concert on April 11 and 12 in Santa Rita, Guam.  Dr. Suarez is the guest conductor and piano soloist in the concert “The Music of Amadeus” for two […]

A senior faculty of the College of Computer Studies (CCS) was a plenary speaker in a consultative workshop on Inter-Asia Curriculum Courseware Development held March 20 to 21 at Lingnan University, Hong Kong. Asst. Prof. Janice Antoniette V. Forster, Chair of the Information Technology Department, was the only presentor from the Philippines. Her presentation focused […]

The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) has appointed Research and Development Center Director Dr. Enrique G. Oracion to its Technical Committee for Sociology. As member, Dr. Oracion provides technical expertise in the development and reformulation of policies on outcomes-based education, selection of higher education institutions as Centers of Development or Centers of Excellence in Sociology, […]

The University Graduate Programs launched its first Multidisciplinary Research Conference (UGPMRC) on March 14 at the Cyber Lecture Hall. UGPMRC gathered nine research papers authored by students and faculty of Silliman and universities in Dumaguete. These accepted entries went through a double-blind reference process undertaken by three well-published experts. A double-blind reference process ensures utmost […]

Lights-out. Silliman University will switch off power for an hour on Saturday, March 28, from 8:30PM to 9:30PM, as it joins the rest of the world in the celebration of Earth Hour. The University has been observing Earth Hour since the movement went global in 2008. It has spearheaded efforts at collective switching off of […]

A university in France caps the list of new and prospective foreign partners of Silliman University for School Year 2014 to 2015. The Director of International Relations of the Université Catholique de Lille was on campus on March 24 following the endorsement of the Philippine Ambassador to France on reputable universities in the country that […]

Silliman has five new lawyers in this year's batch of passers of the 2014 Bar Exams, based on results released March 26 by the Supreme Court. They are: Amahit, Floyd Barry C. Baguio, Jan Mark P. Renegado, Jonathan G. Sienes, Anna-marie S. Tinagan, Dann Peter Douglas E.  

Six graduates of the College of Engineering and Design passed the 2015 Mechanical Engineer Licensure Examination administered March 7 and 8. Silliman registered an overall passing percentage of 85.71 against the national passing rate of 59.26 per cent. Congratulations to our new licensed mechanical engineers: Arbolado, Jiko Espinas Barroca, Godfrey Cortez Kirit, April Giane Pescuela […]

Award-winning Japanese choreographer and dancer Yuko Takahashi returns to Silliman University for a Summer Dance Workshop open to local dance enthusiasts ages eight and up. Yuko is the director, choreographer and founder of the Sendai-based Yuko Takahashi Dance Company which specializes in modern ballet. The group premiered in the Philippines last August 2014 in a […]