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Silliman University hosts six students from the International Christian University (ICU) in Tokyo, Japan for a service-learning exposure program from June 30 to July 28. The six Japanese students are Kei Kaneto, Sachie Agatsuma, Kasumi Dinsey, Yui Noda, Yutaro Oda and Taiga Yano. They are assigned to host families in different partner communities of the […]

Thirteen-year-old violin prodigy Kristine Clair Uchi Galano opens the 52nd Cultural Season with the University’s Orkestra Sin Arco in a concert dubbed “Amazing Strings” on June 27 at the Claire Isabel McGill Luce Auditorium. Galano, who was was born in Isulan, Sultan Kudarat, first showed interest in playing the violin at the age of four. […]

 Silliman University is one of only seven organizations, and the only one from the Visayas, designated as a youth information bureau of the Mulat Pinoy-Kabataan News Network (MP-KNN). Under this program of the MP-KNN, the team from Silliman is tasked to develop and disseminate materials on relevant population-related issues in Dumaguete City and Negros Oriental. […]

Psychology sophomore Erika Jean Quiñones is among 15 students from around the country granted a full scholarship under the Aboitiz College Scholarship Program (ACSP) of the Aboitiz group of companies. Quiñones, who made it to the final list out of 300 applicants, will also receive an allowance for books and transportation. Of this year’s recipients, […]

The Psychology Department has scheduled review classes for the first ever board examination for psychologists on October 26 to 27 and for psychometricians on October 28 to 29. Review classes in Silliman begin June 26. The schedule includes alternate weekends to cover the eight board subjects. For more information, click: Psychology/Psychometrician Review Classes  

Silliman University is hosting the 2nd Metrobank Foundation Lecture Series in Journalism on June 27 at the Claire Isabel McGill Luce Auditorium. The lectures will be delivered by 2013 Metrobank Foundation Journalists of the Year (JOY) awardees: Ms Maria Lourdes “Malou” C. Mangahas, host of GMA News TV’s Investigative Documentaries and executive director of the […]

 A professor from Tanzania starts this school year his three-year teaching assignment at the Divinity School under an arrangement with the United Evangelical Mission (UEM). Rev. Dr. Josephat Rweyemamu handles courses under the University’s International Center for Mission Studies in Asia. He teaches two subjects this school year, “Trends in Mission” and “Mission in Evangelism”. […]

A fourth grader from the Elementary Department made it to the Philippine team for an international mathematics tournament in Hong Kong on July 18 to 22. Carlos Miguel Angelo Salazar advances into the Chong Hua Cup: Creative Mathematics Competition and Search for the Star of the Math Olympic after he succeeded in a series of […]

Consistent with the University's focus on disaster risk mitigation, the Religion and Peace Studies Department offers a four-day course on Trauma Healing Skills Training on June 24 to 27 at the Multi-purpose Room. This course is aimed at the capacity building for individuals who deal with the psychosocial impacts of nature- and human-caused traumas. Target […]

The Silliman University Student Government (SUSG) spearheaded a fun and creative way of introducing new students to the campus in a program it termed as SUGOD (Silliman University Grand Orientation Day). Organized by the Student Rights and Welfare Committee on June 14, SUGOD adopted an “Amazing Race” concept in giving the new students a glimpse […]