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Award-winning playwright Ms Elsa Martinez-Coscolluela and celebrated play director Mr. Amiel Leonardia are now on campus for the play, In My Father’s House, opening July 19 at Claire Isabel McGill Luce Auditorium. Ms Coscolluela’s In My Father’s House was set in the wartime and occupation years of Dumaguete. It will be staged for the first […]

Eight students from the School of Basic Education are set to leave for Hong Kong and Singapore as part of the Philippine delegation to four different international math competitions. High School Department's Azel Amada (third year) and Micah Edem (first year) competes in three competitions in Hong Kong on July 24 to 28: Search for […]

Free guided tours of the Anthropology Museum and a film showing were two activities on campus that highlighted the first nationwide celebration of Anthropology Day on July 8. The Museum, which exhibits rare and priceless collections of ethnographic and archaeological artifacts dating back to as early as 200 BC, opened its doors in the morning. […]

 A new pastor has been appointed to the Silliman University Church effective School Year 2013-2014. Rev. Grace A. Bangisan joins the Church as the Minister for Christian Education and Nurture. Her responsibilities include children and youth ministry, student fellowships, and coordination with the Christian Women’s Association and the United Church Men. She completes a four-member […]

Silliman celebrates July as the University Christian Life Emphasis Month (UCLEM). This semester’s UCLEM is guided by the theme “Jesus Christ, the Chief Cornerstone”, and began Sunday, July 7, with the Commissioning Worship and Communion Service at the Silliman University Church. Schedules have been plotted out to ensure the involvement of the wider Silliman community […]

International environmental group Greenpeace partners with Silliman University on its reef check project at Apo Island and its oceans awareness campaign on July 9 to 13. Greenpeace sails on board its ship, the MY Esperanza, dubbed to be the latest and largest in its fleet. It sets its anchors at nearby Apo Island on July […]

A researcher at the Silliman University Angelo King Center for Research and Environmental Management (SUAKCREM) was named Outstanding Young Scientist (OYS) by the National Academy of Science and Technology (NAST). Dr. Rene A. Abesamis will receive the OYS award in the area of marine biology during NAST's Annual Scientific Meeting on July 10 to 11. […]

Inspired by Silliman's eco-friendly four-wheel horse-drawn carriage, locally known as the tartanilla, an alumna donated a second unit in honor of her husband. Mrs. Elsie Sy-Niebar, who graduated with a degree of AB Journalism in 1969 and is currently senior editor of the Via Times Newsmagazine based in Chicago, USA, sponsored the manufacturing of a […]

 Twelve college students made it to the training on fiction writing conducted whole day of July 1 by one of the founders of the New York Writers Workshop. Shanghai-based Mr. Tim Tomlinson, an instructor under the Global Liberal Studies Program of New York University whose works have seen print in international literary publications, walked the […]

An associate professor from Texas Tech University discussed career opportunities awaiting students at the College Education who are majoring in MAPEH (Music, Arts, Physical Education and Health). Dr. Maria Nida C. Roncesvalles, who teaches Lifespan Motor Development, presented to students other areas of specialization that they may consider after graduation, on top of pursuing a […]