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Now on its second year, ArtReach – the summer art workshop and non-profit outreach project of the Center for Excellence in Learning, Teaching and Assessment (CELTA) – travels to areas badly hit by Typhoon Yolanda. The group is visiting communities in Medellin in Cebu, Tacloban City and Sogod in Leyte from May 11 to 16 […]

The Silliman Alumni Association Dumaguete Chapter gathered at the Silliman Hall early this month for a summer fellowship which was highlighted by the presentation of the Kinaiyahan Award and the induction of new officers. This year’s recipient of the Kinaiyahan Award is National Scientist Dr. Angel C. Alcala, who holds the rank Professor Emeritus in […]

The members of the Regional Consortium in Coastal Resource Management (CRM) met with the Vice President for Programs of the United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia (UBCHEA) in Manila last week to discuss, among others, its possible expansion to Myanmar. Silliman is one of four members of the Consortium. The others are Artha […]

Silliman University supports the Erwin Piedad Cabanag Adult Leukemia Memorial (EPCALM) Adult Leukemia Foundation of the Philippines, Inc. as it launches May 9 to 11 in Dumaguete its public awareness campaign about leukemia and raise funds to eventually build a hospice for patients suffering from the disease. EPCALM is a non-stock, non-profit organization which aims […]

All six takers from Silliman University passed the Mechanical Engineer Licensure Examination administered March 22 to 23.  This registered a perfect passing rate of 100 per cent for Silliman against a national passing percentage of 60.53. Congratulations to our new licensed mechanical engineers! Amparado, Raul Antonio Datoc Arbas, AiviSabanal Catipay, Josephine Eve Bandanillo Dandoy, Mark […]

Over 70 finance educators from all over the country gathered on campus for the 2014 National Financial Executives Institute of the Philippines (FINEX)-CIBI Foundation Finance Educator's Training hosted by the College of Business Administration last April 25 to 26. Ten schools were represented: Colegio de Santa Catalina de Alejandria, Foundation University, Negros Oriental State University, […]

Silliman University produces three new licensed librarians, based on results of the 2014 Licensure Examination for Librarians released by Professional Regulations Commission (PRC). They are: Chua, Soleil Ann Parco Elum, Elsie Ansalan Luba, Sharmaine Jamaro The national passing rate of the licensure exam, which was administered April 23 to 24, was only 27.95 per cent. […]

Two students from the College of Arts and Sciences have been selected by the National Youth Commission to join the 10th Parliament of Youth Leaders on May 15 to 18 in Manila. Shamah Bulangis (BS Political Science I) and Allison Cruyff V Ladero (BS Philosophy I) are among 218 youth leaders from around the country shortlisted […]

Silliman University President Dr. Ben S. Malayang III gave a lecture-discussion on Calamities in Southeast Asia, with particular focus on the Philippines, last Tuesday, April 22 at the Showcase Room, Research Hall, Fairfax campus of George Mason University (GMU) in Virginia, USA. This lecture-discussion was sponsored by the New Century College (NCC), the College of […]

The 53rd edition of the Silliman University National Writers Workshop is slated to start on 5 May 2014 at the Rose Lamb Sobrepeña Writers Village in Camp Look-out, Valencia, Negros Oriental. Fifteen writers from all over the Philippines have been accepted as workshop fellows. They are Jose Jason Chancoco (Ateneo de Naga), Daniel Hao Chua […]