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Who is a conductor? The lecture by College of Performing and Visual Arts Dean Dr. Elizabeth Susan Vista-Suarez on January 20, which was attended by teachers from different schools in Dumaguete City, revolved around this question. “The conductor is a leader, a teacher, a performer, a psychologist and a role model,” she said.  Dr. Suarez […]

A fresh graduate from the College of Nursing is among the country's topnotchers in the Nurse Licensure Examination administered December 10, 2013.  Marian Maro Vanslembrouck ranked third in the 2013 NLE which only had 10,977 passers out of a total of 35,475 takers nationwide. Silliman has a total of 39 passers. It registered a passing […]

A team of 27 volunteers from Silliman University were in Kananga, Leyte from January 5 to 10 to undertake psychosocial training to teachers of a school badly affected by typhoon Yolanda in the area and facilitate debriefing among 230 other participants. The team, composed mostly of teachers, guidance counselors, some alumni and students from the […]

The Corps Commander of the Silliman University Reserved Officers Training Corps (ROTC) Unit was named ROTC Cadet of the Year by the Armed Forces of the Philippines.  Gabriel Paulo C. Orosco received the award from Philippine President Benigno Simeon Aquino III last December 20, 2013 at Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City. Orosco is a junior […]

Fourteen scholars from seven countries are being hosted on campus for the International Diaconic Management Seminar-Workshop, from January 12 to February 2. The participants, who come from Tanzania, Congo-DRC, Rwanda, Namibia, South Africa, Indonesia and Sri Lanka, are in Silliman for the third of five modules of their two-year Master of Arts in Diaconic Management […]

The Institute of Environmental and Marine Sciences (IEMS) responded to requests for assistance in December last year in identifying the cause of death of two species that were sighted dead off the shores of the municipality of Dauin. A spinner dolphin (Stenella longirostris) was spotted dead on December 11 along the shores of Barangay Poblacion. […]

Two students from the High School Department bagged the first place during the 2013 Regional Schools Press Conference held late last year in Cebu. Jude Martin V. Amiscaray and Patrich L. Lozano, junior and senior students, respectively, each won the top prize in their own categories. Amiscaray won in news writing (English), while Lozano, in […]

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The Cultural Affairs Committee partnered with the Youth Advocates through Theater Arts (YATTA) in staging a musical play that promotes positive discipline in children last December 10 at the Claire Isabel McGill Luce Auditorium. “Aah Bakus!” is a musical play centered on the right way to cultivating discipline among children. It was staged in support […]

A senior student from the College of Business Administration is one of 17 youth adjudged recipients of the Mga Bagong Rizal: Pag-asa ng Bayan Award 2013. Jayson M. Capundag, a senior Management major, will receive December 30 the award which recognizes young people’s community involvements, leadership potential and high academic standing. Capundag, who hails from […]