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Eight years have passed since the first Literatura Festival in Dumaguete City. First held ​in May 2006 at Silliman University, the launching edition of the literary fest—which featured visiting writers Dean Francis Alfar, Susan S. Lara, Marjorie Evasco, DM Reyes, among others—was meant to showcase Filipino writers for the benefit of local students, and to introduce […]

A series of low pressure areas is projected to continue affecting the country, including the Visayas region, until the end of this year. These are LPAs that have strong potential of becoming strong typhoons that can cause serious disruption in our day-to-day activities, damage to property and loss of lives. Silliman University is making preparations […]

Education junior Don Japheth Teves joined the Philippine Lacrosse Association (PLA) Team in the 2014 World Lacrosse Championship held July 10 to 19 in Denver, Colorado, USA.  Don was among those who first experienced this new sport in the University during the lacrosse sports clinic sponsored by the PLA last year. Upon review of the […]

Poet Mr. Fidelito Cortes and wife, writer and scholar Dr. Nerissa Balce opened this school year's line-up of activities of the Edilberto K. and Edith L. Tiempo Creative Writing Center with a lecture and a workshop on July 14.  Dr. Balce presented her lecture on “The American Empire's Camera” in the morning at the Robert […]

Student Organizations and Activities Division (SOAD) Officer-in-Charge Mr. Abe Cadeliña met July 8 with leaders of registered fraternities and sororities on campus to reinforce the University’s policy against hazing and discuss new measures in performing acceptance rites. Under the new guidelines, fraternities and sororities are required to secure a permit whenever they conduct acceptance rites. […]

Silliman President Dr. Ben S. Malayang III welcomed over fifty newly hired faculty and staff members during the onboard orientation held at the College of Business Administration MBA Presentation Room on July 14. Dr. Malayang said that Silliman is not just a workplace or an academic institution.  “Our business is to nurture the human consciousness […]

The College of Law initiated last July 1 the use of videoconferencing in broadening the discussion on legal issues by connecting students to more experts from around the Philippines and the United States.  A videoconferencing equipment was installed for this purpose at the Justice Venancio Aldecoa Moot Court located on the ground floor of the […]

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between Silliman University and Seton Hall University, the largest Catholic university in New Jersey in the United States on July 4.  Seton Hall president Dr. Amado Gabriel Esteban was on campus to ink the formal partnership that covers academic and educational exchange, research collaboration, and conduct of lectures and […]

The Silliman community celebrates July as University Christian Life Emphasis Month (UCLEM), with this semester's theme reinforcing the foundation of Silliman education: “In Christ Alone”. UCLEM is conducted every semester. The celebration this month draws wisdom from Acts 4:11-12: “Jesus is ‘the stone you builders rejected which has become the cornerstone.’ Salvation is found in […]

Silliman President Dr. Ben S. Malayang III discussed how human failures transform a calamity into a disaster, during the International Service-Learning Conference on “Disaster Response, Community Resilience and the Role of Asian Universities” held June 29 to July 1 in Iloilo City. “Calamities, perhaps inevitable events, are in themselves deadly and destructive. But calamities become […]