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Twenty-five faculty of information technology from universities in Visayas and Mindanao were hosted at the College of Computer Studies for a two-day Outcome-Based Education (OBE) Seminar-Workshop for Information and Communications Technology. The seminar-workshop on May 22 to 23 was facilitated by Mr. Oliver Malabanan, consultant to the Technical Panel for Information Technology Education of the […]

Silliman University is the only university in the Philippines, and one of only two in Asia, that landed a spot on the list of “50 Most Beautiful Christian College and University Campuses in the World“. The Christian Universities Online (http://www.christianuniversitiesonline.org/) released the list last month containing a description of each university. This year's listing is […]

A faculty of the College of Computer Studies was among 16 school representatives invited to Indonesia to share best practices on integration of local knowledge in classroom instruction, service-learning and research.  Dr. Dave E. Marcial represented Silliman in the Philippine-Indonesian Local Knowledge Exchange program spearheaded by the Asian University Digital Resource Network (AUDRN) from April […]

Chemistry professor Dr. Paulina Aspilla was recognized for her research during the 2014 Commission on Higher Education (CHED) REPUBLICA Awards held May 20 in Quezon City. Professor Aspilla was presented with a Qualifier Award for her research, “A Partial Expressed Sequence Tag (EST) Library of the Economically Important Red Alga Eucheuma Denticulatum (N.L. Burman) F.C. […]

A graduate of the High School Department represented Silliman University in the 2nd Steinway Youth Piano Competition held late last month in Manila.   Alexis Faye B. Pal is the first from Silliman to have qualified for the competition open to ages 11 to 17 years old. Her repertoire was composed of three pieces:  Sonata […]

The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) released on its website an article on the Philippine Embassy in Berlin extending its congratulations to a professor from the Divinity School who has recently completed his doctorate in theology, magna cum laude, at the prestigious University of Heidelberg in Germany. Dr. Dennis T. Solon, who is on official […]

Close to 1,500 public school teachers from seven divisions of Negros Oriental and Siquijor were in Silliman University from May 16 to 21 for the mass training of Grade 9 teachers on the K to 12 Basic Education Program. Participants came from the divisions of Bayawan City, Dumaguete City, Tanjay City, Bais City, Guihulngan City, […]

Both incoming and new college students need not come to the campus to enroll. They can now apply for admission online. Silliman University has made available an online enrollment system to facilitate the registration of new students and transferees. A similar system was implemented in the second semester of this school year but was only […]

Former National Treasurer Prof. Leonor M. Briones, who is a favorite interviewee of media for her no-nonsense opinion on the state of the Philippine economy, is the Speaker for the Summer Term Baccalaureate Ceremony and Graduation Exercises on May 18 at the Claire Isabel McGill Luce Auditorium. Professor Briones addresses close to a hundred students […]

The Vice Presidents for Academic Affairs and Development explored partnership opportunities with 16 universities and institutions in the East Coast, Mid-Atlantic and Midwest areas of the United States during their trip there from March 29 to April 28. Dr. Betsy Joy B. Tan, Vice President for Academic Affairs, and Prof. Jane Annette L. Belarmino, Vice […]