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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 […]

 Vice President for Academic Affairs Dr. Betsy Joy B. Tan represented Silliman University in the Asian University Leaders Program (AULP) held June 16 to 20 at the Payap University in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Organized by the United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia (UBCHEA), AULP provides a venue where presidents, vice presidents and senior […]

Silliman University has appointed an alumnus from the College of Mass Communication as the new Director of the Office of Alumni and External Affairs. Mr. Ruben “Bobot” N. Bokingo assumes office effective School Year 2013-2014. He replaces Prof. Jocelyn S. Dela Cruz who has retired last semester. An active alumnus who has taken on leadership […]

Incoming graduate students from non-English speaking countries can now enroll in a program tailored-fit to their needs, in order to better prepare them for graduate work. The English and Literature Department developed the Academic for English for Graduate Studies Program (AEGS). It is aimed at sharpening the writing, speaking and reading comprehension skills of graduate […]

Aimed at reaching out to alumni and friends around Dumaguete and abroad, the University launched June 24 its internet radio managed by the College of Mass Communication (CMC). Silliman NetRadio can now be accessed at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/silliman-netradio. It runs 24/7 at its base at the Henry Mack Studio, which will soon be transferred to the new […]

Two public elementary schools in Dumaguete City received a total of 871 volumes of children’s books through the Robert B. and Metta J. Silliman Library last June 7. The books given out this year were donated by the Presbyterian Church of Ann Arbor in Michigan and endorsed to the University under the extension program of […]

International independent research institution Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) has ranked Silliman University as the Top 6 institution in the Philippines. The University's standing was contained in a fact file issued directly to Silliman a week before the public release of the QS Asian University Ranking by Subject 2013. QS also cited Silliman as the country's Top […]

Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Albert Del Rosario engaged an audience of around 800 students and teachers as he discussed the country’s foreign policy at a special convocation held June 18 at the Claire Isabel McGill Luce Auditorium. The convocation, conducted under the General Education Integrative Lecture Series and televised live to some 20,000 […]

 Five faculty members of the Speech and Theater Arts Department are set to launch their book on June 24 at the Robert B. and Metta J. Silliman Library. “Communication in the Changing Times” is co-written by Department Chairperson Prof. Vanessa G. Nezamloo, Dr. Maria Cecilia M. Genove, concurrently Dean of the College of Mass Communication, […]

Sophomore Computer Engineering major Marie Crizabelle Merto bagged the gold medal in the women’s recurve category in the recently held Philippine National Games. Merto won against her opponent who already belongs to the Philippine Archery Team. Her outstanding performance in the national sports event, which was organized by the Philippine Sports Commission and the Philippine […]