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The 112th Founders Day celebration formally opens August 18 with a Sunday service at the Silliman University Church.  Speaker of the opening service at the Church is alumnus Atty. Jose Riodil D. Montebon, Legal Counsel of the Silliman University Medical Center and an Elder at the Silliman University Church. His sermon touches on the topic […]

 Silliman University launches the book Academic Freedom: Quo Vadis? by a retired lead attorney of the California Court of Appeals, on August 20, 3PM at the Robert B. and Metta J. Silliman Library. The book is written by Atty. Marcelino C. Maxino, currently adjunct professor at the College of Law of Silliman. Atty. Maxino has […]

Twenty-eight graduates from the Nutrition and Dietetics (ND) Department made it to the country's roster of new licensed nutritionist-dieticians. They registered a passing rate of 75 per cent for Silliman University in the Licensure Examination for Nutritionist-Dieticians administered July. The Professional Regulation Commission reported the national passing percentage to be 64.36. (Some Nutrition and Dietetics […]

All seven students from the School of Basic Education that competed in two separate international math tournaments in Hong Kong and Singapore each brought home a medal. Highest pointer was High School junior Azel Amada who won gold in the Asia Math Cup in Hong Kong on July 24 to 28. At the same tournament […]

An instructor at the English and Literature Department leaves for the United States on a fellowship under the Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA) program. Ms Lady Flor Partosa is assigned to the Skyline College in San Bruno, California. Her program covers the period of August 2013 to June 2014. Started in 1968, the FLTA […]

The Center of Excellence in Learning, Teaching and Assessment (CELTA), the extension arm of the College of Education (COE), spearheaded the celebration of the 24th White Cane Safety Day in Dumaguete City on August 10. “White cane” symbolizes the continuing campaign to provide care and respect for persons with disabilities, particularly those who are visually […]

Vice President for Development Prof. Jane Annette L. Belarmino met with the Deputy Head of Mission of the Embassy of Laos PDR in the Philippines to explore opportunities of student recruitment in Laos.  Deputy Chief of Mission Khamfeung Phanthaxay welcomed Professor Belarmino in the receiving room of the Embassy in Magallanes Village in Makati, and […]

Twenty-one of this year's new licensed agriculturists in the country are from Silliman University, registering a passing percentage of 91.3 per cent higher than the national passing percentage of only 35.2. This performance in the 2013 Licensure Examination for Agriculturists ranked Silliman first in the Visayas and Mindanao among schools in the category of 20 […]

Former Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas governor Dr. Jaime Laya spoke in a forum on August 5 at the Justice Venancio Aldecoa Moot Court on the topic: ?The BSP and the State of the Country's Public Finances. Dr. Laya started his talk by discussing the country's economy vis-à-vis employment figures and the performance of the Philippine […]

A professor at the New Century College of George Mason University (GMU) in Virginia facilitated a course on trauma healing in Silliman University last August 5 to 10. Dr. Al B. Fuertes, an expert in conflict transformation management, handled the five-day course on “Trauma Healing and Resiliency: ‘Peace-ing’ the Self and Community Together After Conflict.” […]