Youth Camp on Good Governance Eyes 100 SK Leaders
Around a hundred young political leaders of the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) will be gathered in Silliman University for a youth leadership camp on good governance. The three-day Uswag Kabataan Leadership Camp on May 17 to 19 is a project of the School of Public Affairs and Governance (SPAG). It is now on its second year. Its […]
Law Students Organize Human Rights Film Festival
A class at the College of Law organized a film festival that sought the awareness of the fundamental value of human rights and an analysis of related legal nuances. Students enrolled in JD 214 (International Human Rights Law) screened four movies that depicted how, unlike today, human rights in decades past were a luxury afforded […]
Silliman Inks Agreement on Road for Conservation Facility
Silliman University inked an agreement with a local property developer on the construction of an access road to an area it owns where it will establish a Zoological and Botanical Learning Facility. The Memorandum of Agreement, signed by Silliman President Dr. Ben S. Malayang III and Mr. Luisito Tijing, president of PhilSouth Properties and Development […]
HK-Based Poet, ‘Performance Poetry’ Mark SUNWW’s 2nd Week
The second week of the 52nd Silliman University National Writers Workshop (SUNWW) features a lecture by poet from Hong Kong and a “performance poetry” by a Silliman alumnus. On May 16, Mr. David McKirdy, the organizer of the Hong Kong International Literary Festival, delivers a talk on “Use What You’ve Got, Take What You Need” […]
New Deans, Directors Appointed for SY 13-14
Silliman University has appointed its new batch of Deans and Directors for School Year 2013-2014. The selection is a product of a series of review and consultation which started early this school year. It observed the three-term limit of academic unit heads, and has gone through the process of confirmation by the Board of Trustees. […]
10 Women Candidates to Present Plans in Forum
Ten female candidates running for public office in the May 13 elections share their respective views on different issues affecting both women and the larger community in a forum on May 6 at the Silliman Hall. “Pakigharong: Facing the Issues Woman-to-Woman” seeks to provide a venue where women leaders can be engaged on their platforms […]
Silliman Hosts 5-Country Theological Consultation
Church leaders and scholars from four countries in Asia and the United States were hosted on campus for the “International Theological Consultation” held April 26 to 29. Around 25 from Indonesia, Korea, Taiwan, Philippines and the US took part in a series of discussions revolving on the theme: “New Partnerships, New Paradigms, New Possibilities”. In […]
Swim Team Bags Awards in National Games
Four students from the School of Basic Education were among athletes awarded during the championship of the Palarong Pambansa hosted April 21 to 28 by Negros Oriental. Sixth grader Sophia Rosanne Gravador garnered the highest awards for the Silliman swim team. She bagged a silver medal in the 50-m breaststroke and a bronze in the […]
52nd Silliman National Writers Workshop Opens May 6
The 52nd Silliman University National Writers Workshop (SUNWW) starts on May 6 at the Rose Lamb Sobrepeña Writers Village in Camp Look-out, Valencia. Its first of three weeks features poetry readings, lectures and fora by guest writers Dean Francis Alfar and Tim Tomlinson, and a book launch for César Ruìz Aquino’s new poetry collection […]
CHED Designates Silliman Center of Dev’t in Anthropology
Silliman University receives its fourth distinction as a Center of Development. This time, in the field of Anthropology. In a memorandum issued by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), Chairperson Dr. Patricia B. Licuanan notified Silliman that is has been designated as a Center of Development (COD) in Anthropology. This increases the number of CODs […]
