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 […]
VPAA Tan Speaks on Service-Learning in Timor Leste
Vice President for Academic Affairs Dr. Betsy Joy B. Tan leaves for Timor Leste where she is the resource person for a basic training in service-learning on May 1 to May 5. The training involves faculty members and administrative officers of seven institutions who comprise the association of private higher education in Timor Leste. Dr. […]
‘Silliman Journal’ Online; Opens Entries to Special Issue
The Silliman Journal, the official research publication of Silliman University, can now be viewed on and downloaded from the Silliman website: www.su.edu.ph. Copies can be found under the “E-Publications” tab in the header of the homepage. More issues will be uploaded in the next weeks. CALL FOR PAPERS The Silliman Journal (SJ) of Silliman University […]
Education Secretary: ‘Peace is Possible Today’
“Peace is possible in our lifetime. Peace is possible today.” Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Bro. Armin Luistro said this in his speech during a night of cultural performances mounted by Silliman University as a treat to the delegation from the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) to the Palarong Pambansa. The University is the […]
Faith Worker Leads Training for Resumption of Peace Talks
A Presbyterian missionary connected with the Divinity School facilitated a Visayas-wide workshop aimed at generating a collective call for the resumption of peace talks between the Philippine government and the National Democratic Front (NDF). Mr. Cobbie Palm led the “Trainers Workshop” on April 8 to 12 in Cebu City. Participants were key representatives from different […]
