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An interfaith forum was conducted recently to give Sillimanians insights on how religious groups view issues in the society today. The forum on “Cultural Identify and Religious Diversity Towards Harmony and Culture of Peace” featured as speakers faculty of the Divinity School, a visiting professor from Tanzania and a Madrasah teacher. Theology professor Dr. Noriel […]

A fresh graduate of Silliman University placed tenth in the Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy Licensure Examination administered August 4 and 5. Lovely April Camelle A. Dy garnered a rating of 83.20 per cent, earning her a slot on the roster of top ten passers. Dy led eight other passers from the Institute of Rehabilitative […]

Two administrative staff of the Institute of Environmental and Marine Sciences (IEMS) were invited as speakers during the coastal protection and conservation seminar held July 30 to 31 at the Hong Kong Baptist University.  IEMS Director Dr. Hilconida P. Calumpong and curator Ms Clarissa T. Reboton presented to fellow scientists in Hong Kong results of […]

A faculty at the English and Literature Department won second prize in English in the 62nd Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature. Mr. Ian R. Casocot received the award for his story, “It Always Breaks My Heart a Little to See You Go”, which is a dramatic chronicle of a mother dealing with an autistic […]

Twenty graduates from the College of Agriculture are among the country’s new licensed agriculturists. In the Agriculturist Licensure Examination held July 29 to 31, Silliman University garnered a passing rate of 70 per cent, higher than the national passing percentage of 37.9 per cent. Silliman ranked second among all schools nationwide in the category of […]

The Cultural Affairs Committee (CAC) brings to the Claire Isabel McGill Luce Auditorium Ballet Philippines’ “The Sleeping Beauty”, the acclaimed ballet classic with choreography by the legendary Marius Petipa set to Peter Tchaikovsky’s music. Ballet Philippines artistic director Paul Alexander Morales says that the staging of a full-length version of “The Sleeping Beauty” has not been […]

A third year student of the High School Department was one of only four Filipinos to win gold in the recently concluded 1st Asia International Math Olympiad in Hong Kong. Anchelle Grace O. Ho competed in the Grade 7 Level category. She made the Filipino delegation proud when even after only being originally considered as […]

The Dr. Jovito Salonga Center for Law and Development recently organized a forum on a new ordinance regulating the use of plastics in Dumaguete City that is due for full implementation on August 28. Sixty-seven participants coming from the academe and business sector attended the forum that tackled the rationale behind Ordinance No. 231, popularly […]

The president of the Silliman University Student Government (SUSG) is currently in Japan for an international gathering which is attended by 700 university and high school students. Marian Vanslembrouck, a fourth year student at the College of Nursing, is at the World Youth Meeting (WYM) in Nagoya, Japan from August 1 to 10. She joins […]

Silliman University and the Satya Wacana Christian University (SWCU) in Indonesia formalized academic ties through a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed July 30. Prof. Rev. John A. Titaley, president of SWCU, visited the University to sign the agreement with Silliman President Dr. Ben S. Malayang III. Operation for five years, the MoU highlights opportunities for […]