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A 17-year-old Sillimanian not only defeated Olympic aspirants but also set a new Southeast Asian record in archery during the recently concluded Philippine Olympic Committee-Philippine Sports Commission (POC-PSC) Philippine National Games hosted by Dumaguete City. Marie Crizabelle Merto, who was still in her senior year at the High School Department during the Games and now […]

Closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras are now installed at five strategic areas in Silliman University. These CCTV cameras supplement ongoing safety and security measures being undertaken by the University to promote the welfare of its students and personnel. There are now CCTV cameras at the entrances to the Early Childhoold, Elementary and High School Departments of […]

Twelve students from George Mason University (GMU) in Virginia, USA will be undergoing a weeklong homestay program in host communities in Dumaguete City, through the Service-Learning Center (SLC) of Silliman University. The students’ trip to Dumaguete and their immersion activity on June 17 to 22 are part of the Global Education Program of GMU. This […]

Dr. Terry Hughes, Director of the Australian Research Council Center of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies of James Cook University in Australia lectures on “Scale, Stock-recruitment Dynamics and the Global Decline of Coral Reefs” to a group of researchers, teachers, graduate students and representatives of local government units and government agencies in Negros Oriental, Siquijor […]

An Anthropology professor of Silliman University facilitated a workshop on service-learning at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities – Vietnam National University in Ho Chi Minh City on June 2 to 5 and discussed the value of questioning lessons learned in the classroom in achieving knowledge production. Dr. Enrique Oracion, who concurrently serves as […]

Five students from the School of Basic Education qualified for an international mathematics tournament in Hong Kong on July 23 to August 1. All five are now official members of the Philippine team competing in the Search for the Asian Math Wizard in two categories: elementary and high school. Four are from the Elementary Department: […]

The Robert B. and Metta J. Silliman Library donated a total of 156 volumes of books to a public elementary school in Manjuyod, Negros Oriental. University Librarian Mrs. Lorna T. Yso facilitated the donation of children's books and teachers' references to Locay Elementary School in Barangay Bagtic. Earlier, the school's Head Teacher wrote Silliman University […]

Silliman University implements the K+12 program of the Philippine government this School Year 2012-2013.   A “K+12 Committee” was created in the University as early as last year, composed of the Vice President for Academic Affairs and deans and directors of the different concerned academic units. This was to guide decisions on how best Silliman […]

College of Computer Studies Dean Dr. Dave Marcial shared at an international event in Indonesia a project he facilitated that aimed for utilization of e-learning approaches in the undergraduate curriculum among member institutions of the Association of Christian Universities and Colleges in Asia (ACUCA). The international camp on “Weaving Local Knowledge into Asian Higher Education” […]

A student paper that tests Philippine oysters’ absorptive capacity of sugar effluents at sea was rank fourth among the top five scientific papers presented during an international seminar hosted May 22 to 27 by General Santos City. The group of eight students enrolled in the Medical Technology program at the Institute of Clinical and Laboratory […]