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Miss Silliman 2009 Glenna Christina Ortiz Duch is among the 48 official candidates in the Miss Philippines-Earth pageant, representing the whole province of Negros Oriental.   A consistent honor student and an academic scholar, Duch is an incoming third year student in Silliman majoring in Management. She graduated salutatorian from the High School Department of […]

 A total of 14 academic offerings of Silliman University received the highest accreditation distinction from two independent private accrediting associations. Level IV Accredited Status was granted to seven graduate degrees by the Association of Christian Schools, Colleges and Universities-Accrediting Agency, Inc. (ACSCU-AAI) for the period April 2012 to April 2016, while seven undergraduate programs received […]

 Silliman University is offering the degree of Master in Peace Studies (MPS) effective June this year. The program provides options for students to choose from three tracks: Thesis Track (39 units), Non-Thesis Track (42 units; with internship requirement) or Certificate Program (18 units). Three majors or areas concentration have been developed to cater to the […]

The missionary work of Drs. Robert B. and Metta J. Silliman, after whom the Silliman University Main Library facility was named, comes to life in a book recently published by an American historian. Mission Accomplished: Robert and Metta Silliman’s Mission Work in the Philippines, 1924-1966 chronicles the story of the Silliman couple as American missionaries […]

Three students from the College of Business Administration are among only 30 students accepted into “Best Meets The Best” program of the American Chamber (AmCham) of Commerce in the Philippines running April 14 to 21. Vanessa Bea Hinoguin, Galileo Gene Robin and Miguel Angel Naldo were selected from among 121 applicants from 25 universities nationwide […]

Eleven writers from different parts of the country are this year's fellows to the prestigious 51st Silliman University National Writers Workshop (SUNWW).  The workshop this year runs from April 30 to May 18 at the Silliman University Rose Lamb Sobrepeña Writers Village located at the scenic Camp Lookout in the municipality of Valencia.  SUNWW Director-in-Residence […]

Student Organizations and Activities Division (SOAD) Officer-in-Charge Mr. Abe Cadeliña presented a socio-civic program targeted at alleviating the plight of poor children and communities, on March 28 at the Seoul Women’s University in Korea. The program, named Project Agape, of which he is assistant director, links volunteers to partner communities in Negros Oriental where access […]

There is something to keep teens and adults busy this summer as the Fine Arts Department of the College of Performing Arts releases its line-up of summer programs. The line-up is in addition to regular offerings featured in the Summer School 2012 brochure. (To access the brochure, click: Summer School 2012.) Open to teens and […]

Helping victims of disasters recover is the main focus of a two-day gathering of psychologists from Visayas and Mindanao this month at Silliman University. The 10th Psychology Regional Forum on April 20 and 21 tackles topics on psycho-social processing and stress debriefing for survivors of calamities. It also offers simulation exercises that test the participants’ […]

Around 60 theological librarians and experts from 11 countries are convening at the Divinity School for the 6th Forum for Asian Theological Librarians (ForATL) Workshop and Consultation on April 10 to 14. The workshop is funded by different Christian organizations and brings together theological librarians (librarians assigned in seminaries) and resource persons from Indonesia, Thailand, […]