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Ivan Maxino Bandal, who graduated from the College of Law in March 2011, is Top 6 in the Bar Exams, based on the results released recently by the Supreme Court. Twelve other Sillimanians join the country's new lawyers, registering a passing average of 65 per cent for the University. The national passing average is 31.95 […]

After the magnitude 6.9 earthquake that hit Negros Oriental that claimed lives and displaced thousands of families, world renowned scientist Dr. Angel C. Alcala echoed the advice of two experts to the local chief executives to undertake mapping of geological hazards. In his column that appeared in a national daily and a local weekly, which […]

The Silliman University Chapter of V-Day, a global campaign to end violence against women, will hold a benefit show for victims of the magnitude 6.9 earthquake which recently hit Negros Oriental, on March 1 at the Claire Isabel McGill Luce Auditorium. A second running of Eve Ensler’s A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant and A […]

Two heads of offices of Silliman University were among those invited to attend and present papers during this year's run of the Asian University Leaders Program (AULP) of the United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asian (UBCHEA) on February 6 to 11 in Hong Kong. College of Arts and Sciences Dean Dr. Margaret Helen […]

The Visayas leg of Tanghal 6, an annual theatre festival for university and community-based theatre groups in the Philippines, runs in Silliman University on February 27 to 29. Tanghal 6 brings together theatre enthusiasts to participate in performances, lectures, inter-regional exchanges, workshops, dialogues and exhibits. It culminates the month-long Philippine Arts Festival (PAF). Opening the […]

Two fresh graduates of the College of Nursing topped the Nurse Licensure Examination, based on the results released February 16 by the Professional Regulation Commission. Ingrid Doreen S. Dumalagan placed 9th and Bonife Marie S. Gaso, 10th. Both led the group of 367 passers from Silliman — the highest on PRC's list of schools “with […]

Three public schools in Negros Oriental which were among the badly affected by Typhoon Sendong received a total of 542 books from the Robert B. and Metta J. Silliman Library. Selection of the three recipient public schools was based on the extent of the damage of their libraries. The recipients are Tanjay Legislated High School […]

The Albert Faurot Lecture and Workshop Series concluded the cultural month of January with famous Filipino guitarist-composer Maestro Michael Dadap. Around 150 elementary music teachers from different schools in Negros Oriental attended the whole-day lecture which is a product of the extension program of the Cultural Affairs Committee. Given for free, the lecture at Silliman […]

The Silliman University Medical School (SUMS) emerged as the champion in the national quiz bee competition held during the 45th Annual Convention of the Association of Philippine Medical Colleges (APMC) Foundation, Inc. on February 9 to 11. Senior Jennilie Faith Bomediano and sophomores Lawrence Laurel and Ray Raphael de Guzman scored the highest in both […]

At around 11:49AM on February 6, the province of Negros Oriental was hit by a strong earthquake. A magnitude 7 was recorded in Dumaguete, and the neighboring municipalities experienced the same earthquake at little lower magnitudes. The impact of the earthquake was, however, more devastating to the northern municipalities of Ayungon, Tayasan, Jimalalud, La Libertad […]