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The Philippine Nurses Association in America (PNAA)-New York Chapter will hold a Balik- Turo lecture program on the recent trends in nursing education and practice on February 1 at the Claire Isabel McGill Luce Auditorium. Highlighting the event is the talk by accomplished nurse theorist Dr. Joyce Fitzpatrick on “Nursing Leadership”. Dr. Fitzpatrick is an […]

The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) has identified Silliman University as among select academic institutions to comprise a national research network and receive an annual allocation of P10 million for a three-year period. CHED Chairperson Dr. Patricia Licuanan wrote Silliman President Dr. Ben S. Malayang III to inform him of the University’s inclusion in the […]

A visiting professor from the Overseas Development Institute in London (ODI), United Kingdom opened the lecture series by the School of Public Affairs and Governance (SPAG) on January 19. Dr. Arnaldo Pellini tackled the first topic “Introduction to Evidence-based Policy Influencing”. His talk sets the mood for three other lectures by other professors on the […]

An animated short film by the Fine Arts Department of the College of Performing and Visual Arts (COPVA) qualifies into the fourth CinemaRehiyon, an art film festival on February 8 in Bacolod City. “Suga,” the title of the Department's official entry, is about a nasty security guard who infuriated the ghosts of a building when […]

Silliman University President Dr. Ben S. Malayang III shared with members of the Silliman University Student Government and governors of the different college-based Student Councils concerns of the University which he categorized into two: institutional and operational. Dr. Malayang's presentation on January 13 took into consideration Silliman's eight-year Strategic Plan, which was developed under his […]

Even as early as the night before Typhoon Sendong hit Dumaguete on December 17, Silliman University had already drawn up a rescue and recovery plan. This was because Dumaguete had earlier experienced a serious flooding in February 2009. So when rains were already starting to cover roads with water and rivers washing away homes, volunteers […]

A graduate of Bachelor of Science in Chemistry of Silliman University becomes the only Filipino to join a recently concluded United States expedition to Antarctica and exclusively writes a reflection on his experience for the Silliman website (see article “Think Big” below). Wilson Mendoza, currently a doctoral candidate majoring in Marine and Atmospheric Chemistry at […]

A television program of Silliman University featuring issues, interests and activities on campus is now back on air, running live from 8PM to 9PM every Monday on the local channel of Fil-Products Cable TV. Supervised by the College of Mass Communication, the newly formatted “Silliman Documentaries” was launched January 9 with a pilot episode entitled […]

The Pacific World Mission Presbyterian Church USA, headed by its coordinator for Asia and the Pacific, Rev. Meinda Uriarte, visited Silliman University and met with President Dr. Ben S. Malayang on January 10 at the Board Room of the Lepoldo T. Ruiz Administration Hall. During the meeting, Dr. Malayang and Rev. Uriarte discussed more opportunities […]

  Silliman University President Dr. Ben S. Malayang III issued his New Year’s message on the University website with a special tribute to the people whom he called “heroes” in the tragedy caused by Typhoon Sendong. “(Typhoon Sendong) left thousands homeless and grieving… But that same tragedy brought out something positive: It united us as […]