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 The Silliman University Student Government (SUSG) intensifies its environmental campaign with a “rent a bike” program launched right before Christmas.   Sixteen bicycle units were immediately rented out to students on November 26, right after the launching of Sikad, a project of the SUSG Environment Committee (EnviroCom) that promotes biking as an alternative mode of […]

A Silliman alumna becomes the first Filipino to receive what the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) announced on December 5 is a “highly coveted national award” in the United Kingdom. Ms Mylene Freires, who graduated from the College of Nursing in 1992, was chosen recipient of the 2010 Mary Seacole Development Award, a recognition given […]

Close to a hundred librarians and information specialists from different schools in Negros Oriental attended the lecture-workshop on “21st Century Competency Skills” conducted on December 9 at Silliman University by the Thomas Jefferson Information Center (TJIC) of the United States Embassy. The lecture walked the participants through new media technologies and resources that are available […]

Silliman University will honor the late Col. Roman T. Yap, Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Trustees (BOT), in a groundbreaking ceremony on December 9 for a building that will bear his name. The two-storey structure will be named the Col. Roman T. Yap Hall. It is a gift from the Yap family and a […]

A junior Nursing student who hails from the Democratic Republic of Congo was one of three international students who won the 42nd National Search for the Three Most Outstanding International Students in the Philippines. Baraka Muvuka, who is the current president of the Overseas Student Fellowship of the Silliman University Church and an active member […]

A new Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) between Silliman University and the union for its non-academic personnel, Silliman University Staff Association (SUSA), was signed on November 29 at the Dr. Jovito Salonga Center for Law and Development. SUSA president Mrs. Araceli C. Tan, who served as chief negotiator for the staff union, expressed happiness over the […]

 The Director of the Silliman University Institute of Environmental and Marine Sciences (IEMS) is one of two marine scientists to speak at the academic forum on December 2 at Silliman, under the “For Women in Science” (FWIS) joint program of international cosmetics company L’Oreal and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Dr. […]

Nine graduates of the College of Engineering and Design passed the 2011 Civil Engineer Licensure Exam administered November 19 and 20. The Professional Regulation Commission released the results recently, with the following Silliman graduates as among the country's new licensed civil engineers: Bation, Wayne Steven John Baroro Brillantes, Fel Lino Amor Gargar Cornelia, Dhale Ian […]

A pupil of the Elementary Department of Silliman University received a special award as the youngest lady shooter during the Asia-Pacific GLOCK Invitational shootfest held November 25 to 27 in Mactan, Cebu.  The event, which was organized by the Cebu Pistol and Rifle Association (CPRA) and participated in by practical shooting aficionados around the country and […]

Silliman University and the Silliman University Faculty Association (SUFA) signed a new Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) on November 18 at the Board Room of the Lepoldo T. Ruiz Administration Hall.  Provisions of the new CBA, which include an improved remuneration package and 100 per cent medical coverage in prestigious hospitals around the country, take effect […]