Alumni Update October 11 – 17, 2021
The Silliman University Alumni Association New York-New Jersey (SUAA NY-NJ) chapter recently sent a total of $5,500 cash donation for various projects, scholarships, and causes at Silliman University. Janette B. Abella, immediate past president of SUAAA NY-NJ, said the different church services SU Church live–streams are especially close to the hearts of the alumni chapter […]
Former Service-Learning director named 2021 Outstanding Professional of the Year
Prof. Emervencia L. Ligutom, former director of the Silliman University Office of Community Engagement and Service-Learning (SU OCESL), was named the 2021 Outstanding Professional of the Year in the field of Social Work by the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC). Aside from being the former OCESL director, Ligutom served as a faculty member of the SU […]
Alumni Update October 4-10, 2021
SUHS 1973 Closes in on its Php 1 Million Goal The Silliman University High School (SUHS) Class of 1973 is closing in on its pledge of 1 million pesos to endow the SUHS 1973 Scholarship Fund for the SU Junior High School. Substantial contributions and pledges were given by classmates during their “50-2” (50th minus […]
SU partners with DOST to share resources for STARBOOKS
Silliman University (SU) partnered with the Department of Science and Technology-Science and Technology Information Institute (DOST-STII) to provide digitized science & technology resources for the Science and Technology Academic and Research-Based Openly-Operated Kiosk Station (STARBOOKS). Also known as a “library in a box,” STARBOOKS is a kiosk containing thousands of digitized resources on science, technology, […]
ECCs are unique to specific projects, asserts ex-DENR exec
Environmental Compliance Certificates (ECCs) granted to a project cannot be copied by similar projects in other sites because each project and its site have unique features and impacts that would require unique mitigation measures, asserted Dr. Ben Malayang III, former Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) undersecretary and former Silliman University (SU) president. Malayang […]
SU extends study in Europe opportunities in Visayas as EHEF regional hub
Silliman University (SU) assists the Delegation of the European Union (EU) to the Philippines and the Commission on Higher Education in inviting Filipinos interested in studying in Europe to join the Virtual European Higher Education Fair (EHEF) 2021 this October 1-2, 2021. SU is on its second year as the EHEF’s regional partner institution […]
SUDS Church Music mentor, alumnus launch Cebuano liturgical song collection
Asst. Prof. Jean Cuanan-Nalam, Silliman University Divinity School (SUDS) faculty member, and Dr. Dave Jan Fabe, SU alumnus, recently launched a collection of original Cebuano liturgical music in time for the centenary of the formation center. The collection was launched during a creative worship last August 29, 2021 via Facebook Live. Titled “Hinalad” (offered), the […]
SU-NSTP forum to highlight youth’s role in elections
The Silliman University National Service Training Program (SU-NSTP) highlights the Filipino youth’s role in participating the May 2022 national elections through a virtual forum on September 25, 2021. The forum features Commission on Elections Commissioner Ma. Rowena Amelia V. Guanzon who will talk about the Philippine elections. “The Philippine Elections and The Role of […]
Alumni Update September 20 – 26, 2021
Outstanding Sillimanian Awardee Edna Callejas-Mijares will be awarded the 2021 Philippine Federation of Chemistry Societies (PFCS) Service to the Profession Award during the 35th Philippine Chemistry Congress on September 24, 2021. The PFCS is an Umbrella Organization of Four Member Chemical Organizations: Integrated Chemists of the Philippines (ICP), Kapisanan ng mga Kimiko ng Pilipinas, Philippine […]
Affirming Varieties of Service through the Annual Diakonia Awards
“And he (Jesus Christ) gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds, and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.” (Ephesians 4:11-13) For the […]