Salonga Center supports IBP Community Pantry in Dumaguete
The Dr. Jovito R. Salonga Center for Law and Development of Silliman University recently supported the Community Pantry program spearheaded by the Negros Oriental chapter of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines. The Community Pantry was set up last May 1, 2021 in front of the Hall of Justice. In its advocacy to help the […]
Salonga Center holds talk on how to ‘think critically like a lawyer’
The Dr. Jovito R. Salonga Center for Law and Development of Silliman University (SU) held a virtual talk called “The Make-up of a Judicial Mind: How to Critically Think Like a Lawyer,” with Court of Appeals Justice Pamela Ann A. Maxino, SU alumna, as guest speaker, April 17, 2021. Maxino is currently the chairperson of […]
Alumni Update May 10 – 16, 2021
Silliman alumnus and former Communication Specialist at the United Development Programme (UNDC) Manila, Agnes Shari Tan-Aliman, shares with us her latest book entitled, The Siege of Jolo in 1974. Aliman, feeling ecstatic in her Facebook post announces, “It’s finally out! My book, which forms part of the social history of my hometown, Jolo, Sulu, during […]
Nursing/PT to hold limited face-to-face classes; medical clerkship for MedSchool
Silliman University’s (SU) BS Nursing and Physical Therapy programs; and the Medical School were recently granted authorization from the Commission on Higher Education Regional Office (CHEDRO) 7 to hold limited face-to-face classes and medical clerkship, respectively. For the Nursing program, only Related Learning Experience (RLE) or Skills Laboratory Classes will be held in a face-to-face […]
New Testament Professor is new bishop of Tanzanian Lutheran Church
Rev. Dr. Msafiri Mbilu, a visiting professor in New Testament Studies at the Silliman University (SU) Divinity School, was consecrated bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania (ELCT) last May 9 at the Lushoto Lutheran Cathedral, Tanga Region, United Republic of Tanzania. Mbilu, who teaches New Testament courses and biblical languages at the formation […]
SU student’s paper becomes first published record of gnathiid species found in PH
Silliman University (SU) Institute of Environmental and Marine Sciences student Mary O. Shodipo authored the first scientific paper that identifies gnathiid species found in the Philippines. Shodipo, an MS Marine Biology student, is the lead author of the paper titled “First record and molecular characterisation of two Gnathia species (Crustacea, Isopoda, Gnathiidae) from Philippine coral […]
Divinity School webinar emphasizes state of the Church amid pandemic
Silliman University (SU) Divinity School held a webinar on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on churches around the country last April 28, 2021, via Zoom and Facebook Live. The online event titled “Church in the Pandemic: Impacts and Prospects” featured Dr. Walden Ursos, Dean of the SU Medical School, and Bishop Melzar Labuntog, General […]
Alumni Update May 3 – 9, 2021
Remembering Dr. Horace Brinsmade Silliman on his 111th death anniversary The Dumaguete Chapter of the Silliman Alumni Association, Inc. (SAAI), in partnership with Silliman University (SU), commemorated the 111th death anniversary of Dr. Horace Brinsmade Silliman through a memorial service and floral offering, May 4, 2021 at the Horace B. Silliman bust in front of […]
Alumni Update April 26 – May 2, 2021
Sillimanians join the Community Pantry movement The community pantry fever has spread all over the country and has caught on a group of Sillimanians and big-hearted Dumagueteños to set up one at Barangay Bantayan, Dumaguete City. The Maginhawa Community Pantry in Quezon City is organized by 26-year-old Ana Patricia Non, whose simple act of kindness […]
SU-Lao ICI Lab distributes first batch of food packs in Lao assistance program
Silliman University (SU), led by the Dr. Mariano Lao Innovation, Creation, and Invention Laboratory, distributed April 29, 2021 the first batch of food packs for displaced outsourced personnel of SU and financially challenged students and senior citizens, at the Dr. Mariano & Lina Lao Activity Center and Technology Laboratory. This food assistance project was made […]
