Archives: COTW

Outstanding Sillimanian Awardee for Mental Health & Substance Abuse Management

Outstanding Sillimanian Awardee for Pediatric Health Service to Marginalized Population

Outstanding Sillimanian Awardee Nursing Education & Community Leadership

Outstanding Sillimanian Awardee for Community Health & Social Services

Outstanding Sillimanian for Crop Research and Development, Plant Breeding and Genetics

Outstanding Sillimanian Awardee for International Relations and Diplomacy

Director, SU Office of Community Engagement and Service Learning

Manager, SU Food Services Department

Fifth-year Civil Engineering student
Chair, Dorm Life Committee of the SU Student Government

Information and Quality Support officer, Office of Silliman Online University Learning (SOUL)

Dean, Institute of Rehabilitative Sciences

Outstanding Sillimanian Awardee in Medical Services

Outstanding Sillimanian Award for Filipino Labor Welfare

Outstanding Sillimanian Award for Health Professions Education

Earl Jude was a man of big dreams. At first, he wanted to pursue law or medicine in college; but he later realized his heart was beating for something else: education.

I’m happy that I stayed in Silliman. I once had an opportunity to transfer to DepEd to be a public school teacher but circumstances at the time didn’t allow me to push through.

“Limitless Exploration”

“Defending the Dream”

I am a “true Red”: born in the Katipunan Hall, and lived just at the back of Vernon Hall. My playground was the gym.

And she speaks her mind like a true Sillimanian: melding substance and form, with certainty and conviction, without fear or hesitation – much like the sages and heroes of yore.

Like when he was in elementary and high school, Ike also invested much of himself in his studies in college.

If there’s love, husay ang tanan.

I want to be remembered as someone who’s fair but also a fighter at the same time… Let us bring ‘uni” back in university.

Godswill Lacuesta Carino has been working in the University since 2013, first as Assistant Property Custodian at the Business and Finance department before he transferred as office assistant to the Robert B. & Metta J. Silliman Library.

“The more you achieve something, the more you give your best to maintaining the quality of your performance.”

“Do you love Teacher Darve?”
“Yes!”
“Why?”
“Because she doesn’t get angry!” This is how one of Teacher Darve’s toddler students answered when asked if he loved his teacher.

Mrs. Patricia Banagudo, or Nanay Ping-Ping as she is fondly called by most students who frequent the Cafeteria in the Augustin A. Pulido Hall, has been with the Food Services Department as food server for almost 20 years.

Outstanding Sillimanian Awardee for Medical Research and Epidemiology

Outstanding Sillimanian Awardee for Cancer Research

“… the faith and truth she gave us will remain our guiding star.”

When I finish college, I will take care of my siblings, send them to school, and bring us all together again.

Although she tends to be a strict teacher, she encourages her students to raise questions and assures them that it’s okay to make mistakes as it is a natural part of learning.

He became more open-minded and accepting of constructive criticisms…

I often tell my students that one of the challenges of being a woman is we are asked to dichotomize who we are and what we do

Becoming a student assistant turned out to be a blessing in disguise for Mariz.

His command of the language and the humor that he infuses in his every discussion make for a unique yet effective delivery of lessons.

The love for education was strongly in the brew within him. His chosen field of study and area of specialization sprang in large part from the influence of the reading materials that he busied himself with.

A friend to all who brings a smile and good vibes to all that I meet. I always remind myself of this quote: “Make your anger so expensive that no one can afford it and make your happiness so cheap that people can almost get it for free.”

For Emerenciano, the most challenging part of being a teacher also becomes the most rewarding

“I’m a perfectionist! I want things done correctly at all times. I don’t like haphazardly done jobs…”

“I blush when I’m embarrassed or when I get very angry”

“I have nothing to boast because I know the strength is not from me; it’s all God.”

She bravely faces each day, holding on to a life perspective that testifies to the idea that, indeed, it is the hard things that break, while the soft and tender endure. In a world of countless trials and challenges

The popular 2002 Disney Movie “Lilo and Stitch” gave its viewers a newfangled definition of what truly makes up the essence of a family. One of the most famous lines from the movie talks about the “Ohana” — which means family. And being a family means having nobody left behind.