Give a Difference
…McCarty who gave $150,000 to the University of Southern Mississippi to endow a scholarship fund for African-American students in financial need. McCarty eked out a living washing and ironing other… (Search hits: 3 in body, 0 in title, 0 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 14.73)
Literatura Festival Opens July 25
…Philippine literature. The literary fest is back, this time presented by the Edilberto and Edith Tiempo Creative Writing Center and the American Studies Resource Center of the Robert and Metta… (Search hits: 3 in body, 0 in title, 0 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 14.73)
4 Named Outstanding Sillimanians
…member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology and was inducted Fellow into the American College of Physicians. The Grand Rapid Press once featured him as one of the Best… (Search hits: 3 in body, 0 in title, 0 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 14.73)
US Embassy Sponsors Go Green Program
Silliman University’s American Corner recently received financial support amounting to Php115,000 from the US Embassy for its Go Green Program. The Embassy’s Go Green! Initiative calls on all 14 American… (Search hits: 3 in body, 0 in title, 0 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 14.73)
Outstanding Sillimanian receives Presidential Award
…in 1963 at Silliman University. She is currently the President of the Silliman University Alumni Council of North America. (Photos from the Filipino-American Society of Fairbanks, Inc.’s Facebook Page)… (Search hits: 3 in body, 0 in title, 0 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 14.73)
Book on Missionaries Robert B., Metta J. Silliman Published
…an American historian. Mission Accomplished: Robert and Metta Silliman’s Mission Work in the Philippines, 1924-1966 chronicles the story of the Silliman couple as American missionaries in Dumaguete and teachers at… (Search hits: 3 in body, 0 in title, 0 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 14.73)
Ethnic Studies Advocate Speaks at Tiempo Lecture Series
A Filipino-American writer who advocates for the establishment of Filipino ethnic studies in schools in the United States delivered a talk titled “Stranger on Both Shores” yesterday at the Cyber… (Search hits: 3 in body, 0 in title, 0 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 14.73)
Dr. Alcala is One of First Filipinos Inducted into Fulbright Hall of Fame
…Fulbright Philippines Hall of Fame. The award was given in celebration of the 70th anniversary of the Fulbright program in the Philippines, hosted by the Philippine-American Educational Foundation (PAEF) on… (Search hits: 3 in body, 0 in title, 0 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 14.73)
‘Humor is a Social Contract’ — Visiting Professor
…as visiting professor and resident writer. She is preparing a book manuscript on American imperialism as a visual language, and the gendered/racialized figure of the Filipino savage in early 20th… (Search hits: 3 in body, 0 in title, 0 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 14.73)
Former Law Prof’s Novel Goes Global; Launching in Silliman Set January 15
…something more sinister—a long-drawn plan by China to bring America to its knees by collapsing its economy and shift the balance of power in Asia. With scaled-down forces in Asia… (Search hits: 3 in body, 0 in title, 0 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 14.73)
