ND Department Chair to Train in Japan
The Chairperson of the Nutrition and Dietetics Department (ND) is one of only 25 from the Philippines accepted into the training program on food safety and standards of the Association for Overseas Technical Scholarship (AOTS) in Tokyo, Japan. Prof. Michele A. Naranjo will leave for Japan by the end of February for the program ?Food […]
US Embassy Visit Targets Selection of Delegates to Youth Program
Officials of the United States Embassy in Manila are visiting Silliman University on February 3 to 4 for the selection phase of the Southeast Asia Youth Leadership Program (SEAYLP). The US Embassy has identified Dumaguete as the recipient of the program. A total of five college students and one teacher or community leader will be […]
Economics Professor Receives FINEX Citibank Special Award
Economics Department Chairperson Prof. Wilma Tejero received the Socio-Economic and Environmental Award from the Financial Executives Institute of the Philippines (FINEX) and Citibank on January 26 in Manila. The special award was presented during the 2011 FINEX-Citibank Rafael B. Buenaventura Outstanding Finance Educator Awards of which Professor Tejero was a semi-finalist, along with nine others […]
Dr. Malayang Meets New UBCHEA President
Silliman University President Dr. Ben S. Malayang III was one of few leaders of Asian universities invited to a meeting with the newly appointed president of the United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia (UBCHEA). Dr. Nancy E. Chapman, who assumed office at UBCHEA this month, was in Hong Kong, where UBCHEA has a […]
CCS Professor at Osaka Confab
Prof. Chuchi Montenegro, Chairperson of the Computer Science Department of the College of Computer Studies, discusses her paper, ?Probabilistic Speech Recognition for Tagalog Lecture Video,? to fellow participants in the Asian Conference on Education of the International Academic Forum held December 2 to 5 in Osaka, Japan. Earlier in September, Professor Montenegro was in Singapore […]
Acacia Trees Evaluation
A group has been formed in the University to evaluate the physical condition of the acacia trees around the campus. The group is also tasked to propose practical ways of supporting weak branches and maintaining the capacity of the acacia trees to withstand strong winds.
Flag at Half-Mast
The Philippine flag at the East Quadrangle has been placed at half-mast as the University mourns with the Province of Negros Oriental over the passing away of Gov. Agustin Ramon ?Tuting? Perdices. The Governor died of stomach cancer on January 5.
Silliman Granted Institutional Accreditation
The Federation of Accrediting Agencies of the Philippines (FAAP) has granted Institutional Accreditation to Silliman University, making Silliman the first and only school in the Visayas, and one of only five in the Philippines, to have such prestige. Institutional Accreditation is the highest distinction awarded a higher education institution (HEI), in consideration of its number of high-level […]
Education Dean Reads Paper on Maritime Raiding in Negros
College of Education Dean Dr. Earl Jude Paul Cleope read a paper titled, ?The Maritime Raiding in Negros Island,? during the 31st National Conference on Local and National History held late last year at the Mindanao State University in General Santos. The paper is a sequel to the collection of essays of a project anchored on the maritime […]