SU celebrates An Afternoon fo Gratitude with scholarship donors
The Silliman University (SU) Office of Student Services (OSS) Student Scholarship and Aid Division (SSAD) hosted a fellowship, An Afternoon of Gratitude, aimed at recognizing the generosity and commitment of the scholarship donors whose giving has contributed to the success of the University’s scholarship program.
Held on August 28, 2025, at the SU Hall, the event drew inspiration from the generosity of Dr. Horace B. Silliman, whose generous donation of 10,000 USD to the Presbyterian Board and Mission in 1899 laid the foundation for what would become Silliman University.
The fellowship was in part a celebration of Dr. Silliman’s Bicentennial Birth Anniversary this year and the 124th Silliman University Founders Day Celebration. More importantly, it became an opportune time for donors and their recipients to meet.
The following scholarship programs were highlighted during the event:
- Maningcao Scholarship Fund
- The Arthur and Hope Estolloso Crisostomo Medical Scholarship
- The Delfin and Priscilla Estolloso Educational Scholarship
- Rolando Villanueva Del Carmen Academic Excellence Scholarship for College
- President and Mrs. C.V. Devan Nair Scholarship
- Robert James Michael and Elizabeth Sy – Michael Grant for Work Students
- Dr. Ramon Sy Jr. Medical Scholarship
- Engr. Antonio-Nanila Paalan Scholarship for Engineering
- Adlai Amor University Scholarship
- Alexander Geopano Amor Scholarship
- Arnel J. Amor Scholarship
- Delia J. Amor Scholarship
- Dr. Avelex S. Amor Medical Fellowship
- DOST
- Chesapeake Bay Silliman Alumni Fund for Working Students
- Class 75 Tuition Assistance Project
- SUHS 1973 Scholarship Fund
- SUCN Batch 1989 Scholarship Grant
- Silliman Alumni International Chicago Chapter, Inc.
- Silliman University Alumni Association New York-New Jersey
- Tanchan Corporate Group Scholarship Foundation
- Henry S. Langheim Memorial Scholarship Fund
This inaugural fellowship, hosted by the SSAD, will now become an annual activity.
Present at the event were Dr. Betty Cernol McCann, SU president; Rev. Jonathan R. Pia, SU Church senior pastor; Dr. Mae Brigitt Bernadel L. Villordon, assistant to the President for Institutional Affairs; Dr. Edna Gladys T. Calingacion, OSS dean; members of the Deans Conference and the Student Aid Committee; and the rest of the OSS staff.
