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Sillimanian Receives Outstanding Chinese-Filipino Award

Jude Rafael Cresencio Tan, Jr., a lecturer at the College of Law and concurrently Assistant Commandant of the Reserve Officer Training Corps at Silliman University, is one of only nine recipients of the 7th Dr. Jose Rizal Awards for Excellence for outstanding Chinese-Filipinos.

The awards are given in recognition of noteworthy Chinese-Filipinos who have contributed to the country’s economic growth, social programs, and political stability.

Designated as Regional Court Administrator of the Regional Court Administration Office of the 7th Judicial Region based in Cebu City, Judge Tan will receive the award in the area of public service.

Judge Tan has been in government service for 32 years. He started out as a military man before joining the judiciary. His present position of Regional Court Administrator entails management of administrative matters of some 148 courts.

A write-up about the award recognized Judge Tan as “dedicated, hardworking, and guided by strict norms of ethics.” Describing him further through his previous assignment as the presiding judge of the Regional Trial Court, which was designated as a Special Drugs Court, the article added: “Judge Tan has amply demonstrated his independence, intelligence and integrity.”

Launched by the Manila Times and the Kaisa Para sa Kaunlaran, Inc., the Awards will honor on June 19 Judge Tan along with the other awardees: Mr. Kenneth Cobonpue for Arts and Culture, Mr. Samie Lim for Business and Entrepreneurship, Ms. Luisa Chua for Community Service, Dr. Ellen Palanca for Education, Mr. Ricardo Lo for Journalism, Mr. Jethro Dionisio for Sports, and Ms. Lily Monteverde who will receive a Special Award.

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TO ALL SILLIMAN ALUMNI:

I would like to announce the demise of Engr. Teogenes V. Magdamo, former faculty and Dean of the College of Engineering this morning at around 10:30am in the University of Sto. Tomas Hospital. I will update you with regard to the wake details. The body has yet to be brought home.


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i am sorry to hear this. my prayers for a friend, teacher and colleague...farewell Sir Tony...

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na-a pa diay ang silliman? buhi pa diay gihapon, ma-ayo nu-on? napordoy na man kuno, college of nursing nalang kuno ang shining armour ug ga subsidize sa tibuok university. ambot tinu-od ba kaha? mora bya ko hapit na motu-o nga pordoy na. na-a pod labor unrest diha. aw, hinu-on chada man pud ang st. paul university ug norsu, wa blema na-a ra kabalhinan kana kon dawaton.

norsu product ka bai? or basin cvpc or evsat pa gani tingali noh? sori ha...mailhan ra man gud sa tuno sa imo post...

check ur facts before posting diri ha...pataka lang ka dah.

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norsu product ka bai? or basin cvpc or evsat pa gani tingali noh? sori ha...mailhan ra man gud sa tuno sa imo post...

check ur facts before posting diri ha...pataka lang ka dah.

Ikasakit ba diay kon mangutana ko kun napordoy o buhi pa ba diay ang silliman? Kon tubagon lang diay ninyo tarong, ing-non wala mapordoy o naa PA gihapon, blema ba na? Nisamot na nu-on akong pagduda. Ang mabaw baya, siguro dili ka graduate sa silliman? Sa imong question, dili ko NORSU o CVPC o EVSAT product. I graduated from one of the universities in Cebu and i'm not well INFORM about silliman that's why i'm ASKING.

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Ikasakit ba diay kon mangutana ko kun napordoy o buhi pa ba diay ang silliman? Kon tubagon lang diay ninyo tarong, ing-non wala mapordoy o naa PA gihapon, blema ba na? Nisamot na nu-on akong pagduda. Ang mabaw baya, siguro dili ka graduate sa silliman? Sa imong question, dili ko NORSU o CVPC o EVSAT product. I graduated from one of the universities in Cebu and i'm not well INFORM about silliman that's why i'm ASKING.

Good job skullyboy. It's your job, ana gyud pangugat, payter ba kunuhay, maski patay buhi-on gyud. More press releases pa sige gyud.

i really don't get your drift.. if you're in for a demolition job against my school, then i say, let's get it on

[skullyboy]

A Sillimanian is 15th Most Trusted Filipino

The publication Reader’s Digest has released its list of trustworthy Filipinos titled “Philippines’ Most Trusted 2010.”

Dr. Angel Alcala, Director of the Silliman University Angelo King Center for Research and Environmental Management, ranked 15th, out of 80 individuals.

According to the article by Ms Sarah Etchells: "For the first time ever, we have conducted a nationwide survey asking people to rate 80 influential Filipino personalities on their trustworthiness. The list was presented in random order and ratings were given as a score out of ten where one equated to ‘Don't trust at all’ and ten being ‘Trust completely.'”

The top three spots went to Ms Rosa Rosal of the National Red Cross, international theater artist Ms Lea Salonga, and journalist Ms Jessica Soho, respectively.

Dr. Alcala was flanked by actress Ms Boots Anson Roa at 14th and news anchor Julius Babao at 16th.

A well-respected figure in the areas of biodiversity conservation and coastal resource management, Dr. Alcala is the recipient of the 1992 Magsaysay Award for Public Service. He is formerly Silliman President, Secretary of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources and Chairman of the Commission on Higher Education.

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Silliman's Climate Change Project is Main Feature on World Bank Site

The youth project headed by Silliman University that aims to generate innovative and practical ideas to address climate change is the main feature on the website of the World Bank (WB) Philippines.

To access the site, click: Philippines

This is the second time for a project handled by Silliman to be featured on the homepage of WB Philippines. The first time was on its project “Operationalizing and Popularizing the World Development Report: Exercising Citizenship in Monitoring Transparency in Local Government Procurement,” which won a Civil Society Fund Youth Initiative Grant from WB Washington. The project involved in-school and out-of-school youth in nine areas in the Philippines. Websites of WB Washington and WB East Asia and the Pacific carried the same feature on their homepages.

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Silliman Voted as Representative to the Philippine Social Science Council Board

In a memorandum issued this month by the Philippine Social Science Council, Inc. (PSSC), Silliman University has been voted as a representative to its Board of Trustees.

The selection was based on votes sent in by the PSSC’s associate member-organizations around the country. Only the two top of the four highest vote-getters are invited to sit as representatives to the Board. All four become voting representatives in the General Assembly.

[B]Silliman, through the University Research Center headed by Director of Research Dr. Enrique Oracion, received 11 votes, the highest among the four selected. Next to Silliman were: Social Weather Stations (SWS) (9), University of the Philippines (UP) College of Mass Communication ( and the University of the Philippines (UP) Population Institute (.

This development allows Silliman to represent the other associate member-organizations and participate in deliberations on policy matters in both the Board and General Assembly of PSSC.

PSSC is a private organization of professional social science associations and social science research and instructional institutions in the country. Established in 1968, it has 14 regular member-organizations and 39 associate member-organizations.

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Asian Development Bank (ADB) Makes Silliman University as its Philippine Depository Library

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is the recent addition to the network of partners of the Robert B. and Metta J. Silliman Library.

In a letter, ADB Communications Specialist Susan Hooper welcomed Silliman as its new ADB Regional Depository Library, following its active involvement in the World Bank’s Knowledge for Development Center (KDC) network.

This partnership entitles Silliman to sector and thematic knowledge products on Southeast Asia. The University will receive a fresh batch of these resources every two months.

The ADB collection will be hosted inside the World Bank KDC located on the ground floor of the Library and complements existing collections from the World Bank, United Nations Information Center, and World Health Organization-Western Pacific Regional Office.

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the latest 2009 financial report showed that Silliman University have more than 1 billion in total assets (Php 1,137,720,886.00 to be exact), and almost 600 million as cash fund balance (Php 599,521,765.00 to be exact)