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What’s InsideVision, Mission and Goals

EXECUTiVE sUMMaRY

BoaRd of TRUsTEEs

UniVERsiTY lEadERship CoUnCil

ChRisTian WiTnEss

aCadEMiC EXCEllEnCE

EXCEllEnCE in GoVERnanCE

RElEVanCE and REaCh


What’s Inside

VisionA leading Christian institution committed to total human development for the well-being of society and environment.

GoalsSilliman aims to have...

• quality and diverse body of students;

• holistic and responsive educational program with a Christian orientation;

• quality faculty comparable to Asian standards;

• quality support staff;

• adequate facilities and administrative systems;

• supportive and involved alumni; and

• long-termfinancialviability.

Mission• Infuse into the academic learning the Christian faith anchored on the gospel of

Jesus Christ.

• Provide an environment where Christian fellowship and relationship can be nurtured and promoted.

• Provide opportunities for growth ad excellence in every dimension of the University life in order to strengthen competence, character, and faith.

• Instill in all members of the University community an enlightened social consciousness and a deep sense of justice and compassion.

• Promote unity among peoples and contribute to national development.

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Resilience.

This can be the term that best describes School Year (SY) 2013-2014 for us. It is similarly the term that can be that unifying theme for the Philippines, especially after the two disasters that hit the country in 2013. In this Annual Report, one of the areas of focus is the extent to which Silliman University has reached out to the affected communities through the Continuing Calamity Response Program (CCRP).

Silliman has always managed its operations collectively. Leadership, while it continues to be guided by the policy-making Board of Trustees, has ensured participation of the key sectors in the University. Faculty and staff are engaged, students are consulted, alumni involvement encouraged, and so is the larger community enjoined to take part in projects of the University that are of great

significancetothecommunity.

And this approach of

collective leadership has played a catalytic role

in enabling Silliman to

Executive Summarybe resilient across its operations. SY 2013-2014 proved to be a year of good harvest for the University. We achieved an enrollment increase of 0.8 per cent, maintaining a regime of enrollment increase for at least the past six years. This pumped upourstudentpopulationinthefirstsemesterto9,375, compared to 9,302 in SY 2012-2013. The attrition rate of - 4.0 per cent in the second semester was also lower compared to that in the previous school year. Enrollment in the second semester of school year 2013-2014 was 9,003. We attribute this to the growing trust that people build on Silliman, and our aggressive local and international student recruitment initiatives.

Recognizing that the quality of faculty is also a significantcomponentinourministryofeducation,we started exploring incentive mechanisms that will elevate the culture of research in the University. A ten-point research agenda was developed; and in this school year, we discussed how to beef up resources that would encourage both research proposals and publication in internationally refereed journals. These incentives are pushed, on top of ongoing fellowships and grants from endowments. Infinance,weregisteredanexcessofrevenuesover expenses of P83,786,700 covering the period from June 1, 2012 to May 31, 2013. (We are making availablefiguresfromtheauditedfinancialstatement for this period as that for SY 2013-2014 is still due for approval by the Board of Trustees.) This, notwithstanding how the University did its best to provide for more to its faculty and staff in terms of competitiveremunerationpackageandbenefits,more than the mandated 70 per cent share from the tuition revenues. Our Finance Team has also ledusinbuildingarobustfinancialandeconomicpositioning for Silliman. It has been able to keep us in the black, amidst our receptiveness to the need

to improve facilities, invest more in programs for student growth and welfare, and rehabilitate existing structures to better suit the needs for

our growing student population.

Our efforts at getting more partners also followed a more strategic framework. This, in recognition of the storms of two critical education reforms that we are bracing for: K-12 education reform full

implementation and ASEAN 2015 integration. We are fully aware of a projected


In all of these though, while SY 2013-2014 brought in a phase of the life of Silliman

where we witnessed the value of collective leadership, we

also realized the never-failing greatness of God. He had seen

us through the school year and continues to work within

and among us as we move into a new phase of the life of

Silliman. We are certain of tougher challenges ahead, but

our Christian faith consoles and assures of

His eternal presence.

Ben s. Malayang iiiPresident

significantdropinenrollmentincollegeby2016;we realigned our plans with scenarios that we saw ahead of us. We reached out to more potential partner universities and organizations in Asia and the United States, convinced that resource sharing, faculty exchange and research collaboration are effective tools to infuse more opportunities for the University to continue with its operations.

Investments with the private sector are also among key components in developing idle properties within the commercial zone of the University. This school year, we aggressively pushed for arrangements where Silliman opens its doors to investors for us to achieve at least two: provide more revenue-generating facilities at least cost to us and bring in more tenants whoseoperationsaremorefinanciallyviabletothePortal West Building. In this school year, plans were alsofinalizedfortheestablishmentofthePortalEastBuilding, a component of the Twin Portals Project, which was started in 2007.

Everything was moving smoothly until two calamities hit the Philippines in 2013, with an interval of barely a month between each other: the 7.2 earthquake in Bohol on October 15, 2013 and typhoon Yolanda on November 8. 2013. There was minimal physical damage to Silliman, but the urge in our hearts and conscience to do something was strong and clear.

Silliman took active lead in Negros Oriental to generate a collective response from the members of the community. Everyone – students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends – responded to the call for donations and support. Without much fanfare, we deployed the Silliman University Volunteer Fire and Rescue Unit, our Silliman Water Team, our colleagues who comprised the psycho-social teams to affected communities in Bohol and Leyte. In the face of typhoon Yolanda, within just three weeks, Silliman was able to endorse to the Philippine Navy for distribution in Leyte batches of relief goods weighing 28 tons. This one community in action left a profound experience within all of us that reinforced Silliman as a University for others.

At the height of relief efforts for typhoon Yolanda, Silliman institutionalized the Continuing Calamity Response Program (CCPRT). We were determined that as a University we need to make a difference, that we need to make an impact as one community

with the resources that we have, in order that we become instruments of hope, love and care for those who are in need of us the most. The CCRP became a program that assured us of Silliman’s continuing involvement in the areas of rescue and relief operations, psycho-social intervention, and educational and scholarship support during times of calamities. And the response to the establishment of the CCRP has been proactive: the Board of Trustees approved an allocation of at least 3 per cent of the University’s surplus income as reflected in the audited financialstatementtowardssupportingit.


Board of Trustees

leonor M. BrionesChair

Candelario V. GonzalezVice Chair

Grace a. sumalpongSecretary


Angel C. Alcala

Melzar D. Labuntog

Felipe Antonio B. Remollo

Sylvester B. Almiron, Jr.

Maria Elena R. Mangaoil

Fenina T. Rodriguez

Epifania D. Anfone

Edna J. Orteza

Fema Christina P. Sayson

Ricardo A. Balbido, Jr.

Reinaldo M. Nolido


University Leadership CouncilExecutive officersBen s. Malayang iiiPresident

Betsy Joy B. TanVice President for Academic Affairs

Cleonico Y. fonteloVice President for Finance and Administration

Jane annette l. BelarminoVice President for Development

Elmer l. saaPastoral Team Coordinator

administrative staff Myles nicholas G. BejarLegal Counsel

Carol R. BartolataTreasurer

fe Marie d. TagleHRD Manager

annabelle E. pa-aRegistrar and Admissions Officer

Jenny l. ChiuChief Audit Executive

Jacqueline p. TorresChief Accountant

Mark Raygan E. GarciaDirector, Office of Information and Publications

Edgar s. YgnalagaBuildings and Grounds Superintendent

Jean G. EspinoManager, Food Services

Ruben n. Bokingo Director, Alumni and External Affairs Office

Christopher a. ablanLiaison Officer, UBCHEA

June B. diputadoBudget Officer

Jose Mari Jonathan antonioInstituitional Advancement Officer

percival Gerard M. GenoveOfficer-in-Charge, Management Information System

deans & directorsJuliet V. padernalDirector, Office of Instruction

pablito a. dela Rama Director, School of Agro-Industrial and Technical Education

nichol R. ElmanDirector for Extension

Enrique G. oracionDirector, Research and Development

Jose Edwin C. CubeloDean, College of Agriculture

Margaret helen U. alvarezDean, College of Arts and Sciences


Ma. stella f. lezamaDean, College of Business Administration

Yong Gyun KimOIC Dean, College of Computer Studies

lope B. RobinDean, Divinity School Earl Jude l. CleopeDean, College of EducationSupervising Dean, School of Basic Education

Jesus G. amiscarayDean, College of Engineering and Design

M. Mikhail lee l. MaxinoDean, College of Law

Ma. Cecilia M. GenoveDean, College of Mass Communication

Jonathan C. amanteDean, Medical School

Evalyn E. abalosDean, College of Nursing

Elizabeth susan V. suarezDean, College of Performing and Visual Arts

Reynaldo Y. RiveraDean, Graduate Program

Tabitha E. TinaganDirector, School of Public Affairs and Governance

Carlos p. Magtolis, Jr.Dean, Student Services

Teodora a. CubeloDirector, Institute of Clinical Laboratory Sciences

Janet s. EstacionOIC Director, Institute of Environmental and Marine Sciences Cyflor E. putongActing Director, Institute of Rehabilitative Sciences

Emervencia l. ligutomDirector, Institute of Service-Learning

department ChairpersonsCollEGE of aRTs and sCiEnCEs

fred V. CadeliñaAnthropology/Sociology

Roy olsen d. de leonBiology

Gay a. BalanayChemistry

Evelyn f. Mascuñana English and Literature

Myrna s. YapeFilipino & Foreign Languages

Jesa s. selibioHistory & Political Science

alice a. MamhotMathematics

ferdinand M. MangibinPhilosophy

hope M. BandalPhysics

lourdes angela f. pineroPsychology

Emervencia l. ligutomSocial Work

alma B. RuizReligion & Peace Studies

CollEGE of BUsinEss adMinisTRaTion

nasser C. acuramAccountancy

Betty Jane Y. MartinezBusiness Computer Applications

ligaya R. VioletaBusiness Law and Taxation

Wilma M. TejeroEconomics

Josefina alcanoEntrepreneurship/General Business

Ryan C. MontenegroEntrepreneurship/General Business

Roberto a. EstoconingOffice Management


CollEGE of EdUCaTion

ana Vee a. RiconallaNutrition & Dietetics

dionesio V. pinero iiPhysical Education

Rudy B. lopezTeacher Education

CollEGE of CoMpUTER sTUdiEs

Janice antoniette V. forsterInformation Technology

Chuchi s. MontenegroComputer Science

Melody angelique C. RiveraInformation Systems

CollEGE of EnGinEERinG and dEsiGn

angelita d. TanArchitecture

Tessie a. CabijeCivil Engineering

Ma. lorena l. TuballaElectrical & Computer Engineering

Connie f. inquigFoundation Engineering

Ruilo o. ignacioMechanical Engineering

CollEGE of pERfoRMinG and VisUal aRTs

Yvette M. KimFine Arts

Mark ian a. CaballesMusic

Vanessa s. nezamlooSpeech and Theatre Arts

sChool of BasiC EdUCaTion

Mary ann M. TemprosaPrincipal, Elementary

Brenda R. BoladolaPrincipal, High School

Rosevilla B. larenaChair, Early Childhood School

diViniTY sChool

lope B. RobinTheology

program Coordinatorsandrea G. solutaCenter for Gender Studies and Development

Michael lawton R. alcalaCenter for Tropical Conservation Studies

Renelito C. CaballoCenter for Learning, Teaching and Assessment

Muriel o. MontenegroJustice and Peace Center

Myrish C. antonioJovito V. Salonga Center for law and Development

Earl Jude l. CleopeNSTP Coordinator

Tabitha E. TinaganDirector, Government Affairs Center

Unit headslorna T. YsoUniversity Librarian

Rosario M. BaseleresDirector, Instructional Media and Technology Center

Meriam M. RamachoDirector, University Athletics

nichol R. ElmanPublic Assistance and Security Officer

dolores B. felicitasConsultant, Manila Office

diomar C. abrioCultural Affairs OfficerOIC Manager, Claire Isabel McGill Luce Auditorium


University spiritual life Council UniVERsiTY ChRisTian lifE EMphasis MonTh (UClEM)

UCLEM is a major University event conducted every semester spearheaded by the University Spiritual Life Council (USLC), in partnership with the Silliman University Church. It reinforces the faith component of the tri-logical ministry of education of Silliman: teaching, healing and preaching.

It is celebrated twice in a school year and is one of the major events in the academic calendar. Schedules were plotted to ensure the involvement of the wider Silliman community through faith-nurturing activities in the classrooms, offices, formal venues of worship, or at the Amphitheater. Among the more popular was the Galilean Fellowship where students were welcomed into the homes of faculty and staff members and

alumni for group reflections.Thefirstsemester’sUCLEMwasguided by the theme “Jesus Christ, the Chief Cornerstone”, and began on July 7, with the Commissioning Worship and Communion Service at the Silliman University Church.

One of the new initiatives that were launched on July 8 as part of UCLEM was the “Prayer Hotline Project”. This initiative of USLC, Student Government and the Silliman University Church Youth Ministry is aimed at providing better access to spiritual counseling or a support group.The change to a monthly celebration from what in the previous school years was weekly

Christian Witnessis consistent with the University’s five-dayweekschemewhererelated learning activities for students outside classes are held

on a Monday.

For the second semester, UCLEM was celebrated from January 26 to February 24, guided by the theme: “Act Justly, Always Do What is Right”.

UCLEM was formally opened with


a launching and commissioning worship service at the Silliman University Church on January 26. Delivering the sermon is Prof. Carlos Magtolis, Jr., chair of the USLC and concurrently Dean of the Office of Student Services.This semester’s UCLEM theme was based on two Biblical texts: Psalm 106:3 “Blessed are those who act justly, who always do what is right”; and Micah 6:8: “He has showed you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?”

sU ChurchThe Church’s four main program thrusts for ecclesiastical year 2013-2014 are: Our Worship Life; Discipleship and Nurture; Witness and Evangelism; and Stewardship and Resource Management.

It continues to minister to the spiritual life and needs of the community through the six worship services. The 9:30 am worship being broadcast live through DYSR. Volunteers for the music ministry have helped enhance worship experience. They are the Sunrise Choir, Covenant Choir, College of Performing and Visual Arts Choirs, Children’s Choir, Pilgrim Choir, J2MAD and Heritage Choir. This year, the Church hosted the Annual Circuit Jerusalem Music Choir Festival of the Negros District Conference participated by UCCP churches of the circuit.

There are 5 prayer groups and 17 cluster and Bible study groups meeting every week or once a month for spiritual nourishment. These Bible study groups in the different departments and offices become avenues for spiritual growth and deeper fellowship among members’ enabling them

to participate in the greater ministry of the church. The prayer hotline aims to provide a way for everyone on the campus and in wider community to request for a prayer anytime daily. A Prayer for Peace and Prayer Dawn Watch were created. All these groups and church organizations endeavor to serve the church in various capacities.

The United Church Men has continued their support to the Prison Ministry in their commitment to share the Gospel. The Christian Women’s Organization has also been actively reaching out and making Christ’s presence known as they visit the shut – in and the sick. The Children’s Ministry continues to nurture the children in the knowledge of God. Different age groups have been catered by the Sunday school program from nursery age to adult. Together with the SU Heights Sunday school team of volunteers and the CWTS,


it has provided opportunities for children in various ages to grow in faith.

In support of the University’s Continuing Calamity Response Program, the Church was part of the University team in providing psycho-social assistance to survivors of Typhoon Haiyan, and the Bohol earthquake. The Church also extended help to the flood victims in Bayawan City. For the Christmas Season, one of the Church’s activities was the Putos sa Kalipay project which shared gift items to recipients in Cadawinonan, children’s ward in the Negros Oriental Provincial Hospital and the children of the

prisoners at the Provincial Jail. The Rural Pastors Fund for low-income CNAC and NDC pastors is an on-going project and the Vacation Church School continues in its ministry in Dauin, Siaton, Cadawinonan, Kalauman, SU Church and Silliman Heights.

Emphasizing the faith component of the Silliman community, the Church works with the University Spiritual Life Council during the University Christian Life Emphasis Month, leading devotions and Bible studies in the different colleges and departments of the University, as well as convocations and thanksgiving services.

Ministry of Campus Chaplaincy CenterThe Campus Chaplaincy Center, in coordination with the Silliman University Church, commits "to proclaim Jesus Christ, as Savior

and Lord in Silliman community, inviting all to become Christ's disciples so that they may live a life of service to others."

The Campus Chaplaincy Center, serves the faculty, staff and students in strengthening their spiritual lives. It also seeks to assist

the various units in their religious life activities.

The Center offers the Scheide Chapel, a prayer & peace sanctuary, for prayer and meditation anytime of the day. Religious organizations are encouraged to use the Chapel for activities in the evenings.The Center also offers the Catacombs (back of SU Church) for everyone to hang out, relax, play, or study over a cup of coffee. Interactive games are provided to build meaningful relationships.Assisting in the implementation of the programs of the Center are the various church youth organizations of the Silliman

University Church such as: Christian Youth Fellowship, Pastors' Kids Fellowship, and Young Adults Fellowship 20's. They also spearheaded the Faith Run participated by other religious student organizations in the University.

The Center also coordinates with religious students organizations

in the campus through the Council of Religious Students Organizations and the Religious Life Council of the SU Student Government. A Habit to Pray was also launched for the dormitory students to encourage them to develop a prayer life and thus, strengthening their relationship with God.


silliman University adopted a new schedule that made more efficient the clustering of class hours and provides sufficient time for related-learning activities or an extended cost-saving weekend.

Scheduling is based on the college requirement. It is done without prejudice to the possibility of a particular subject requiring hours outside the allotted 4 days for classes.

Related learning activities take placeonthefifthday.Theseactivities come in the form of convocations, special lectures, college events, and other University-sanctioned initiatives done outside class.Thefifthdayalsodoublesasabuffer. In the event of special holidays, catastrophes, or campus events taking place in one of the allotted 4 days for class, required class hours may still be completed over the 5-day week. This limits disruptions to our academic calendar.

The 5-day week ensures no change in curricular content,

The 5-Day Week scheme can be broken down into two: 4 days of class and 1 day for related learning activities. What traditionally were class hours spreadacrossfivedaysarenowlumped into four days. This bridges and maximizes free hours between subjects to minimize unnecessary expenses on days when students travel to the campus only for a subject or two.

pedagogical approach, teaching load, and the number of class hoursastudentneedstofinisha course. It maintains the same school year, commencing in June and ending in March.

This development has been a subject of a comprehensive study, which considered classroom utilization, savings on the part of the University and the students and their parents, and the welfare of our faculty and staff.

sURVEY on ChanGE of aCadEMiC CalEndaR

The University, through the Office of Instruction, administered a survey to students, faculty and staff to get their views on the issue of changing the academic calendar of Philippine universities. Results of the survey were collated and incorporated into a report that

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would also factor in implications on costs and operations among others.

onlinE EnRollMEnT

Silliman launched its online enrollment system to facilitate the registration of new students and transferees. The system was initially available only to continuing students of the second semester of school year 2013-2014. By summer term, it was made available to all incoming new and continuing students.

ElECTion of Vpaa To aCsCU-aii and faap Vice President for Academic Affairs Dr. Betsy Joy B. Tan was elected president of the Association of Christian Schools, Colleges and Universities – Accrediting Agency, Inc. (ACSCU-AAI) during its 29th National Assembly held May 2014 in General Santos City.

ACSCU-AII is a major accrediting agency in the Philippines for private educational institutions. It evaluates and rates member institutions against a set of standards, validating the quality of their academic offerings, research activities, community engagements and overall operations. It submits its ratings to the Federation of Accrediting Agencies of the Philippines (FAAP) for review and eventual granting of an accreditation level status. The term of Dr. Tan as president of ACSCU-AII continues until 2016. As president of ACSCU-AII, she sits as a member of the Board of Directors of FAAP.

In the selection of new officers of the FAAP Board, Dr. Tan was also elected as its chairperson.

9. Issues in land use, rural and urban development, and sustainable agriculture initiatives;

10. Human impacts of and innovations in engineering, business practice, entrepreneurship, and information technology;

A product of a series of review and discussions, the “University Research Agenda (2013-2016)” was developed based on the vision and mission of Silliman University and its eight-year Strategic Plan. It focuses on issues that are critical to human well-being and the quality of the natural environment, and include advocacy concerns of funding agencies.

Headed by Director of Research Dr. Enrique G. Oracion, the Center enjoins all faculty members to submit proposals and avail of both internal and external funding. Interdisciplinary or interdepartmental research projects are encouraged. The list below is the research projects directly supervised and implemented by the Center:

1. Funded by the Faculty Development Grant in Research of Silliman University

•Credo,JanAntoniA.(ProjectLeader). Street and Homeless People in Dumaguete City: A Descriptive and Ethnographic Study of an Emerging Social Concern, College of Arts and Sciences.

•Soluta,Andrea(ProjectLeader). Institutionalizing Local Memory through Digital Storytelling: History and Literature in Cebuano for Grade Schools in Dumaguete City, College of Arts and Sciences (with Joan

Research & development CenterThe Research and Development Center has outlined ten sub-themesdefiningtheUniversity’sresearch priorities for three school years, effective June 2013:

1. Ethics, religiosity, spirituality, and philosophical thinking across generations and spaces;

2. Gender articulations, issues on children, the elderly, and persons with disabilities in different contexts;

3. Perceptions of and human responses (adaptation and mitigation) to climate change, environmental threats and opportunities, costs and benefitsofenvironmentalprotection and conservation;

4. Governance, law, legal reform, peace, justice, and social equity;

5. Evidence-based innovations, alternative and complementary methods in the practice and delivery of quality health care, including reproductive health services;

6. Financial sustainability, resource management, food safety and security, and nutrition;

7. Innovations and assessment in teaching, including language and communication studies;

8. Tourism, heritage (cultural, historical and natural) management, and the development of contemporary arts;


Generoso, Sherro Lee A. Lagrimas and Jennifer Eve A. Solitana).

•Mascuñana,EvelynF. (Project Leader). Compliment Responses by College Male and Female Filipino Second Language Learners of English, College of Arts and Sciences (with WarlitoCaturay, Hermiesela Duran, and Myla June Patron).

•Ocay,JeffryV.(ProjectLeader). The Philosophy of Work of the Elderly in the Rural Areas of Negros Oriental.

•Selibio,JesaS.(ProjectLeader). The Political Leadership in the Province of Negros Oriental from 1948 to the Present, College of Arts and Sciences (with Renante Lingcong and Jojema Indab).

2. Funded by the Philippine Higher Education Research Network-Commission on Higher

Education (PHERNet-CHED)

Enrique G. Oracion (Program •Leader). An Integrated Research Program on Environment, Energy and Education for Sustainable Development: Research Program for Year 1

3. Funded by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

•Malayang,B.S.III,Oracion,E.G., Padin, J.I.M. T., and Canlas, P.A.B.. Protected Area Management Effectiveness (PAME) Assessment in Regions 4-B (Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon and Palawan).

The publications below are from research projects funded through and conducted by the center:

• Abalos,EvalynE.,GraceA.Gloria, Michael B. Obate, Veveca V.Bustamante and Marnesa P. Campoy (2013). The Quality of Life and Perceived Health Education

Needs of Type 2 Diabetic Clients in Negros Oriental, Phippines. Silliman Journal, Volume 54 (1): 21-38.

• Oracion,EnriqueG.(2013)Baylor and Silliman: Keeping Quality Faculty in Two Christian Universities. Silliman Journal, Volume 54 (1): 150-170.

• Oracion,EnriqueG.(2013)One River, Diverse Lives: Why the ‘One Size Fits All’ Approach in Intervention May Not Work. AghamTao: Journal of the Anthropological Association of the Philippines, Volume 22: 61-82.

• Turtal,RowenaM.,RochieC. Cagara, Grace A. Gloria, Chereisle G. Pyponco, Lourdes L. Oliva, Jocelyn C. Cadimas and Jane J. Logrorio (2013)Community Perception of theBenefitsandQualityofServices Rendered by College of Nursing Students of Silliman University. Silliman Journal, Volume 54 (1): 39-63.


Extension programDirector of Extension Dr. Nichol Elman and Director of the Office of Information and Publications Mr. Mark Raygan Garcia were among six university officials invited by the World Bank (WB) to review the initial report on a project that it initiated involving academic institutions’ knowledge exchange and community engagement. The two-day validation workshop on the “Approaches to Community Engagement by Universities” (ACE-U) project, conducted April 4 to 5, 2014 in Cebu, sought a critique of the framework under which the project was operationalized and the presentation of inputs from four of the WB’s partner universities.

Silliman is one of four partner universities that participated in the ACE-U project. The other three are: Central Philippine University of Iloilo, Notre Dame University of Cotabato and University of Southeastern Philippines in Davao.

During the validation workshop, the participants discussed how ACE-U moves from being a project to a tool that assists universities in viewing community engagements as vital in its overall institutional strategic planning. They also discussed how results of the project point to the role of community engagement in knowledge gathering, knowledge sharing and knowledge application.

Thefinalresultoftheprojectwasdiscussed to a larger audience during the Knowledge for Development Network (KDC) Annual Meeting in Manila, which included WB Country Director Motoo Konishi and Commission on Higher Education Chairperson Dr. Patricia Licuanan.

The Silliman University Extension Program has continued its commitment to community development through its various programs within and outside the University. Some of its ongoing projects are:

• sustainingassistanceontheSocial Preparation of Dawis Community Primary Hospital in Bayawan, Negros Oriental by the SU Marina Mission Clinic staff (SUMMC); SUMMC’s facilitative role in the monthly meeting of the Women in Prostitution known as the MAGDALENA GROUP funded by Gottingen Church in Germany;

• SU-AREC(AffiliatedRenewable

Energy Center) facilitative and coordinative assistance on the installation of 601 Solar Home System project in the hinterlands of Siaton and Sta. Catalina, Negros Oriental under the Household ElectrificationProgramofthePhilippine government;

• continuingspecialcourse

on Civic Welfare and Safety Education (CWSE) among agency safety personnel in coordination with the SU-Civic Welfare Training Service and Public Assistance & Safety Office for personnel enrichment and to expand

their employability; • trainingonInformation

Computer Technology among Safety Personnel of the Public Assistance and Safety Office and the Silliman Water Ministry project staff from July to September 2013 in coordination with the College of Computer Studies Service-Learning program;

• establishmentofAcupunctureClinic at Silliman University Church in September 2013;

• andthecontinuingpositive

response to any request for Silliman water among poor but deserving children in evacuation centers of devastated areas caused by typhoons and earthquakes.

The SU-Kaugmaran Child Development Center (KCDC) has successfully sustained its programs after the phase-out of its funds received from Kindernothilfe (KNH), Germany on December, 2012. The six (6) early childhood development centers in Siaton, four (4) in Dauin and two (2) in Valencia have sustained its operation under the leadership of the Local Community Management Council (LCMC). It is how the institutionalizing phase of a development effort is put into action with the community


continuing on the initiatives themselves. The SUMMC staff together with the Extension Office has implemented the P1.25M worth of project on Anti-Poverty Comprehensive, Collaborative, Sustainable, Integrated Area Development Program funded by CHED at Libjo, Dauin.

The latest Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between Silliman University and the Department of Energy for a continuation of the SU Affiliated Renewable Energy Center has been signed by President Ben Malayang III in the amount of P2,373,441.60.

The SU-SUMMC is well-equipped with out-patient consultation and treatment facilities. It has a complete medical laboratory facility in preparation for the internship of Physical Therapy, Medical School, Medical Technology, Nutrition and Dietetics and the College of Nursing students, and for other units, particularly for service-learning exposure of students from the different international school partners in Japan and the USA. This development initiative has helped enrich the experience of concerned students in relating the theories and principles learned in the classroom to outside realities of life. It has been an enriching experience of students in translating technical know-how to practical do-how.

The Extension Program is still intheprocessoffinalizingitspublication of the book, “Ang Mga Kababayen-an nga Walay Doktor”, which is a translation of the book, “Where Women Have No Doctors”.

several partnerships were also formed with numerous organizations:

• NegrosOrientalProvincialHospital and the Visayas Community Medical Center (VCMC) on enhancing SUMMC as a community primary hospital;

• PeaceCorpsVolunteer

Program in the Philippines on hosting one volunteer (Ms. Jillian Albert of the USA) to assist SUEP and CWTS in its Magdalena women project which provides counseling and healthcare services to women in prostitution;

• AcupunctureTherapeutics

and Research Center (ATRC) in Quezon City on training in traditional acupuncture, herbal medicine and massage for its partner communities;

• RenewableEnergyCenter,

an extension arm of the Department of Energy and the Negros Oriental Electric Company on the Household ElectrificationPrograminthehinterlands of Negros Island;

• DumagueteCitySTI/HIV/AIDS Council (DCSHAC) on its advocacy program on HIV/AIDS prevention in Dumaguete City;

• Belgiangovernmentand

Development Cooperative projects under the auspices of EZE, now EED on the watershed conservation project for Mt. Tumikom in Manjuyod town;

• OrientalNegrosChildren’s

Advocacy Network (ONCAN) on programs for displaced families in conflict areas of Negros Oriental;

• WerdeDevelopmentAgency

on programs for street children

and children in prostitution in Dumaguete City;

• KatilingbanongPagtagad

Alang sa Kauswagan, Inc. or KAPASKI and G-WAVE on the “breaking-the-silence” advocacy (focusing on child sexual abuse prevention and intervention), based in Bayawan, Neg. Or.;

• SillimanAlumniAssociation

Chapter of Sydney Australia on its initial donation of $9,000.00 to support SUMMC.

faculty developmentSilliman University reinforced in SY 2013-2014 the requirement of at least a master’s degree for all faculty teaching college courses in the University. Effective SY 2014-2015, no faculty without master’s degree is allowed to teach. This is deemed requisite by pertinent government regulations and recent decisions of the Supreme Court.

Since school year 2010-2011, Silliman had been offering scholarships and grants for graduate schooling and thesis writing for its college faculty without master’s degree. Most of the affected Silliman faculty successfully completed their graduate degrees before the end of May 2014.

faCUlTY MERiT aWaRdNarciso, Alana Leilani C.

faCUlTY pRoMoTion foR sY 2013 - 2014

professora. Suarez, Elizabeth Susan V.b. Tan, Betsy Joy B.

associate professora. Elman, Nichol R.


b. Jomao-as, Regan P.c. Kim, Yong Gyund. Mamhot, Alice A.e. Ocay, Jeffry V.f. Temprosa, Mary Ann M.

assistant professora. Basa, Joseph Albert P.b. Gabas, Meliton G.c. Kinilitan, Ronald B.d. Larena, Virgilio P. Jr.

faCUlTY dEVElopMEnT CoMMiTTEE GRanTs 2013-2014

e. Sy, Marianne M.


national Writers WorkshopThe 53rd edition of the Silliman University National Writers Workshop was held last May 5 to 23, 2014 at the Rose Lamb SobrepeñaWritersVillageinCamp Look-out, Valencia, Negros

Oriental.Fifteen writers from all over the Philippines were accepted as workshop fellows. They were Jose Jason Chancoco (Ateneo de Naga), Daniel Hao Chua Olivan Jr. (Ateneo de Manila), Maria Camille Rivera (UP Diliman), and Roberto Klemente Timonera (Silliman University) for poetry; Jovy Almero (UP Diliman), Prescilla Dorado (UP Mindanao), Jose Renato Evangelista (DLSU Manila), Rolly Jude Ortega (Silliman University), Erlinda Mae Young (UP Diliman), Deil Jossaine Galenzoga (Silliman University), and Christian Renz Torres (Silliman University) for fiction;andJohannaMichelleBarot Lim (University of San Carlos), Jan Kevin Rivera (UP Diliman), Gracielle Deanne Tubera (Ateneo de Davao), and Lorraine Janice Woodforcreativenonfiction.

The panel of writers/critics for this year include Director-in-Residence Susan S. Lara; Dumaguete-based writer César Ruìz Aquino; National Artist for Literature Bienvenido Lumbera; and guest panelists

Gémino H. Abad, Dean Francis Alfar, Merlie Alunan, Ricardo de Ungria, Marjorie Evasco, Grace Monte de Ramos, Cristina Pantoja-Hidalgo, DM Reyes, John Jack Wigley, Alfred Yuson. They were joined by three foreign panelists, including New York Writers Workshop co-founder Tim Tomlinson, Singaporean poet AlvinPang,andformerNonfiction

Writing Program at the University of Iowa director Robin Hemley.

College of agricultureThe College of Agriculture acquired P1 million pesos worth of laboratory instruments and equipment for its Feed Analysis Laboratory through the second release of the CHED NAFES

financialassistancetothecollegesas the National University College of Agriculture for Region VII.

The College is also the recipient of a P50,000 grant from the DA Agricultural Training Institute. The said grant is for the establishment of a vermicomposting project for instruction, extension, and farm production purposes.

The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) through alumnus Paul Maturan donated a total of 180 volumes (152 titles) of books, 19 pamphlets, 17 Compact Discs, and 10 Digital Video Discs on Rice Production Technology, and research updates for the College Library.

Dr. Jose Edwin C. Cubelo was elected as Member of the Board of Trustees, and Vice President of the Philippine Society for The Study of Nature (PSSN) during the 14th NationalScientificConferenceheld in Benguet State University, La Trinidad Benguet last May 20-24, 2014. During the said conference,

Dr. Cubelo also presented 2 of his research papers entitled “Factors Associated With Pesticide Use Among Vegetable Farmers in Negros Oriental, Philippines” and “Pesticide Residues in Vegetables, Soil, and Water Samples From Four Vegetable-producing Areas of Negros Oriental, Philippines.”Dr. Cubelo, together with, Prof. Merlyn Guzman Buscato (Study Leader-Agriculture Component) Prof. Teresa A. Guinoo and Prof. Teodora A. Cubelo (Study Leaders- Health Component) conducted a research entitled “Pesticide Usage in Vegetable Farms: Implications to Farm Productivity, Human Health, Food Safety, and Environmental Quality” that was funded through CHED-PHERNET.

Prof. Santiago B. Utzurrum, Jr., also presented his paper on “Sustainable Upland Development Through the Establishment of Barangay Sagip-Saka (Conservation Farming Villages) in La Libertad, Negros Oriental: A Modality for Upland Resources Mobilization and Climate Change Adaptation”, during the National Conference on Development

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