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Schools and Colleges

COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE

EffectiveSY2017-2018,theSilliman

University College of Agriculture

(SUCA)willbeofferingitslatest

degree

program,

Master of

Science in

Agriculture,

major in

Sustainable

Agriculture

and

Agricultural

Extension

Management.

The

College also

acquired

various

laboratory

equipment

and instruments through the third

release of the P1 million CHED –

National Agriculture and Fisheries

Educational System (NAFES) Project

financialgrantforhavingbeen

designatedasNationalUniversity/

College of Agriculture for Region VII.

Graduates of Batch 2016 who

took the Licensure Examination

for Agriculturists (LEA) in October

2016 garnered a 70% passing rate,

higher than the national passing rate

of 30.89%. For the April 2017 LEA,

the lone taker passed. The national

passing rate was 31.55%.

SUCA Faculty members

presented their papers during the

5th International Conference on

Nature Studies (ICONSIE) and 17th

AnnualScientificConferenceofthe

Philippine Society for the Study of

Nature (PSSN) at Splash Mountain

Resort in Los Banos, Laguna on

April 19-21, 2017. Asst. Prof. Merlyn

G. Buscato presented her paper on

“Molluscicidal Potential of Mahogany

(swietenia mahogani jacq.) Leachates

against Golden Apple Snail (pomacea

canaliculatalamarck)”,while,

Associate Prof. Jose Edwin C. Cubelo

presented two of his papers on “Risk

Perceptions, Attitudes, and Risk

Coping Strategies of Mango Farmers

inNegrosOriental,Philippines”and

Agricultural Knowledge Management

in the Local Extension Services of

Selected Masbate Municipalities,

Philippines.”

Agriculture students also

attended the said conference and

presented their own papers: Elline

T.Macayon“EfficacyofWild

Basil (ocimum sanctum l.) as an

Organic Attractant against Fruit Flies

(bactrocera philippinensis l.) Infesting

Bitter Gourd (momordica charantia

l.)”;JanmarkE.Ahigon“Effectiveness

of Three Botanical Extracts Against

Diamondback Moth (plutella

xylostella l.) Attacking Cabbage

(brassica oleracea var. capitata

l.)”;NicoleNessJeccaB.Carinon

Insect Pest Incidence of Ampalaya

(momordica charantia l.) Grown with

Wild Basil (ocimum sanctum l.) as an

Attractant”;and,FatimaB.Biyokon

“Relationship between Live Weights

and By-products Weights of Broilers

(gallusgallusdomesticusl.)”.

Sixty-three graduates of

agriculturefromdifferentcolleges

and universities in the Negros

Island Region (NIR) and some parts

of Mindanao (e.g. Zamboanga,

Dipolog, Dapitan, Davao) attended

the refresher course in agriculture

for the Licensure Examination for

Agriculturists (LEA) examinees

conducted by the SUCA faculty.

Prof. Al Gabriel C. Zamora,

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Coordinator for Extension of SUCA,

formally organized in August 2016

the Sitio Mangga Mayabon Farmers

Irrigators Association (SiMaMaFIA)

in Mayabon, Zamboanguita, Negros

Oriental. This is in coordination with

the National Irrigation Administration

(NIA). Prof. Zamora also conducted

a lecture on Animal Production

in Relation to Climate Change

Mitigation Practices and Management

for farmers in Barangay Libjo, Dauin,

Negros Oriental in conjunction with

the University’s Extension Program.

COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

Biology This school year, the Biology

Department partnered with three

differentinstitutionsforresearch

training, collaboration, and proposal.

These institutions are Osaka

UniversityforButterflyconservation

with in cooperation with SU’s Biology

Museum of Natural History; UP –

Diliman’s Institute of Biology on

DNA barcoding; and, Philippine

– California Advances in Research

Initiatives on Translational Science

Microbial biome (mycology).

The Department received

new equipment for water quality

monitoring, chemicals, and reagents

from the US Embassy’s American

Space Resource Center and molecular

biology equipment donated by

Dr. Enrico C. and Dr. Esther L.

Sobong. The Sobong couple also

sponsored the faculty training for the

Department.

Faculty members attended

several national and international

conferences during the year. Dr.

Hilconida P. Calumpong attended

the UN-sponsored forum on

“Conservation and Sustainable

Use of Marine Biodiversity

InternationalForum”onJanuary

16-19, 2017 in New York, USA and

the UN-Environmental Assessment

Workshop on March 12-31, 2017.

She also attended the 35th National

Convention of the Association

of Systematic Biologists of the

Philippines held in Bacolod City on

May 28-31, 2017.

Assoc. Prof. Roy Olsen D. de

Leon attended the Kyoto Disaster

Risk Management Training held on

July 17-25, 2016 at Kyoto University,

Japan. Assoc. Prof. De Leon and

Dr. Robert Guinoo also attended

the Science, Technology, and Math

(STEM) National Training held at the

UP National Institute for Science and

Mathematics Education Development

(UP NISMED) on April 17-20, 2017.

Asst. Prof. Kathryn

R. Jadloc represented

the University at the

48th Federation of

Institutions for Marine

and Freshwater Sciences

on September 19-23,

2016 in Catarman,

Eastern Samar.

Dr. Ely Alcala

completed his research

on “Biodiversity

and Socioeconomic

Profilingofthe

Three Forest Patches

in Sipalay City:

Enhanced Management

Effectivenessof

Sipalay City, Negros

Occidental”inApril

2017. Assoc. Prof. Renee


Paalan also completed

hers on “Biological

Assessment of Selected

Sites in Barangay Apolong,

Valencia: Implications on

Ecotourism”.

The team composed

of faculty members Roy D.

de Leon, Robert S. Guinoo,

Renee B. Paalan, Michael R.

Alcala, Jocelyn B. Inocencio,

Leandro S. Cabrera, and

Esteven A. Nacar also

finishedtheirresearchon

“Assessment of Tayasan

Subwater Shed: Basis

Towards Watershed and

Ecotourism Management

Plans.”

Senior student Glethel Friday

Gumalo received the Award for

Excellence in Science Research from

the Bank of the Philippine Islands’

Science Awards held on April 4, 2017

in Manila.

EnglishThe English Department, through

its Language Center’s Intensive

English Program (IntEp), has helped

the University increase its foreign

exchange students. Students from

Shikoku Gakuin University, Japan;

Kyushu University, Japan; Hannam

University, Korea; and Homeschool

Korea enrolled for the three to four

week course designed for non-English

speakers.

The Creative Writing Center, and

in partnership with the Culture and

Arts Council, conducted a one-week

intensive writing workshop with the

creative writing students. Multi-

awarded poet and writers Eugene

Gloria, Anthony Tan, Marjorie Evasco,

Wilfredo Pascual, Oscar Peñaranda,

and Tim Tomlinson were invited to

deliver lectures during the workshop.

Junior Creative Writing major,

Michael Aaron C. Gomez, won the

third prize for his full length play

“TiradorngTinago”inthe56thDon

Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for

Literature on September 21, 2016 at

the Peninsula Hotel, Manila.

Faculty members Dr. Andrea G.

Soluta, Asst. Prof. Joan C. Generoso,

and Asst. Prof. Jennifer Eve A.

Solitana presented a paper entitled

“Institutionalizing Local Narratives:

Community History and Lore for

PhilippineGradeSchools”during

the International Conference on

Language Policy in Multicultural

Settings held at Mandalay University,

Myanmar on February 8-12, 2016.

Asst. Prof. Ronelaine B. Picardal,

on the other hand, was invited

as resource person on a Service-

Learning workshop with the theme

“Integrating Service Learning into

theEnglishLanguageCurriculum”

at Hue University College of Foreign

Languages, Vietnam on July 28- 30,

2016.

Asst. Prof. Alana Leilani C.

Narciso’s research entitled “Do We

Still Ask for the Moral in Literature?

Practical Criticism: Preliminary

Notes”waspublishedinConvergence

Volume 6 Issue 1 2017. She was also

tapped by Dumaguete City to be

the point person and component

coordinator for Language and

Translation during its Hugkat,

National Arts Month Celebration in

May 2017.

Asst. Prof. Ian Fermin R. Casocot

was also chosen as the Visayan

representative for Cinema by the

National Commission for Culture and

the Arts’ (NCCA) National Committee

on Cinema for 2017-2019. NCCA

formed subcommittees to cement

the role of culture and the arts in the

coming years.


Filipino and Foreign LanguagesFilipino and Foreign Language

department faculty Assoc. Prof.

Danilo Mira, Assoc. Prof. Ginalyn

Orillana, Ms. Leslie Jane Devibar, and

Ms. Jean Cristine Ontal’s research

entitled “Wikang Filipino: Matatag pa

ngaba?”waspublishedintheAMulti-

Disciplinary Journal of the Arts and

Sciences Vol. Six Issue 1 2017.

The faculty were also tapped by

the Department of Education (DepEd)

to lead the training on “Instructional

Leadership Enhancement Training

and Seminar Workshop in the

Management of Senior High School

Program K+12 Basic Education

Curriculum”heldinOctober2016in

Bacolod City.

History and Political SciencesThe History and Political Science

Department in coordination, with

the Philippine Studies Association,

Inc. (PSA), organized the 10th

International Conference on

Philippine Studies (ICOPHIL) held

at Silliman on July 6-8, 2016. Over

300 distinguished scholars from

95 universities from Asia, North

America, Europe, Australia and

Africa were gathered on campus.

They had a rich line-up of paper

presentations at plenary and breakout

sessions covering interlocking issues

around the theme of “Re-Imagining

Community, Scholarship, and

Citizenship”.

Dr. Ben S. Malayang III, Dr. Earl

Jude Paul L. Cleope, Prof. Carlos

M. Magtolis, Jr., and Assoc. Prof.

Regan P. Jomao-as co-authored

“Silliman University: Re-imagining an

ImaginedInstitution”whichwasalso

presented during the conference.

Faculty members Dr. Jojema

D. Indab and Assoc. Prof. Regan P.

Jomao-as’ articles on “Turncoatism

inPhilippinePolitics”and“Of

Bicycles and Horse Dung: Capitalist

Colonialism and the Notions of

Agency,Modernity,andGender”

were published in Convergence: A

Multidisciplinary Journal of the Arts

and Sciences, volume 6, no. 1.

Faculty members of the

Department have also been active

inthecommunitythroughdifferent

engagements. Dr. Cleope was

appointed by Dumaguete Mayor

Felipe Antonio B. Remollo to be

the Chair of the Dumaguete City

Heritage Council, while Prof. Carlos

M.Magtolis,Jr.istheLiaisonOfficer

for the Department of Education’s

Alternative Learning System (DepEd-

ALS). This project aims to integrate

basic education and skills training in

ALS - the Silliman way.

MathematicsThe Mathematics Department

participated in several curriculum

trainings and conferences this

school year for to the K+12 transition

program.

Assoc. Prof. Kemmons S. Kilat,

Assoc. Prof. Emelyn C. Banagua,

Assoc. Prof. Jenette S. Bantug, and

Assoc. Prof. Alice A. Mamhot were

part of the team of trainors’ for the

Department of Education’s Mass

Training of Grade 11 SHS Teacher

(Academic Track)

on the K+12

Basic Education

Program held

in October 2016

in Silliman

University.

Dr. Millard

R. Mamhot

and Ms Rhea

Rheem A. Muarip

were invited as

parallel speakers

during the 2016

Mathematics

Teachers Association of the

Philippines-Tertiary Level (MTAP-TL)

International Convention held on July

27-29, 2016 in Puerto Princesa City,


Palawan. Their topic was on “The

Sum of the Squares of p Positive Integers

which are Consecutive Terms of An

Arithmetic Progress: Always a Non-Perfect

Square when p (prime) ≡ mod 12.” Their

research work was also published in

Convergence’s 2016 – 2017 issue.

Assoc. Prof. Emelyn C. Banagua

spoked about “Statistics and

Probability”duringtheDepartment

of Education’s Instructional

Leadership Enhancement Training

and Seminar-Workshop in the

Management of Senior

High School Program

of K+12 Basic Education

Curriculum held in

Bacolod City on October

10-12, 2016.

Dr. Millard R.

Mamhot and Assoc.

Prof. Alice A. Mamhot

have completed their

research entitled

“Statistics and

Probability for Senior

HighSchool”thisschool

year.

PhilosophyTwo faculty members

of the Philosophy

Department were

granted CHED

scholarships under the

faculty development program. Dr.

JeffryV.Ocayisonapost-doctoral

research in Germany while Assoc.

Prof. Ferdinand M. Mangibin is on

training at the Ateneo de Manila

University under the General Ethics

Program.

Dr. Mangibin was invited as

plenary speaker during the Annual

Conference of the Social Ethics

Society held on October 27-28,

2016 in Davao City. Mr. Ismael

P. Magadan, Jr. was also a paper

presenter/moderatorinthesaid

conference. Two of his research

works entitled “The Human Person

inSociety”and“BetweenFaithand

Frustrations, Hope and Despair: Karl

GasparintheMessianicIntersections”

were published in Society and Self,

and Yolanda Horrors and Messianic

Intervention, respectively.

On the other hand, Dr.

Mangibin’s article “Aims of Education

and CHED Memo 20 (series of

2013):WhiteheadianPerspective”

was published at the Education and

Philosophy journal in February 2017.

PhysicsPhysics Department’s faculty and

staffassistedinthehostingofthe

18th Samahang Pisika ng Visayas at

Mindanao (SPVM) National Physics

Conference held on October 20 to

22, 2016 at the University’s Luce

Auditorium and Guy Hall, along with

its two breakout conferences: the 2016

International Conference on Material

Science and Nanotechnology, and 4th

International Meeting for Complex

Systems. The event featured experts

andresearchersfromdifferent

countries, including Singapore,

Austria, Mexico, Poland, Taiwan,

Portugal, Japan, Malaysia, and the

Philippines.

The department also sponsored

a public lecture on the Latest

Applications and Developments

of Nuclear Physics in the Field of

Medicine by Dr. Minoru Sakama of

Tokushima University.


Physics senior Path Finder Boy

B. Bagtoltol was one of the recipients

of the BPI-DOST Science Awards on

April 4, 2017 in Manila.

PsychologyOn August 10, 2016, the Master of

Arts in Psychology program retained

its Level IV re-accreditation status

from the Federation of Accrediting

Agencies of the Philippines ACSCU-

Accrediting Agency, Inc. The said

statusiseffectiveMay2016toMay

2021. The Bachelor of Science in

Psychology program was already

granted a Level IV re-accreditation

status by the Philippine Accrediting

Association of Schools, Colleges and

Universities (PAASCU) in 2015.

Several faculty members

attended and presented their papers

during the 53rd Annual Convention

of the Psychological Association of

the Philippines (PAP) on September

14-16, 2016 at Fontana Convention

Center, Clark, and Pampanga. Dr.

Margaret Helen U. Alvarez, also the

Convention Chair, presented her

paper on “The State of Mental Health

in Negros Oriental: Implications for

PsychologyTraining&Practice”;Dr.

Nelly Z. Limbadan on “Exploring the

Psychological Arena of Retirement

amongtheretiringandtheretired”

and “Quality of Life in Older Age

inDumagueteCity”;Dr.Giovanni

T. Macahig on “Imagined vs Real:

Research in the Teaching & Practice

ofPsychology”;Dr.ChizanneSarabia-

Ridad on “Do Longer Marriages

Encourage Psychological Well-being

Among Married Individuals in

DumagueteCity”;and,Dr.Michele

Joan D. Valbuena on “Psychological

Well-being of Dumagueteños: Does

it Improve over Years of Physical

Activity.”Facultyfellow,Dr.BettyC.

McCann, was the Plenary Speaker.

Dr. Alvarez was elected president

of the Psychological Association of

the Philippines on October 13, 2016.

Sociology-AnthropologyThe Philippine Accrediting

Association of Schools, Colleges and

Universities (PAASCU) granted the

Sociology – Anthropology Program a

Level IV accreditation this school year.

On the other hand, the Association

of Christian Schools, Colleges and

Universities

(ACSCU)

also granted

the MA in

Sociology

program

a 5-year

accreditation.

The

Department

led the hosting

of the 2017

Philippine

Population

Association

(PPA)Scientific

Conference

held on

January 25-27,

2017 at the

Guy Hall. Dr. Enrique G. Oracion and

Assoc. Prof. Fred V. Cadeliña were two

of the paper presentors during the

said conference.

Social WorkTogetherwiththedifferentunits

in the University, the Social Work

Department’s faculty members

conducted two community-

based projects in 18 barangays

in Dumaguete City. Assoc. Prof.


Emervencia Ligutom, Dr. Myra

Waddington, Prof. Deborah Mae

Salem, Dr. Edna Calingacion, Dr.

Theresa Guinoo, Prof. Ellaine

Adarna, and Extension program

staff,NoveeMaestrecampo,

Dimple Montes and Nathaniel

Partosa initiated a “Developing

and Strengthening Resilient

Communities: A Psychosocial

Support(PSP)Facilitators’Training”.

This is aimed to train 25 volunteers

from 16 vulnerable barangays of

Dumaguete City towards a sustainable

psychosocial support or intervention

intimesofdisaster/calamity.The

otherproject,”Multi-disciplinary

Theme-based Service-Learning:

Addressing the Negative Impacts

of Climate Change and Disaster

PreparednessinRuralCommunities”

is a multidisciplinary project

involving students and faculty

members from Biology, Social Work,

Nutrition and Dietetics, and College

of Agriculture. It is anchored on

Service - Learning to address negative

impacts of climate change in selected

communities in Negros Oriental.

Both projects are funded by the

UBCHEA.

Assoc. Prof. Ligutom was invited

by two universities in Myanmar as

visiting lecturer at Tedim Christian

University on July 25 to August 29,

2016 and in Dagon University on

August 1-3, 2016. She also presented

herpaperonSilliman’seffortsat

helping communities in times of

calamities/disastersfocusingon

psychosocialintervention/supportin

the Center for Integrated Asia Studies,

Kyoto University’s Tsunami &

Disaster Mitigation Center, Unsyiah,

Indonesia on November 21-25, 2016.

These engagements were made

possible through the assistance of

UBCHEA.

Dr. Waddington, on the other

hand, attended the 47th National

Convention of the National

Association for Social Work

Education on November 23-25, 2016

in Legaspi, Albay.

The Department also partnered

withthefollowingagencies/

institutions for their internship

program,fieldexposureofstudents,

andforcapacity-buildingseminar/

workshops: Bata sa Calabnugan,

Dumaguete Youth Home, Philippine

Association of Social Workers, Inc.,

National Association in Social Work

Education, Inc., and Ateneo de Davao.

COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Several College of Business

Administration students garnered

awards and recognition this school

year. Jolina S. Sinco (Econ III),

ChristianCliffordM.Ong(Entrep

III), Rhea F. Castillo (Accy III), and

Ina Gabrielle M. De La Torre (BCA

III) won 2nd runner-up in the HSBC

National Business Case Analysis

Competition 2017 held on March

25, 2017 at the Ateneo de Manila

University.

Senior students Genin Raya

V. Amiscaray (Econ IV), Gil J.

Buenavista (BSAccy IV), Nikko Paolo

V. Calledo (Mgt IV), Methushiela

C. Flores (Mgt IV), Carlos M. Ng, II

(Mgt IV), Monique A. Recto (Mgt

IV), Gilbert M. Sedigo (Mgt IV), and

Schinette Mharie R. Tingas (Mgt IV)

were among the 2016-2017 YMCA

Oustanding Student Awardees.

Junior Economics students Jolina

S. Sinco and Darren Rey C. Adtoon

won 3rd place during the Clash of

the Economist – Visayas Elimination

held on November 26, 2016 in the

University of San Carlos.


Three faculty members of

the Accountancy Department,

Assoc. Prof. Florenda A. Caseres,

Assoc. Prof. Meliton G. Gabas,

and Prof. Betty Jane Y. Martinez,

were granted accreditation as

Accredited Accounting Teachers

in the Philippines on October 26,

2016 by the Board of Accountancy.

Accreditation is already a requirement

before a CPA can teach accounting

subjects. The accreditation is

granted if a faculty has complied

with the Continuing Professional

Development requirements. All

faculty of Accountancy must now be

accredited accounting teachers.

Through CBA, Silliman continues

to be the partner-university of

Germany’s Ingolstadt University and

South Korea’s Hannam University

- Linton School of Global Business.

Both German and South Korean

students come to Silliman to take

credit courses in management,

economics, entrepreneurship and

general courses in the University,

with CBA as the host college. For the

Hannam students, Philippine Culture

Courses at CBA have been added

as part of their Global Education

Program.

As part of CBA’s extension

project, Dean Dr. Gloria G. Futalan

togetherwithDr.JosefinaS.Alcano,

Assoc. Prof. Florenda A. Caseres, and

Atty. Ryan C. Montenegro assisted the

Perpetual Help Community of the

Redemptorist Church, Dumaguete

City, by giving a lecture on Simple

Bookkeeping for their basic

ecclesiastical communities (BEC).

BEC’s are parishes under the Diocese

of Dumaguete and Entrepreneurial

projects were introduced to these

communities.

COLLEGE OF COMPUTER STUDIES

Designated as Center of Excellence

in Information Technology in 2016

by the Commission on Higher

Education (CHED), the College of

Computer Studies (CCS) continues to

seek partnership with major digital

companies to further enhance its

teaching pedagogy. Partnership with

MicrosoftPhilippinesresultedin

CCSbeingrecognizedasaMicrosoft

Showcase School. As a Showcase

School, CCS is recognized as one of

the leaders in personalized learning,

amplifiedby1:1deployments

effectivelyusingMicrosoftsolutions

(e.g.Surface,Office365,OfficeMix,

OneNote, Skype), to enable anywhere,

anytime education for all students.

In line with this, six CCS faculty

members were among this year’s

MicrosoftEducationAmbassadors:

Dean Dr. Dave E. Marcial, Asst. Prof.

Janice Antoniette V. Forster, Ms. Joy

M.Dy,Ms.AlmaBanabana,Mr.Alfie

Arcelo, and Mr. Kim Faburada. On

January 21, 2017, they conducted an

information and communications

technology (ICT) training for 150

Department of Education (DepEd)

teachers from across Negros

Oriental. The ICT training, part of

CCS’ extension program, is called

“TEACHnology: Teaching with

ICT Towards a Learner-Centered

Environment”.Itguidedteacherson

the new functions and applications of

Windows 10, MS Word, PowerPoint,

Excel, and OneNote.

Faculty members also organized

the following seminar – workshops

this school year: Research

Presentation(QuantitativeSoftware

Testing: Some experiences); App

developmentwithSwift:Everyone

canCode;BlenderExhibit;Office

Productivity Training with SU

Staff,andSeminaronInnovation&

Commercialization in the Academe.

Assoc. Prof. Chuchi Montenegro

attended the 7th International

Conference–Confluence2017in

Amity University Utter Pradesh,


Noida, India in January 12-13,

2017 while Dr. Marcial was invited

as Speaker during the EduTech

Philippines 2017 on February 21-22,

2017 in Manila.

Dr. Marcial’s two (2) research

works and collaborations were

published in the Journal of

Information Technologies and

Learning Tools: Marcial, D. E. (2017).

ICT Social and Ethical Competency

among Teacher Educators in the

Philippines. Journal of Information

Technologies and Learning Tools.

57(1), 96-103; Marcial, D. E. & Arcelo,

A.Q. (2016). End-user Training on

Digital Teaching Tools: Reaction,

Learning, Behavior, Results, and

Management; and Canares, M.,

Marcial, D., & Narca, M. (2016).

Enhancing Citizen Engagement with

Open Government Data in the The

Journal of Community Informatics,

Vol. 12 No. 2.

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION

College of Education (COE) graduates

Dara Y. Tanato (Elementary) and

Hector Bailey G. Calumpiano

(Secondary) placed 9th and 10th,

respectively, in the Licensure

Examination for Teachers (LET)

given on September 25, 2016. This

performance in the board exam

further reinforces COE’s strength

as a Center of Excellence in Teacher

Education, the highest granted by the

Commission on Higher Education.

PAASCU also granted COE with a

Level IV accreditation.

Part of the College’s Service –

Learningactivitiesisanoff-campus

studentteaching/mentoringprogram

in coordination with the DepEd

Dumaguete and Negros Oriental.

The COE has also been tapped to

spearhead several K+12 trainings not

just in Dumaguete City but also in

nearby provinces.

Dr. Cleope’s article “One Island,

One Region: A History of dominance

andUnioninNegrosIsland”was

published in the The Journal of

History Vol. LXII nos.1-4 (pp. 68-

100). Another article, “History of the

Parish of San Nicolas de Bari, Siaton

NegrosOriental”wasreleasedwith

Convergence, Vol 6 issue 1 (pp 56-62).

Nutrition and DieteticsThis school year, the Nutrition and

Dietetics Department (ND) was

granted a Level II Accreditation status

by the PAASCU.

For this year’s Nutrition Month,

ND organized a series of activities in

line with its theme, “First 1,000 days

ni baby pahalagahan para sa malusog

na kinabukasan.”Theactivitieswere

free lectures on infant nutrition

management to health workers and

mothers from a total of 25 barangays

in Dumaguete, quiz bowl, oratorical

contest, and free diet consultation to

the public.

ND Chairperson Dr. Michele A.

Naranjo, and faculty members Asst.

Prof. Jin Honculada Genove, Asst.

Prof. Alvyn Klein A. Mana-ay and

Asst. Prof. Ruth Entea conducted

a month-long Nutrition and Food

Security Training Program in the

municipalities of San Jose and Amlan,


Negros Oriental from February to

March 2017. The Training Program

is part of the University’s Continuing

Calamity Response Program (CCRP)

to educate and empower barangays

in vulnerable areas to prepare for

emergencies and calamities.

ND also produced six

Nutritionist-Dieticians out of its seven

takers in the March 2017 Nutritionist-

Dietician Licensure Examinations.

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND DESIGN

The Architecture students of the

College of Engineering and Design

(CED) were given what could be their

firstbreak.Soontoriseonthescenic

campus will be the Art Gallery - which

buildingtheyhavedesigned.Fifth

year students Cay Louise Kirit, Mary

Vail Lunor, and Shaira June Rubia

were among Architecture majors

whoqualifiedforthefinalsearch

for the best building design for the

Art Gallery. Placing second was the

design by Rozanne Abugan, Jerrymar

Jamilla and Benjo Roco, and while

that of Vince Allen Gulles, Azanna

Jeunesse Salatandre and Bien Carlos

Via ranked third.

The construction of the

Art Gallery is with funds from

Outstanding Sillimanian Dr. Romeo

S. Ariniego and to be located at the

oldarcheryrange,totheleftofthe

Claire Isabel McGill Luce Auditorium.

The Architecture Department

also garnered awards during the 24th

United Architects of the Philippines

Student Auxiliary (UAPSA) on May 18

to20,2017inBaguioCity.Fifthyear

Architecture student Robert Banse,

together with third years Joachim Pia

CastilloandSofiaTrinidad,emerged

as champion in the Quiz Bee

competition. Juniors Chris Angelo

Zerna and Camille Louise Marie

AlcantaraalsoplacedfirstinFashion

Design,whilefifthyearmajors

Misaki Shirabi, Arlene Dominique

Uy, and Allibert Tan ranked third in

Architectural Interior Design Model

Making. John Victor Gonzaga also

placed third in the Spoken Poetry

category.

Twenty seven graduates from

CED are among the 5,036 who passed

the 2016 Civil Engineer Licensure

Examination, which was held on

November 12 to 13, 2016. Silliman’s

passing rate of 61.36% is higher

than the national passing rate was

45.89%. Meanwhile, ten graduates

also passed the Electrical Engineer

Licensure Examination given by the

Professional Regulation Commission

(PRC) administered in September

2016.

Incoming 5th year Mechanical

Engineering student Mr. Lawrence

Joseph B. Mariño was accepted by

the Howard I. Shapiro & Associates,

Consulting Engineers, P.C. of New

York USA as student – intern.

SillimanUniversityandthefirm

entered into a Memorandum of

Agreement (MOA) in relation to the

engagement of the student-intern

withthefirmininternshipprogram.

Itdefinedtheresponsibilitiesof

Silliman and Shapiro in evaluating

Mariño’s performance with no

implication of an employer-employee

relationship between Shapiro and

Mariño.

COLLEGE OF LAW

The College of Law (COL) made

history this school year when Alanna

Gayle Ashley B. Khio, Marie Chielo H.

Ybio, and Andrew Stephen D. Liu of

Batch 2016 graduates placed 2nd, 9th,

and 10th places, respectively, in the

November 2016 Bar Examinations.

The College produced 19 lawyers

giving COL an 87.5% passing rate,

against the 59% national passing rate.

Alumni Dr. Rolando del Carmen,


Atty. Francisco D. Yap and Atty.

Whelma F. Siton – Yap pledged cash

giftsandabrandnewcartotheBAR

topnotchers to inspire Silliman law

students and faculty to “achieve as

besttheycanintheirlegalstudies.”

The College spearheaded the

University’s General Integrative

Lecture on “How the Sea Was Won:

TheWestPhilippineSeaArbitration”

with Associate Supreme Court Justice

Francis Jardeleza and former Solicitor

General Florin Hilbay as speakers

on September 2, 2016 at the Luce

Auditorium. Apart from this, COL

also hosted an Intellectual Property

Policy-Making Seminar-Workshop on

November 28 to 29, 2016.

The Legal Education

Board of the Philippines

has named Silliman’s

College of Law as one of

the best performing law

schools in the 2015 Bar

Examinations. Silliman

receivedaCertificateof

Academic Recognition, a

trophy,andaCertificate

of Merit for garnering the

rank of Top 13 law school

in the Philippines based

on overall passing rate

and the passing rate for

new/first-timeexaminees.

The University is one of only three

institutions in the Visayas on the

list, along with the University of San

Carlos and the University of Cebu.

COLLEGE OF MASS COMMUNICATION

School year 2016 – 2017 marked

the 50th year of the College of

Mass Communication (CMC), the

firstjournalismschoolestablished

outside Manila. With the theme, “SU

MassCom @ 50: Remaining Relevant

intheDigitalAge”,thehighlightsof

the celebration included the Golden

Jubilee Awards, visit to the gravesite

of DYSR founder Mr. Henry Mack

at the American Cemetery in Daro,

and launch of the history book

“Grassroots Journalism: Early History

of the Silliman College of Mass

Communication”byDr.CrispinC.

Maslog,theCollege’sfirstFilipino

Director.

For the Golden Jubilee Awards,

ten (10) outstanding alumni of

the College received professional

achievement awards on August 25.

The awardees were: Nilo Paurom,

Philippine Daily Inquirer city editor,

for distinguished professional

achievement in print journalism;

Emmanuel Dejaresco, Negros

Chronicle publisher-editor, for

entrepreneurship in community

journalism; Carla P. Gomez, Visayan

Daily Star editor, for community

journalism; Alex Rey V. Pal, People’s

TelevisionNetworkofficer-in-charge,

for public broadcasting; Ed Dames,

DTC Promos Inc. chair and CEO,

for advertising-events marketing;

Maria Zenaida Sarabia-Panol, Middle

Tennessee State U College of Media

associate dean and professor, for

academe (communication research

and education); Marissa Dames,

DTC Promos Inc. president and

COO, for media entrepreneurship

in advertising-public relations;

Yolanda de Guzman, U.S. Embassy

information specialist, for

communication management;

Andrea H. Trinidad Echavez,

communication specialist, for

advocacy communication; and,

Adolfo P. Beltran, Cornerstone U

ABTSacademicaffairsdirector,for

communication management.

Dean Dr. Rosario M. Baseleres

was chosen as the Country

Representative for Philippines

– Visayas of the Asian Media


Information and Communication

Center (AMIC) on April 1, 2017 in

Manila. She serves as the principal

local contact and coordinator of

AMIC projects in the country. Dr.

Baseleres and Dr. Zenaida S. Panol’s

paper on “Activism in the Philippines:

Memorializing and Retelling

PoliticalStrugglesthroughMusic”

was accepted for presentation at the

2016 International Association for

Mass Communication

Research (IAMCR)

Conference in Leicester,

United Kingdom on July

27-31, 2016.

The Marshall

McLuhan Lecture Series

on Responsible Media

brought Ms. Gigi Grande,

a senior reporter of

ABS-CBN, to Silliman to

lecture on “Journalism

in Challenging Times:

Media as Guardians

of Democracy and

Watchdogs of the

Society.”Thesaidlecture

series is in coordination

with the Embassy of

Canada, held during the

MassCom Week.

Senior student Val Amiel Vestil

attendedtheAsiaPacificFuture

Leaders Conference in Kuala

Lumpur, Malaysia on November 24-

27, 2017. He was also awarded as Best

Speaker during the conference.

COLLEGE OF NURSING

The College of Nursing partnered

with the four institutions this school

year: California Baptist University

(CBU), USA; Vien Dong College,

Vietnam; Nam Dinh University

of Nursing, Vietnam; and, the

University of St. La Salle, Bacolod.

The partnership with CBU was

through the initiative of the Silliman

University College of Nursing

Alumni Association International,

Inc. (SUCNAAI) under its Program

of Leadership Excellence in Nursing

(POLEN). With CBU’s expertise in

Global Disaster Nursing, the College

willsoonoffercertificateprograms

focusing on Disaster and Emergency

Management.

Recognized by the CHED as

Center of Excellence in Nursing

Education, the College organized

severalseminar-workshop/

lectures to further enhance

learning. These are: “Advancing

Nursing Education, Practice and

Research through Linkages and

Collaboration”,“UsingSimulation

to enhance Interprofessional

Collaborative Education and

Practice”,“LeadershipinDisasterand

Emergency Management for Health

CareProfessionals”,and“Disaster

and Emergency Management in

Extreme Conditions for Community

Responders”,amongothers.

In research, several works of the

faculty were presented or published.

Among them: “Health Services

UtilizationamongBeneficiaries

of the Conditional Cash Transfer

Program towards a Module on Self-

EfficacyDevelopment”byDr.Maria

Theresa C. Belciña; and, “Retirement

Conditions, Levels of Depression

andQualityofLifeafterRetirement

of Professionals: Towards a Pre-

retirementProgram”byDr.Theorose

Bustillo.

During the 2017 Pan Asia

Simulation Society in Healthcare

Conference held at De La Salle


Health Sciences Institute, Cavite, the

following papers by the faculty were

presented: Guino-o, T., Belcina ,

C, et al - “Evaluation of Simulation

Design in SUCN“; Cabatit, F. –

“Creating a Simulation Laboratory

fromaGrant:ASUCESSSTORY”;

Abalos, E; Guino-o, T.: “Simulation

as a Pedagogy of Teaching : Forging

Consortia with other Schools

ofNursing”;Abalos,E;Bustillo,

T. “Simulation: Best Practice in

OutcomesBased–Education”.

Dean Dr. Evalyn Abalos attended

the International Workshop toward

Building Regional Platform for

Disaster Risk Reduction in Asia

held at the Institute of Islamic

Understanding, Kuala Lumpur,

Malaysia on May 2-3, 2017.

She presented her work on

“Community- Based Response

afteraDisaster.”

The College was also tapped

in the “HEAVEN on Earth

Project”incollaborationwith

San Isidro Parish in Talay, City

of Dumaguete, Negros Oriental

State University (NORSU),

and Saint Paul University

– Dumaguete (SPUD). The

project is to conduct Skills

Training on Basic Health Skills

and on Care Giving based

on the TESDA guidelines to

differentcommunities.

COLLEGE OF PERFORMING AND VISUAL ARTS

This year, the College of Performing

and Visual Arts (COPVA) gave

honor and recognition to its alumni

throughitsfirstCOPVAAwards.The

COPVA patrons who were given

the Recognition Awards were: Ms.

Jewel Colinco Pag-ong, Ms. Elizabeth

Rosabelle Ordinario-Weil, Mr.

William“Barry”Thompson,Ms.

Ruth Buot-Yandell, Prof. Elmo Q.

MakilandFamily,Prof.Ludendorffo

Decenteceo, Mr. Gianni Sala, Mr.

Romeo Sibud, Dr. Albert Louis

Faurot, and Mr. James Palmore, and

Prof. Miriam G. Palmore and Family.

The Distinguished Service awardees

were: Asst. Prof. Joseph B. Basa, Prof.

Priscilla Magdamo-Abraham, and

Prof. Isabel Dimaya-Vista.

This school year, to promote

local arts culture, COPVA, in

coordination with the Cultural

Center of the Philippines (CCP),

introduced the Cultural Program

Extensions in Arts Education. Part

of the agreement with CCP is to send

resource people and performers to

Silliman. COPVA also partnered with

the Divinity School and the United

Evangelical Mission (UEM) for a

student – exchange program with

UEM-affiliatedschools.Theprogram

focused on introducing students to

differentlocal/indigenousreligious

musical forms.

For the 2nd year, COPVA

conductedSiningsaEskwela,afive-

day workshop, which ran from May

15-19, 2017, was designed primarily

for both public and private Senior

High School teachers with Special

Program for the Arts (SPA) and Arts

and Design Track. The workshop, in

partnershipwiththeCulturalAffairs

Committee (CAC) and CCP’s Art

EducationDepartment,offeredsix

arts specialization: Dance, Visual Arts,

Music, Theatre Arts, Creative Writing

and Media Arts.

In December 2016, the Silliman

University Campus Choristers (SUCC)

under the tutelage of Asst. Prof.

Mark Ian A. Caballes was the Grand


Champion in the 2016 Provincial

Open Choral Competition held in

Bayawan City.

Faculty member Dr. Elizabeth

Susan V. Suarez went on a six month

post-doctoral faculty-exchange

program in East Michigan University

(EMU), USA for her research on “An

Exploration and Analysis of EMU

Music Therapy Program: Issues,

Challenges and Approaches to

InnovationatSillimanUniversity.”

Speech and TheaterThe Speech and Theater Department

faculty and students re-opened

“ArtistaSillimaniana”,theacademic

organization for Theater majors. This

school year a total of nine (9) theater

plays were produced by the students

as part of their course requirement.

The Department conducted 2

workshops: “Movement on Theater

Performance”byClaudioRamos,

and“LightingandSoundWorkshop”.

A Cagayan De Oro – based theater

artist and directress was invited to

do a lecture series on “Research on

Exploration”and“Technicaland

FixingRehearsal”inJulyandAugust

2016.

Asst. Prof. Sonia B. Sygaco’s

article“Dumaguete,DefinedbyFood”

was published by Philippine Airlines’

Mabuhay Magazine in June 2016.

Her syllabus entitled “Purposive

Communication”wassubmittedfor

publication for SY 2018-2019.

DIVINITY SCHOOL

This year, the Silliman University

Divinity School (SUDS) revived its

exchange program with the Japan

Bible Theological School. The

program, which usually lasts 2 to 3

weeks, aims to send selected students

and faculty members between the

two schools for exposure and study.

Faculty member Asst. Prof.

Jean Cuanan Nalam was one of

the recipients of this year’s Faculty

Service Award for 20 years of

loyal service to the University.

Dean Rev. Dr. Jeaneth H.

Faller was elected as Board

Secretary of the Association of

Theological School in South East

Asia (ATESEA) in March 2017, as

well as its Senate Member. As

Senate Member, Dr. Faller is part

of the team that will monitor

ATESEA’s graduate students.

SUDS spearheaded the

hosting in Silliman of both

the International Mission

Conference and International

Diaconic Management in July

and August 2016, respectively.

In coordination with the

International Center for Mission

Studies in Asia, SUDS also hosted the

United Evangelical Mission’s (UEM)

International Mission Conference

in Silliman held on June 2016. Dr.

Victor R. Aguilan presented his

paper “Mission still possible? Global

Perspectives on Mission Theology

andMissionPractice”duringthe

conference.

In April 2016, SUDS faculty Dr.

Dennis Solon presented his paper

entitled “Reformation for Church

Work:APhilippineExample”with

the German title: “Was bedeutet

die Reformation für die Arbeit

der Kirchen heute? Das Beispiel

Philippinen”inWuppertal,Germany

during the Conference of Former

UEM Workers (Germany).

On campus, Dr. Muriel O.

Montenegro organized two

seminar/workshopsfocusing

on formulation of doable seed

framework for sustainable promotion

of interreligious and cultural


understanding. Dr. Montenegro was

also invited as speaker during the

Asia-PacificConsultationonAJust

andLife-AffirmingSociety:Person

with Person

with Disability

Perspective held

on December

11-14, 2016 at

The Yushan

Theological

College and

Seminary,

Hualien, Taiwan.

Her topic was

entitled “The

GiftofBeing

in the Making

of a Just and

Inclusive Church

& Society: A

Theological

Perspective.”

Dr. Karl James Villarmea also

presented his paper on “Not Wonder,

But Wonder: Not Wonder, But Anger:

Rethinking the Vocation of Thinking

inaNeoliberalAge”duringtheJoint

National Philosophical Conference

held on April 6-8, 2017 in Saint Louis

University, Baguio City.

Religion and Peace StudiesThe Religion and Peace Studies

Department, in coordination with the

Social Work Deparment, conducted

a seminar on stress management at

the College of Maasin. Dr. Myraluz V.

Waddington was the main facilitator

of the seminar which was designed to

equip the College on how to handle

students’ retreat and activity as well as

help them to process their issues and

concerns in life. The Department,

through Dr. Waddington, also

spearheaded an Interreligious

Dialogue Forum together with

thePacificDialogueFoundation

in February 6, 2017. She also

attended conferences, seminars and

trainings here and abroad, including

Training on Gender-Responsive

Case Management and Seminar-

Workshop on Theological Inter-faith

Perspectives on HIV and AIDS.

Dr. Lily F. Apura’s research work

“Recovering a Resistance Text: A

FilipinoReadingofJoshua1:1-9”will

be published in 2018 by the Society of

Biblical Literature.

Asst. Prof. Alma B. Ruiz presented

her paper during the ACUCA

Biennial Conference and 21st General

Assembly held in Oyana Pura

University, Bali Indonesia on October

13-16, 2016.

UBCHEA recently awarded Dr.

Villarmea as research fellow for the

Institute for Advanced Study in Asian

Cultures and Theologies at The

Chinese University in Hong Kong.

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