Silliman Celebrates UCLEW
The morning Sunday service at the Silliman University Church on July 11 will officially launch the celebration of the University Christian Life Emphasis Week (UCLEW).
A series of activities is lined up until July 18 for students, faculty and staff. One of the highlights for this semester is the modified Galilean fellowship wherein students will be hosted by faculty members in groups at the Amphitheater.
All units have also scheduled their respective devotions, and a 3-minute prayer meditation will be observed every start of the class.
UCLEW is organized by the University Spiritual Life Council (USLC), in partnership with the Silliman University Church. The purpose for which UCLEW is considered a major activity in Silliman is resonated in the mission of the USLC: "To create and nurture in Silliman an academic and scholarly environment that promotes and sustain among the University's students, faculty, staff and alumni individual and collective strengthening of faith in a creating, redeeming and sustaining God, who in Jesus Christ, is The Way, the The Truth and The Life."
USLC Chair Prof. Carlos Magtolis, Jr., Dean of Students, will be the speaker during the opening of the celebration, while Rev. Bernadette Morales, Minister to the University, will be the preacher during the Commitment and Dedication Worship Service on July 25.
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Agriculture Dean on Fellowship at Purdue University
College of Agriculture Dean Dr. Jose Edwin C. Cubelo is on a three-month fellowship at Purdue University, Indiana, United States where has been designated as a Global Diversity Scholar in Residence at the university’s Diversity Resource Office.
Dr. Cubelo’s fellowship is sponsored by the United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia (UBCHEA). The two-phase (Asia and US) UBCHEA Leaders Fellows Program targets the development of the professional skills of faculty members by assigning them to mentors. This arrangement exposes the scholars to the systems of the host organization, further preparing them to take on administrative responsibilities on their return to their home countries.
As Diversity scholar, Dr .Cubelo has served as a guest facilitator in the “Summer Reading Series” of Purdue where he led the discussion on Thomas Friedman’s book “The World is Flat: History of the 21st Century.” He also organized a forum on the subject “Filipino Experiences in Purdue: A Dialogue with International Scholars” in connection with the Purdue’s “One Campus, Many Voices Program”, where he also served as one of the panelists. The forum tackles the challenges of bridging cultural differences and similarities between the US and the Philippines on the Purdue campus.
He spent the first phase of this program at Tunghai University in Taiwan where he was designated as adjunct associate professor, and taught a course on Agricultural Extension and Communication for graduate students from August 3 to July 17, 2009. He also delivered a paper entitled “The Status, Prospects, and Challenges of the Philippine Agriculture and Food Processing Industries” to the faculty, staff, and graduate students of Tunghai University.
Dr. Cubelo left for Purdue University, on April 17, 2010, and is set to return to Silliman University on July 22, 2010.
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Alumna Appointed Professor Emerita at Florida University
Silliman University alumna, Dr. Luz Sobong Porter, was recently appointed College of Nursing ahdHealth Sciences Professor Emerita by the President and Provost of Florida International University (FIU) in the United States.
Dr. Porter’s appointment is a recognition of her numerous contributions in the field of nursing andhealth sciences She has received over 20 national and international honors.
In her 20 years of service at FIU, Dr. Porter earned roughly $6.5M in grants with $1.2M granted for research, specifically in Parenting Enhancement of High-Risk Adolscents and Drug Abusing Mothers.
Dr. Porter worked towards developing the Nursing Ph.D. Program and the Master of Science in Nursing Program following the Advanced Nurse Education Traineeship funds that she received.
The Luz Sobong Porter Library at the Cotabato Medical Foundation College in Midsayap was named in her honor.
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Nursing Dean Joins Philippine Delegation to Riyadh
Dr. Ma. Teresita S. Sinda, current Dean of the Graduate School of Silliman University, was one of ten deans from different schools in the Philippines invited to have a meeting with the Deputy Health Secretary of Saudi Arabia.
When she joined the delegation in May, Dr. Sinda was still Dean of the College of Nursing (SUCN). She was joined by SUCN clinical coordinator Prof. Evalyn Abalos.
The inclusion of Dr. Sinda and Prof. Abalos recognized the quality of nursing education and training that Silliman offers. Part of the discussion was for the institutions represented in the meeting with Saudi Arabia's Deputy Health Secretary Ali Al-Qahtani and other officials from the Ministry of Health to develop a training program for Filipino nurses.
Silliman is positioned to offer the training program which is aimed at enhancing the competencies of Filipino nurses relative to the needs and the primary healthcare facilities in the Middle East. Completion of the program will be treated as an additional qualification to merit higher pay.
The visit of the Philippine delegation was organized by the Philippine embassy in Saudi Arabia headed by Ambassador Antonio Villamor. Ambassdor Villamor is a member of the Board of Trustees of Silliman University.
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