Silliman Gears Up for 109th Founders Day
The press launching of the Miss Silliman pageant and the celebration of Buwan ng Wikang Pambasa open the month of August, continuing the series of activities for the 109th Founders Day.
"Queen Building," an art exhibit by a local artist, is the first activity for the month-long celebration and was launched by the Cultural Affairs Committee on July 24. The exhibit is open to the public at the Foyer of the Claire Isabel McGill Luce Auditorium until August 14.
This year's Founders Day theme is “Silliman at 109: Raised on Eagles' Wings." It is inspired by the song On Eagles' Wings.
Considered a major activity in Dumaguete City, the Founders Day welcomes thousands of alumni back on the Silliman campus. It lines up various activities throughout the month, registering the highest attendance in the University parade, Parada Sillimaniania, which is scheduled on August 27, and in the activities on August 28: Sunrise Service, Outstanding Sillimanian Awards and Tipon Dumaguete, a gathering of alumni and reunioning batches. Different alumni chapters across the globe share the festive mood with their own Founders Day celebrations.
On August 15, members of the Silliman community will gather at the Silliman University Church for the Founders Day Opening Worship. Another worship service, which is also organized by the University Spiritual Life Council, caps the celebration on August 30.
Preparations for the 109th Founders Day are handled by the Founders Day Committee headed by College of Arts and Sciences Dean Dr. Margaret Udarbe-Alvarez.
Silliman was founded on August 28, 1901 by Presbyterian missionaries led by Dr. David Sutherland Hibbard and wife, Laura. It was named after Dr. Horace Brinsmade Silliman, a philanthropist from Cohoes, New York who donated the initial sum of $10,000 to start what was then known as Silliman Institute. Silliman was granted university status in 1938. The University is regarded as among the top higher education institutions in the Philippines with a current student population of over 8,000 from different parts of the Philippines and other countries.
(click to access 109th Founders Day Calendar of Activities)
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HEND Offers Free Nutrition Therapy
Faculty and students of the Home Economics-Nutrition and Dietetics Department (HEND) are leading efforts at assisting members of the Silliman community embrace a healthy lifestyle.
The Department recently opened a Nutrition Therapy Clinic within its building, providing free consultation to students, faculty and staff from 9AM to 12 noon on weekdays, except Mondays. It is operated by senior Nutrition and Dietetics majors and supervised by the faculty.
Any member of the Silliman community can avail for free services which range from screening of nutritional status, nutritional care, nutrition and diet counseling to nutrition education.
This development at the HEND forms part of its overall service-learning program which also completed recently a three-month complementary feeding project for 69 children aged 0 to 5 years in the neighboring barangays of Looc and Piapi.
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SG President Attends Student Camp in Korea
Silliman University Student Government President Johanna Bandoy was one of the student leaders that represented schools from seven Asian countries in the student camp organized by the Association of Christian Universities and Colleges in Asia (ACUCA) on July 19 to 22 in Korea.
The 2010 ACUCA Student Camp hosted by Keimyung University provided a venue for interaction, collaboration, and sharing of multi- and cross-cultural ideas and experiences.
Themed “The Earth: Our Choices, Our Actions and Our Impact,” the Camp aimed at helping the student leaders understand core Christian beliefs in the context of environmental issues; raise their awareness of critical, Asia-specific environmental issues; and inspire them to take the initiative in protecting and preserving God’s creation.
Silliman is one of the founding members of ACUCA. In its current Executive Committee, Silliman President Dr. Ben S. Malayang III is the Philippine country representative.
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University Librarian Off to Hawaii
University Librarian Mrs. Lorna Yso is the lone participant from the Philippines in the 30th Annual American Studies Forum on American literature at the Center for Asia Pacific Exchange (CAPE) from August 3 to 10 in Hawaii.
The Forum features different themes annually. This year, it tackles “20th Century American Literature: The Novel, Poetry, and Science Fiction.”
With prominent American scholars as resource persons, the Forum, as described on the CAPE website, offers “a seven-day series of thought-provoking lectures on contemporary issues in the United States designed for university professors, scholars and graduate students from throughout the Asia-Pacific region who want to deepen their knowledge of America, its culture and its people.”
Mrs. Yso is concurrently Director of the American Studies Resource Center located on the ground floor of the Robert B. and Metta J. Silliman Library. Her participation is sponsored by the United States Embassy.
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