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weeklysillimanian TOWARDS A PROGRESSIVE CAMPUS PRESS VOL. XCIII NO.7 | FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

SIGNED. Ely Dejaresco (left) from the Bohol Chronicle Radio Corporation, (BCRC) and SU President Betty C. McCann (right) sign a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) last Sept. 13, establishing a scholarship for Mass Communication students starting June 2020. Photo from Silliman University Office of Information and Publications.

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PAASCU revisits CED and Social Work dept

by Edan Sam Pancho THE PHILIPPINE Accrediting Association of Schools, Colleges and Universities (PAASCU) visited Silliman University to evaluate the Engineering and Social Work programs last September 23-24. According to Dr. Beulah Rose R. Torres, Director of the Office of Instruction (OI) , the College of Engineering and Design (CED) and the Department of Social Work made extensive preparations to address the recommendations by PAASCU during the accreditors' last visit on Feb. 23-24, 2016. PAASCU's team of accreditors were composed of six - four accreditors for the Engineering program and two for the Social Work program. For the engineering

program, they were Dr. Cynthia Posadas, Dean of the School of Engineering and Architecture of St. Louis University Baguio City; Engr. Ma. Estrella Natalie Pineda, Chair of the Engineering Department of De La Salle University - Dasmarinas Cavite; Dr. Manuel Belino, Dean of the College of Engineering of Far Eastern University, Institute of Technology - Manila; and Ms. Edelaine Rae Agcaoili, PAASCU representative, Manila. For the Social Work program, Dr. Angelito Menese, Professor and Doctor of Philosophy in Social Development Program, faculty of the Phillipine Social Work, Philippine Women's University of Manila, and Dr. Lolita Pablo, Head of the Social Work and Community Outreach Departments of Centro Escolar

SUMS produces 59 newly licensed physicians by Kristhel Hannah Baluarte SILLIMAN UNIVERSITY Medical School (SUMS) produced 59 new physicians who passed the September 2019 Physician Licensure Exam (PLE) given last Sept. 7, 8, 14 and 15. Silliman University (SU) earned a passing rate of 98.33%, surpassing the national average of 84.96%. Meanwhile, Dr. Walden Ursos, dean of SUMS, said that the medical profession is a profession of service to others, especially to the sick and

those who have no access to health care. He aspires that the new board passers will find their role in the implementation of the Universal Health Care Law of this country. “If they profess to be true Christians, then it happens that they are Christians who chose to be physicians,” he added. According to the Professional Regulation Commission, 4,006 out of 4,716 passed the PLE 2019. Continued on page 5

STRAW committee launches Grievance Toolkit by Shareen Anjali B. Warad SILLIMAN UNIVERSITY Student Government (SUSG) Students’ Rights and Welfare (STRAW) Committee officially launched its Grievance Toolkit on their Facebook Page last Sept. 23. According to Ben Bensali, one of the vice chairpersons of the STRAW committee, Grievance Toolkit is an online site for students to address their concerns legally, and to solve their complaints faster and more conveniently.

The toolkit was one of SUSG President Aprille Roselle Juanillo’s platforms. It was first introduced during the Freshmen Orientation last July 1. Head of the Students Organization and Activities Division (SOAD) and SU Grievance Center’s Grievance Officer, Abe P. Cadeliña, shared his opinion regarding the toolkit: “It’s very helpful actually, because naa man gud mga students na mahadlok na muduol to file a complaint so maayo Continued on page 5

University, Manila were the accreditors assigned to resurvey the program. PAASCU evaluated the university's programs by the degree to which SU’s vision, mission, and objectives match the actual practice of the various areas being evaluated. PAASCU's main objective is to improve among others, the quality of the faculty, curriculum and instruction, library, laboratory, and community engagement. Dr. Maria Lorena Tuballa, Dean of CED, said that the accreditors observed classes in the span of two days and viewed the exhibits prepared by the departments in the OI. On the other hand, Dr. Menese and Dr. Pablo visited two agencies linked with the Social Work program of the university. The two communities visited are Casa

Esperanza in Bantayan, Dumaguete City, a community for abused children, and the Redemptorist Social Action Center, a non-government organization for distressed people. Interviews were also conducted with the programs' faculty, students, stakeholders, the university president and vice presidents as well as the directors. Both departments expressed high hopes for the result of the evaluation of the accreditors. "We are hoping that we can pass the evaluation and meet the quality and standards... [of PAASCU]," said Lani Placencia, secretary of the Social Work department. The accreditation process is expected to yield high quality of

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Reading and Talking about Culture, and Academic Reading and Writing,” he added. The students under IntEP also do immersion and cultural exposure activities. Dr. Caturay also mentioned the unique aspect of the program which is the buddy system, which benefits both the foreign students and the buddies who come from SU. Most of these student buddies come from the College of Education, majoring in English and AB English students. These IntEP students are given diagnostic exams to help the teachers determine their proficiency levels and choose the appropriate materials for them. The program runs for three to eight weeks, but it usually depends on the clients' specification. IntEP usually hosts students from Hannam University (Korea), Shikoku Gakuin University (Japan), Kobe University (Japan), and others.

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Students from Shikoku Gakuin graduate from SU IntEP

NINE STUDENTS from Shikoku Gakuin University graduated from Silliman University’s (SU) Intensive English Program (IntEP) last Sept. 20 at the Multipurpose Room. These students are: Hikaru Narita, Saito Akito, Yoshiya Nomihara, Hoshi Takeuchi, Soma Miki, Mihina Manabe, Natsuki Yagi, Kyoka Nakamura, and Daike Takeda. IntEP is a short term program under the Language Center and the English and Literature department, intended for students who come from non-English medium background who desire to improve their English proficiency. According to Dr. Warlito Caturay Jr., Language Center coordinator, the program is flexible that it can be tailored to the students’ needs and that most of their courses are skills-based. “For this semester, the Shikoku Gakuin students have more speaking classes: Conversation,

"It is not enough to just wake up. We need to rise up and actually do something," said Maria Jaya Ariola, Silliman University Student Government (SUSG) Environment Committee (EnviroCom) chairperson on their campaign for the BANGON: Parada para sa Klima, climate strike in Dumaguete City on Sept. 27. The strike is organized by the SUSG EnviroCom in partnership with Sangguniang Kabataan Pederasyon ng Dumaguete, Ang Sandigan and Association of Young Environmental Journalists, who are mobilizing the strike in the city for consciousness about the issues. Ariola said they expect to gather 300 youth environmental advocates and organizations to kick-off a protest parade from Quezon Park and will end at Freedom Park. She said that several organizations will have their statements of commitments on the climate crisis. Ariola said the city is a "university town" and should be at the forefront in dealing with the climate crisis in Negros Oriental. She added that Silliman University is known as an environmentallysustainable institution, and she wants to make certain that it is a fact than just a title. "As Sillimanians, we are experiencing life from a place Continued on page 5

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