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($25.00 to $100,000.00) As of June, 2008 Abad, Evelyn & Fernando - Abang, Nick & Marcelina Abejero - Abellon, LeMarie T. - Almiron, Sylvester - Amago, Abel - Anonymous Antonio, Genesis - Aquino, Mildred B. - Davidsburg, MI Arrieta, Jesse - Fremont, CA Averion, Allan - Barinaga, Myrna P. - Bauzon, Kenneth E. - Bayani, Felixberto & Mae - Pacheco, CA Bayawa, Flor Manigsaca - Sewell, NJ Bayawa, Ruben - Sewell, NJ Beltran, Francisco & Lorna - Bennett, Hugh - Valinda, CA Bennett, Zenaida Duran - Valinda, CA Beran, George & Jan - Bergado, Eula - Bernardez, Constantino - Bernardez, Perla & Lorenzo - Salinas, CA Besario, Melrose - Breslin, Aida Y. - Brewbaker, Lilia V. - Cangcuesta, David - Clayton, Luz Monte de Ramos - Cruz, Hector - De Guia, Gabriel - Decenteceo-Chua, Josephine - Passaic, NJ Dechawan, Gloria Del Carmen DelCarmen, Benjamin V. - Lutherville, MD DelCarmen, Jocelyn F. - DelCarmen, Luzviminda B. - DelCarmen, Rolando - DelCarmen, Cirilo V. - Delizo, Telesforo H. - Delosh, Belen - Melville, NY Der, Narcena Narrajos - Vancouver, BC Dime, Mileva Macadaeg - Elphick, Richard & Endozo, Nancy E. - Flores, Frederick - Bartlett IL Flores, Pacita Edrial - Chicago, IL Gaviola, Edelisa B. - Go, Anita Siao - Kirkland, WA Go, Dely Gopichand, Ishwar - Gorospe, Loretta Cusio - Grumia, Editha C. - Guatelara-Geary, Maria Antonia - Chicago IL Heceta, Drs. Wilmer & Estherbelle - Wheeling, WV Hernando, Teresita F. - Los Angeles, CA Ho, Jess T. - Holloway, Jasmine B. - Jocson, Nelly - Katada, Metzilyn & Cesar - Kelso, Bart & Priscilla - Newtonville, MA Kim, Jong Yang - Kline, Judy E. - Labang, Cheryl Navarro - Ladion, Gertrudes J. - Ladlad, Mina Montilla - Lauby, Jennifer - Voorhees, NJ Leviste, Edmund - Levy, Neil - Alexandria, VA Lopez, Elmo & Charito - Stockton, CA Macasieb, Leonid C. - Magdamo, Fele D. - Magdamo, Rolando & Lilia - Stockton, CA Mangum, Beatrice - Greeley, CO Marcelo, Condeocita C. - Medrano, Arturo A. - Mendiola, Miguel T. - Mercado, Epifania O. - Merecido, Artemio - Millman, Felella Kiamco - Miranda, Manuel G. - Molinos, Leticia Dubria - Morse, Robert A. - Narvaez, Manny - Navarro, Edith Zerna - Nery, Bernardo - Olvina, Edgardo M. - ONSUAA c/o Betsy Jackson - Pickering, ON Ordinario,Sadiri R. - Ortiz, Arcadio F. - Pachorro, Catherine E. - Padilla, Efren - Pal, Joel and Jennifer - Yorktown Hts., NY Panajon, Dahlia F. - Panganiban, Mike S. - Pantejo,,Edmundo A. - Pfistner, Cora Concepcion - Pia, Josefina C.R. - Quijano, Cari - Ranches, Federico & Carmen - N. Olmsted, OH Risma, Isidro B. - Sharonville, OH SAI-Chicago 2006-2008 - Salazar, Salcedo, Anita - Sarita, Genevieve Pag-ong - Sebastian, Jose Ma. - Serion, Movita Silliman Alumni Assn. Silliman Alumni Assoc. of So. CA - Simpkins, Joel and Ligaya Magbanua- Singer, Lorna Urmeneta - Lamed, KS Sobong, Drs. Enrico & Esther - Solis, Melchizedek & Mutya - Salinas, CA Somera, Francisco D. - Spinney, Carmen - Avis, PA SUA ACACIA (MOKWV) Chapter SUAAWAS Chapter - Swezey, Chuck - Swezey, Gigi Opeña - Swinney, Harry L. - Sy-Niebar, Elsie O. - Taclob, Lowell T. - Tanion, Dionito - Timbol, Therence - Carson, CA Tiu, Jose G. - Waverly, OH Tomale, Samuel - Warren, NJ Tornandizo-Pinto, Rosemarie - Tragico, Tuballa, Ilona and Rene - Tubo, Tumonong, Prospero I. - Vergara Nonilon and Gloria - Villacorta, Villanueva, Ludovico Villanueva, Romulo G. - Weist, Carmen - Torrance, CA West, Charles C. - Zainali, Veronica V. - Zari, Reuben B. - Zerda, Josue B. -
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Message from Dr. Ben Malayang III, Silliman University President SILLIMAN BEYOND SILLIMAN In many ways, Silliman reflects the principles in Nature with which God manifests the creative and sustaining powers of His grace. · Much like planting a tree, Silliman was founded over a hundred years ago, in 1901, in the form of a gift from a person of faith. · Much like nurturing a tree, Silliman grew to become among the great institutions of Christian learning in the Philippines and in Asia because of the labor of many persons of faith across the years. · Much like how a tree relies on sunshine and the fertility of soil to grow, Silliman relies entirely on God’s grace to withstand the tests of time and history. · And much like how a tree becomes a forest by spreading its seeds through the fortunes of wind, water and fauna, Silliman bears fruits – through its alumni and friends – who become living embodiments of its ideals in other places and climes. As I begin a service in Silliman, I remind myself that the university is not just the campus in Dumaguete. Silliman is all Sillimanians everywhere in the world. Its further growth, its potential to become like a stately narra that lives on for more than our years, and its ability to continue to spread its distinct breed of competence, character and faith in all parts of the world, would much depend on how all of us together (faculty and staff, students, administrators, and alumni and friends) are able to do our share to keep the Silliman “beside the sea” continue to produce good fruits of Christian education and learning. We can do this by being in continuing fellowship with Silliman. One way is by being active in your alumni chapters. They are your support communities to help you continue living the Silliman ideals in the places where you are now. Another – and I hope you’ll consider this seriously – is by supporting the efforts of the university to establish facilities like the Twin Portals Project that are designed to generate continuing revenues to sustain Silliman’s ability to give – as has been its tradition – quality Christian education at the least cost to our students. But most important, please continue to pray for Silliman. It is all of us together. God bless and Mizpah! Ben S. Malayang III |
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Oct. 25, 2007 Dear Fellow Sillimanians, I am writing to give you an update on SUACONA’s activities and what we are trying to accomplish vis-a-vis Silliman University. As has been emphasized frequently, SUACONA was organized in order to coordinate the efforts of all alumni chapters in North America in a way that will fully and efficiently utilize our resources for the benefit of Silliman. Vast as our resources may be, they are by no means unlimited. It is therefore necessary to set our priorities so that we are able to give to SU something that is significant, meaningful and relevant. Over the years, we have grappled with the issue of setting our priorities, and the common theme that always came up during our discussions was that: our priorities are dictated by the needs of SU. As an organization of SU alumni, our task is to determine those needs and respond to them. Your SUACONA leaders have always been in touch with the SU administration precisely to determine SU’s needs and how, in the overall scope of the university’s programs, the alumni of North America can contribute its share. SU President Ben Malayang III has communicated to us, in no uncertain terms, that the area where Silliman University needs most the help of North American alumni is through the Portal West Building Project. During Tipon 2007 in Toronto (June 28-July 1, 2007), President Malayang, BOT Chair Leonor Briones, and the SU Trustees present emphasized the need for SUACONA to continue and finish its fundraising campaign. Just this past week, President Malayang wrote us once again to clarify the university’s priorities in view of the confusion brought about by seemingly coinciding fundraisers. In that letter (herewith attached, red highlights mine), President Malayang emphasized that our priority in North America is to finish our campaign for the Portal Building Project. Our aim is to raise $700,000 towards the Portal West Building. As of recent count, we are about to transcend the $200,000 level. There’s a lot more to do to attain our goal, and SUACONA’s Portal Building Committee is now reinvigorating the campaign. We urge everyone and encourage all alumni to support this project. We assure you that your donations will be appropriately acknowledged in a way that is tangible. The Tree of Life will be installed very soon on the lobby of the Portal West Building, wherein your names and/or your honorees or memorialees will be inscribed. This will be a permanent installation which will be visible to the public now and even to future generations. To learn more on how to contribute, visit our website: www.suacona.com, and click on the icon TwinPortal Bldg. You should be able to download the donation form. You will find instructions on where to mail your donations, which, by the way, are tax-deductible to the full extent allowed by law. Thank you for your generosity and we pray that He, who is the Giver of all good gifts and graces, will truly and richly bless you and yours. For a greater Silliman, Joel V. Pal SUACONA Chairman 2943 Manor St. Yorktown Hts., NY 10598 Email: JVPal@aol.com Tel. 914-245-6142; 718-543-5200 x112 October 18, 2007 Dear Joel: I thank you and the other members of the TOL Committee for the nice teleconference we had today. It was fruitful to us in that we got your sense of issues that may affect our joint efforts to complete the construction of Portal West. Portal West remains to be the one project that, to us, most urgently needs alumni support in the most immediate term, particularly from those in North America and elsewhere. This is so because the building is almost complete and we need to pay our bills soon. The University's ability to bridge finance these bills, may even put our liquidity at risk for some discomforting time frame, unless alumni support keeps on coming. This does not mean, however, that the University sees its other needs as being secondary to Portal West. The truth of the matter is that, from an academic point of view, our educational facilities continue to need urgent refurbishings and development to respond to new enrolment and curricular demands. We are presently attending to our Nursing Education facilities, to build a 3-building complex that will strengthen our ability to offer the best laboratories, specialized classrooms, and learning resources for our nursing and allied health students. This, too, is a priority. However, unlike the Portal West which is a commercial facility, the nursing facilities can be qualified for application of our Academic Development Fund. We are using entirely ADF money to in fact build the first of the three buildings. Then, too, the nursing project is a recipient of huge support from local alumni and friends, which, with only a small augmentation from our ADF, could allow us to build the 2nd building. It would be the third building, which we anticipate to build only after completing the second, that we would still need to look for major funding sources. Because construction of both 2nd and 3rd buildings are yet to start (we don't even have the detailed architectural and engineering drawings for them yet), we see that all fund raising efforts among our alumni at this time, should focus on completing the Portal West. We have the funds to complete the first nursing building, and a significant amount of local donations (including pledges) from two local donors (one nursing alumna and one friend of the University) which amount to about 80% of the funds needed to build the 2nd nursing building. Both Portal and nursing buildings are important to us. But in terms of the present moment (next 1-6 months) Portal would need the more urgent and critical support from our North America and international alumni. Later, however, in the next 6 - 12 or so months, the 3rd nursing building will need our urgent attention, assuming that full funding for Portal West should have been met by then. (The funding modality for the other Portal Building, should the BOT decide to push it next, will still need to be decided by the BOT.) I hope this clarifies matters. This is a sense of prioritization based on what are in fact already actual progress on the ground. Thanks. Ben |
