Silliman University
| Pamantasang Silliman | |
Seal of Silliman University
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| Latin: Universitas Sillimaniensis | |
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Former names
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Silliman Institute (1901-1938) |
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| Motto | Via, Veritas, Vita |
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Motto in English
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"The Way, the Truth, and the Life" (John 14:6) |
| Type |
Private Nonprofit Research Coeducational |
| Established | 28 August 1901 |
| Affiliation | United Church of Christ in the Philippines (but nonsectarian) |
| President | Dr. Ben S. Malayang III |
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Academic staff
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490 (Faculty) 290 (Staff) |
| Students | 9,688 |
| Location |
Dumaguete, Negros Oriental, Philippines 9°18′46″N 123°18′24″E / 9.31278°N 123.30667°E |
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| Hymn | Silliman Song |
| Colors |
Red white |
| Athletics | PRISAA, UNIGAMES |
| Nickname | "Dear old Silliman" "Campus by the sea" |
| Mascot | Stallions and Mares |
| Affiliations | ACUCA, UBCHEA, ACSCU, ASAIHL, PAASCU, ATESEA, UCCP among others |
| Website | www.su.edu.ph |
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Silliman University (also referred to as Silliman or SU) is a private research university in Dumaguete, Negros Oriental, Philippines. Established in 1901 as Silliman Institute by the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions, it is the first American university in the Philippines and the entire Asian continent. The university is named after Dr. Horace Brinsmade Silliman, a retired businessman and philanthropist from Cohoes, New York who gave the initial sum of $10,000 to start the school. Starting as an elementary school for boys, the school expanded to become a college in 1910, acquiring university status in 1938. For the first half of the 20th century, Silliman was run and operated by Americans. After the Second World War Filipinos began to assume more administrative positions, culminating in the appointment of Silliman's first Filipino president in 1952.
In terms of accreditation, Silliman is one of only five universities in the Philippines with "Institutional Accreditation" by the Federation of Accrediting Agencies of the Philippines (FAAP). Institutional Accreditation is the highest certification that can be granted to an educational institution after an over-all examination of its number of accredited programs, the quality of its facilities, services and faculty. Incidentally, Silliman also has the highest number of accredited programs in the country twenty of which are on Level IV accreditation status, the highest level that can be granted to individual programs.
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