DUMAGUETE CITY -- Silliman University (SU) through its Office of Community Engagement and Service-Learning, hosted students from International Christian University (ICU), Tokyo, Japan and from George Mason University (GMU), Virginia, USA for the SU Service-Learning Program in June and August, respectively.
SU students Blaire Bethel Borromeo, Heini Borromeo, Mel Franz Contreras, John Louie Delmo, Abigail Faith Maraat, Umirica Partosa, Urseevi Tubio Jr., and Mercidita Yanquin accompanied the ICU students as their “student buddies.”
Meanwhile, GMU students participated in service-learning activities with the Little Children of the Philippines Foundation, Inc.; Dumaguete City Youth Home; Gawad Kalinga Jamalipayon Village, Jawa, Valencia; and Barangay Boloc-Boloc, Dauin.
The GMU students were accompanied by Dr. Al B. Fuertes, GMU’s Global Education Program Director and 2019 Outstanding Sillimanian Awardee; Helen Gaspar; and SU student buddies John Louie Delmo, Karla Encarguez, Rowena Lasuta, Abigail Maraat, Atty. Ceres Mangibin, Rawan Minalang, Ivy Pantinople, and Nikko Jay Venturillo.
Silliman’s partnership with ICU and GMU for its service-learning program began in 2008. (Photos: SU-OIP)
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