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Orlando, Florida hosts Tipon Silliman 2009Tipon Silliman 2009 was held on July 9 to 13, 2009 at the Royal Plaza Hotel in Disney World, Orlando, Florida with the theme: Leaving Our Imprint for Tomorrow: Raising the Bar of Excellence.
It was a week-long of meetings and updating from top officials of Silliman University and the Silliman Alumni Association, Inc. and a reunion of classmates and friends from different organizations and fraternities. The welcome night brought laughter and standing ovation when the delegates presented a dance number representing the different decades from the year 1901. What made the night great was a folk dance number rendered by the delegation from the campus. Prof. Jocelyn De la Cruz, Dr. Nichol Elman and Yolanda “Inday” Maxino danced the Jota Manileña.
The officials from the campus who went to attend the biennial gathering of Sillimanians and friends in North America were President Ben S. Malayang III, Trustee Candelario V. Gonzalez, Trustee Antonio Villamor, Trustee Reinaldo Nolido and Trustee Grace Sumalpong. Other attendees from the university were Dr. Nichol Elman, director for extension; Prof. Jocelyn Somoza-De la Cruz, director for alumni affairs; Dr. Elizabeth Susan Vista-Suarez, Cultural Officer; Prof. Isabel D. Vista, Cultural Affairs Committee; Joy Villegas Salatandre of the President’s Office; and Dolly Felicitas of the SU Manila Office. The Silliman Alumni Association, Inc.(SAAI) official representatives were the president, Atty. Dorothy Sandalo-Cajayon and the executive secretary, Yolanda Valente-Maxino. The day started with a worship service led by the Rev. Reuben Cediño, chaplain of Tipon 2009 and the songs were rendered by the Tipon chorale conducted by Ruby Agnir. A memorial service was held on the last day with the lighting of a candle by any relative or friend of departed Sillimanians for the past two years. A “Harana para kay Liling” (Prof. Leonor M. Briones) was performed by the famous international guitar artist Michael Dadap who is an honorary member of the Silliman Alumni Association, Inc. with Joel Pal as soloist. The board of directors of the SUACONA, which is composed of presidents and representatives from the alumni chapters in North America met and confirmed the nomination of Dr. Sylvester Almiron to the SU Board of Trustees as alumni representative from overseas. The SAAI representatives were asked to speak before the general assembly on July 10 and answered questions concerning their lifetime membership in the association and on how to become a duly registered chapter or alumni organization of SAAI.
The Tipon culminated with a gala night—a night of dancing and singing. It was during the gala night that the Order of Horace B. Silliman was conferred on the representatives of SUACONA and to Dr. and Mrs. Victor Rich by SU President Ben S. Malayang III assisted by Prof. Jocelyn dela Cruz , director of alumni affairs; Atty. Dorothy Sandalo-Cajayon, president of the Silliman Alumni Association, Inc.; and the members of the Board of Trustees present.
Our gratitude to the ONSUAA and New York-New Jersey chapters for
providing the accommodation of the delegates from the campus and
to SUACONA for inviting us to give updates to the alumni abroad.
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