Three Sillimanians were chosen as student ambassadors under the Japan-East Asia Network of Exchange for Students and Youths Programme 2012, a press release from the school said.

Iphraim Cabristante, an incoming Mass Communication junior; John Paul Oira, a Computer Engineering senior; and Management senior student Jamie Mananquil spent two weeks in Japan, with 90 other student-leaders from various countries, and underwent a series of activities aimed at mutual understanding and enhanced cultural appreciation, the press release also said.

JENESYS is a program of the Japan International Cooperation Center geared toward establishing a basis of Asia’s stalwart solidarity by expanding youth exchange.

The program was launched in 2007 following an announcement by former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Japan’s implementation of a 35-billion-yen youth exchange program, that invited to Japan about 6,000 young people, mostly from East Asian countries, the press release also said.

Meanwhile, the Nutrition and Dietetics program of Silliman is the first in the country to receive Level 1 accreditation from the Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools, Colleges and Universities.

PAASCU also granted the same accreditation status on four programs under the College of Engineering and Design: civil engineering, computer, electrical, and mechanical engineering. The status affirms a program's compliance with standards of quality and excellence in higher education, the press release said.*

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