SD PortalXtra


September 2012


FD …(from page 1) ment, and promotion of best interventions in medicine. Dinah is president of SUCNAAI, the international nursing association of Silliman nursing alumni. SUCNAAI sponsored BalikTalent in collaboration with the Silliman College of Nursing and the alumni asso- ciation SUCNAA. Tenette gave the keynote


address during this confer- ence Aug. 23, but because of a previous commitment in Hungary she was not able to receive the OSA award in person Aug. 28. Laarni and Ligaya represented SUAF as OSA nominating chapter during the ceremonies. Prescy Madrid attended her


BSN ’70 class reunion and the BalikTalent conference. In addition to Dinah and Ten-


ette, SUAFer Amy Buluran is a SUCNAAI member.


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SUAF readies library donation For the Filipiniana section at the Mira


Mesa library, SUAF’s 2012 campaign to “restock” multimedia and book offerings will culminate in a presentation Oct. 27 with US Representative Bob Filner as featured speaker. October is Filipino American His- tory Month in San Diego. A community project undertaken by


SUAF to provide local library patrons with sufficient materials on the Philippines, the chapter approved a new library drive early this year, appropriating $1000 as seed money to collect via purchase and donations new reference materials for the library. The special Filipiniana section has been


maintained by the alumni chapter since its inception during the term of Susan Sold- wisch as president and continued by Nate Tan and Fely Narvaez during their leader- ship. The collection has since become dated and


the physical condition has deteriorated re- quiring replacements for worn-out or lost books and media. SUAF started the book and multimedia drive last January soliciting donations and contributions from members and non-member patrons for Philippine- related materials or those written by Filipino authors. Every item donated will be appro- priately labeled with names of donors. Chairman of the Book Committee isMila


Paniamogan, with members Fely Narvaez, Ben Sy, Ligaya Simpkins, Sonia Sheeks, Teo Tawagon, Grace Tan, Precy Garrido, Nate Tan and Laarni Gularek. Consultants are librarian Teresita Flores and alumni members Revs. Isaias Paniamogan and Jose Jacinto. The presentation October 27 will be at


Susan organized a five-day reunion


of her pre-med class, and she and Bill had activities involving the Divinity School for which both have volunteer


1pm, at the Mira Mesa Library, 8405 New Salem St., San Diego. Rep. Filner represents the 51st Congressional district.


Chapter elections set Oct. 20 The next quarterly meeting of SUAF is


Breakfast with President Malayang


associations when they are in Negros Oriental. Also attending class reunions were Ligaya


for her chemistry class, and Laarni for her SUHS ’70 class of which Ben Malayang III belongs to.


scheduled for Oct. 20 and will feature the election of chapter officers for 2013 and 2014. The election committee headed by Pastor Paniamogan and Alma Lavergne will provide details as they become avail- able. Members are requested to keep the date open. Looking ahead – members are reminded


that the annual Christmas party will be on Dec. 8. Caroling days are tentatively slated for Dec. 15 and 16, Dec. 22 and 23, and Dec. 29 and 30.


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