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Silliman is the largest college at Yale in terms of area, occupying most of a city block. Whereas other colleges house their first-year students on Old Campus, first years in Silliman College and Timothy Dwight College (our rival) enjoy the privilege of living in their own colleges!
Silliman College is a residential college at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, named for scientist and Yale professor Benjamin Silliman. It opened in September 1940 as the last of the original ten residential colleges, and contains buildings constructed as early as 1901.
Silliman University (also referred to as Silliman or SU) is a private research university in Dumaguete, Philippines. Established in 1901 as Silliman Institute by the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions, it is the first American and Protestant founded institution of higher learning in the Philippines.
Silliman College was built on land that was home to the Algonquian Indians, dating back as far as 8000 years ago. This tribe, later renamed by the British as the Quinnipiac Indians, suffered significant population losses due to diseases inflicted upon them by settlers who came to the area.
Silliman College was opened in 1940 as the last of the original ten colleges. The college incorporated the Vanderbilt-Sheffield dormitories and Byers Hall, the latter of which contains the Dining Hall, Common Room and Library.
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