It is a great honor to welcome the arrival of a member of Philippine Embassy, Ms. Myca Magnolia Fischer, First Secretary and Consul of the Philippine Embassy and a delegate from Silliman University, Dr. Mark Raygan Garcia, Director, Office of Information and Publication.

It is the first time that Philippine Embassy is seeking for a prestigious academic institution in Cambodia. “I am impressed toward many talented PUC students who turned out their result successfully, so I introduce PUC to one of the best and oldest school in Philippine as a university partner,” noted Ms. Myca Magnolia Fischer, First Secretary and Consul of the Philippine Embassy in her opening remark.

As the ASEAN community, a close collaboration between countries in the region is workable. For instance, people exchange especially youth, as they are future leaders of the country development. Hence, academic strengthening shall be taken into consideration. Ms. Myca Magnolia Fischer added that Embassy selected Paññāsāstra University of Cambodia as a link with academic institution because PUC has wide range of courses expertise which can be trusted among the university in the region.  

Silliman University is a prestigious top rank university in Philippine. There are over three thousand students in which 300 are international students from 52 countries. Dr. Mark Raygan Garcia identified that Silliman Universitytendsto pursue international relation and Cambodia is a choice; especially PUC which shares the same vision of peace and leadership and many others.