the university. The Marine Mammal Museum on the other hand contains a large collection of whale and dolphin bones. It is located at a facility of the Institute of Environmental and Marine Sciences two kilometers north of the main campus. In 2015, the university opened its SU-ROTC Museum located on the first floor of Roman Yap Hall which houses the rare artifacts and equipment used in the Second World War and military uniforms of high-ranking Sillimanian military officials over the years. Zoo The A.Y. Reyes Zoological and Botanical Gardens or the Silliman University Zoo is the university zoo. It is also the home for the Center for Tropical Conservation Studies. The garden started in the 1960s as a tree planting project and field laboratory studies facility by the Silliman University Biology Department. In 1990, it became the country's first captive breeding center for the Philippine Spotted Deer (Rusa alfredi). Since then, the garden's captive breeding program has expanded to include other endangered wildlife unique to the Philippines such as the Critically Endangered Visayan Warty Pig (Sus cebifrons) and the Negros Bleeding-Heart Dove (Gallicolumba keayi). By 1996, the garden had grown to include over twenty animals and twenty-four plant species. The place was named the A.Y. Reyes Zoological and Botanical Garden after the late botanist, Prof. Alfredo Y. Reyes who helped start and develop the garden. Beach Silliman University has its own beach. It is situated at the front of the university's marine laboratory building. Extension programs like local fishing has been a project to the university and to the local fishermen in Dumaguete. Administration Silliman is governed by an independent Board of Trustees composed of fifteen members. Five of its members come from the Silliman University Foundation Incorporated (SUFI), five from the UCCP, and another five from the alumni. The president of the university sits as an ex-officio member. Under the board are the administrators composed of the University President, the Vice President for Academic Affairs, Vice President for Finance & Operations, Vice President for Development, Enterprise and External Affairs, the University Registrar, Treasurer, Director for Human Resource Management, University General Counsel and Senior Minister. Assisting the vice-presidents are the deans, directors, department chairpersons, coordinators, officers and unit heads of the various colleges, schools, institutes, units, research centers, offices, programs and extension projects of the university. Though historically Protestant, the university is academically nonsectarian. Its learning environment has remained generally