THE UNIVERSITY is set to receive a total of 30 awards in the 11th Philippine Student Quill Awards, an industry-led competition recognizing exemplary communication and creative works nationwide.
Including six awards won by the Varsitarian, the University will bag more accolades in this year’s competition compared with the tilt’s 10th edition, when UST brought home 19 recognitions.
The ‘V,’ the 97-year-old student publication of UST, won in the publications category with its Paskuhan 2024 issue, which highlighted the Thomasian Christmas traditions in the Manila, General Santos, and Santa Rosa campuses.
The Varsitarian’s 16th print issue for Publication Year 2023-2024, which headlined an investigative report on accessibility hurdles faced by students with disabilities, also won in the category.
The student publication reaped an award in the audio/visual category, cited for its Olympic-themed Paskuhan 2024 video production produced by incumbent editor in chief Chalssea Echegoyen.
Former Varsitarian assistant news editor Janica Buan snagged an award in the writing category for her feature story, “The inspiring journey of a visually impaired UST commerce graduate.”
Also by Buan, “Axe set to fall on non-tenured UST profs without health permits,” a story on the Manila city health permit controversy, emerged victorious in the same category.
Former assistant special reports editor Fernando Pierre de la Cruz’s in-depth report on the 10 Aegis Juris fraternity members’ life imprisonment conviction over the death of UST law freshman Horacio “Atio” Castillo III was likewise recognized in the writing category.
Tiger Media Network, the official broadcasting arm of UST, achieved the most Quill accolades in the University with 13 awards.
Other student media organizations that will be given awards are TomasinoWeb (2), The Flame of the Faculty of Arts and Letters (2), and TOMCAT-UST (3).
Students from the UST Department of Communication are also set to receive Quill awards.
The Philippine Student Quill Awards honors outstanding outputs in business communication, communication research, creative works, and campaigns.
It is the junior division of the Philippine Quill Awards, which recognizes professionals from public and private sector organizations that excel in the field of communication.
The awarding ceremony will be held on Aug. 27 at the Manila Hotel.
Winners will be awarded either an Award of Merit or an Award of Excellence, depending on how the entries scored under a global seven-point scale.
Entries with at least a 5.25 score win a Merit Award, while entries with a 5.75 score or higher win an Award of Excellence.
The school with the most Awards of Excellence is named School of the Year, an honor that UST has won seven times since 2013. Micah G. Pascua
