UST named School of the Year for 7th time in PH Quill Awards

MANILA – The University of Santo Tomas, the country’s only Royal and Pontifical University, won the coveted School of the Year Award for the seventh time, conferred during the 8th Philippine Student Quill Awards last March 25 via Youtube livestream.

Through the efforts of students from the Faculty of Arts and Letters and the Institute of Information and Computing Sciences, the Tiger Media Network, as well as the Varsitarian, the official student publication of UST, the University claimed six excellence awards and 15 merit awards.

Here is the list of the entries feted with the Excellence Award:
1) CovidComms2020: #LifeAfterUST by Kathya Karmela de Leon – Communication Skills, Student Entry division.
2) CovidComms 2020: #USTeXP: The UST Minecraft Tour by Ashley Faustine de Mesa – Communication Skills, Student Entry division.
3) Recruitment 101 Campaign #UnravelTheGlory by Madelaine D. Bernardo – Communication Management, Student Entry division.
4) #TigerTakeover by Pia Ericka Torres – Communication Skills, Student Entry division.
5) Pinarang Sining by Rona Alondra Agulto – Communication Skills, Student Entry division.
6) The Varsitarian – Sports Infographics by Faith Yuen Wei N. Ragasa – Communication Skills, Student Entry division.

Meanwhile, de Leon and Bernardo’s respective shows were feted with Top Award in its category.

Here are the entries that received the Merit Awards:
1) #XPTMN by Isabela Beatrice Gonzales – Communication Management, Student Entry division.
2) 21st Inkblots by Klyra V. Orbien – Communication Skills, Student Entry division.
3) 5th UST National Campus Journalism Awards by Mariel Celine L. Serquiña – Communication Skills, Student Entry division.
4) Behind the Roar by Micha Gayle Resubal – Social Media Programs category.
5) CovidComms 2020: USTeXP: The UST Minecraft Tours by Charles Benedict Nobleza – Communication Skills, Student Entry division.
6) CovidComms 2020: V Exclusives: CJ Cansino by Faith Yuen Wei N. Ragasa – Communication Skills, Student Entry division.
7) CovidComms2020: ‘Misuse of power’: Thomasians slam decision to kill ABS-CBN franchise by Ahmed Khan H. Cayongcat – Communication Skills, Student Entry division.
8) Disrupt Your Usual: An IMC Campaign on TaskUs by Ma. Angelica I. Mariano – Communication Management, Student Entry division.
9) Flow by Maria Gabriel H. Jopillo – Communication Skills, Student Entry division.
10) LENSPEAK: The Decade in Photos by Mary Jazmin D. Tabuena – Communication Skills, Student Entry division.
11) The Varsitarian by Eugene Dominic V. Aboy, O.P. – Communication Skills, Student Entry division.
12) The Varsitarian – Short Videos by Mary Jazmin D. Tabuena – Communication Skills, Student Entry division.
13) Transgenders in sports – a call for fair rules by Faith Yuen Wei N. Ragasa – Communication Skills, Student Entry division.
14) d’CATCH Manila 2020: TRANS by Voltaire Ferald R. Avendaño III – Special and Experiential Events category.
15) UAAP Season 82: All For More Coverage by Elijah Miguel S. Punzalan – Communication Skills, Student Entry division.

Organized by the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) Philippines, the Philippine Quill and the Philippine Student Quill Awards honor exemplary communication research, programs, skills, and creative work.

The IABC vetted the entries through its global standards that measure the brightest and the sharpest in the communication industry.