SU graduate in top
10 of PT exams

A fresh graduate of  Silliman University in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental, ranked 10th in the nationwide Physical and Occupational Therapy licensure examinations on August 4 and 5, a press release from the school said.

Lovely April Camelle Dy had a rating of 83.20 percent.

Other passers are Julliane Dean Alolod, Jerald John Demerre, Melissa Anne Martin, Zoe Emilea Menguito, Val Tyrone Omandam, Millecent Hope Quinain, Arrabella Tantengco and Marie Febra Claire Te. They  gave SU a passing rate of 90 percent, higher than the national average of 53.05 percent, the press release said.

Instructor wins Palanca

A faculty member of the English and Literature Department of Silliman University in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental, won second prize in the English category of the 62nd Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature, a press release from the school said.

Ian Casocot won the award for his story, “It Always Breaks My Heart a Little to See You Go”, a dramatic chronicle of a mother dealing with an autistic child.

The award that he will receive on September 1 in Manila, is Casocot’s fifth. He ranked first place in the same category in 2008, and won the NVM Gonzalez Prize, a PBBY Salanga Writers Prize honorable mention, and the FullyBooked/Neil Gaiman Philippine Graphic/Fiction Prize for his fiction, the press release also said.

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