The official student publication of Bulacan State University, the Pacesetter, recently added multiple feathers to its already well adorned cap when it bagged a total of 32 awards in the individual and group categories of the recently held 17th Regional Higher Education Press Conference in San Fernando, Pampanga on January 16-18, 2018 at the Villa Alfredo’s Resort. The event was held in coordination with the Commission on Higher Education aims to serve as a thoroughfare of talents in the different aspects of journalism such as writing, photojournalism, editorials, cartooning, and etc. The list of awards won are as follows:
Individual Category
John Moises Cruz
- 1st Place, Poetry Writing English
Cyra Borlongan
- 1st Place, Feature Writing Filipino
- 2nd Place, News Writing English
- 6th Overall Highest Pointer
Romar Zabala
- 1st Place, Copyreading and Headline Writing Filipino
- 5th Place, Sports Writing Filipino
- 9th Overall Highest Pointer
Vincent Pablo
- 1st Place, Editorial Cartooning English
- 5th Place, Comics Strip Drawing English
- 10th Place, Literary Graphics Illustration English
- 7th Overall Highest Pointer
Mao-len Abad
- 2nd Place, Photojournalism Filipino
Jerome Calayag
- 3rd Place, Sports Writing English
Miguel Maghinang
- 3rd Place, News Writing English
Mari Dennisis Pascual
- 4th Place, Photojournalism English
David Lim
- 4th Place, Poetry Writing Filipino
Rhiegan Sumabat
- 4th Place, Literary Graphics Filipino
- 5th Place, Editorial Cartooning Filipino
Lance Lemuel David Pascua
Nicole Beltran
- 5th Place, Opinion Column Writing Filipino
Carlo Ventura
- 3rd Place, Editorial Writing Filipino
- 10th Place, Copyreading and Headline Writing English
- Elected Bulacan Representative for Young Journalists Association of Region III
- 2nd Runner Up, Mr. YJAR III
Ronaldo Magsakay
- 6th Place, Developmental Communication Filipino
Allen Cruz
- 7th Place, Comics Strip Drawing Filipino
Group Category
Best Performing School
Literary Folio Category
- Best Literary Folio
- Page Design – 1st Place
- Concept in Literary Folio – 1st Place
- Visual Arts Page – 2nd Place
- Cover Design – 1st Place
- Literary Content – 2nd Place
Tabloid Category
- 3rd Best Tabloid
- Page Design - 1st Place
- DevComm Page - 3rd Place
- Sports Page - 2nd Place
- Feature and Literary Pages - 4thPlace
- Opinion and Editorial Pages - 9thPlace
Broadsheet Category
- Best Broadsheet
- News Page – 1st Place
- Feature and Literary Pages – 1st Place
- DevCom Page – 2nd Place
- Page Design – 1st Place
- Sports Page – 2nd Place
- Opinion and Editorial Pages – 1st Place
Magazine Category
- Best Magazine
- Feature and Literary Pages – 1stPlace
- Cover Design – 3rd Place
- Opinion and Editorial Pages 2ndPlace
- Page Design – 3rd Place
- News Page – 4th Place
- Sports Page – 5th Place
- DevComm – 8th Place
Newsletter Category
- Best Newsletter
- Sports Page – 3rd Place
- News Page – 1st Place
- DevCom Page – 1st Place
- Opinion and Editorial Pages – 1st Place
- Feature and Literary Pages – 2nd Place
- Page Design – 1st Place