Ford Foundation named John Bengan and Jean Claire Dy as Ford Fellows-Elect for the school year 2009-2010. Ford awarded both Humanities faculty members MA study grants: Bengan for Creative Writing and Dy for Media Arts.
John Bengan
John Bengan graduated with a BA English (Creative Writing) degree from UP Mindanao. He has been a faculty member of the department’s Creative Writing Program for the past three years. He was awarded fellowships to the Iligan National Writers Workshop and the Dumaguete National Writers Workshop. His short story, “Higher Orders,” earned Bengan second prize in the 2005 Philippines Free Press Literary Awards. His fiction pieces have been published in several anthologies and national magazines.
Jean Claire Dy
Jean Claire Dy graduated with a BA Creative Writing degree from Silliman University in Dumaguete City. She has been a faculty member of the department’s Creative Writing Program and Communication Arts (Media Arts) Program for the past four years. She was awarded fellowships to the Dumaguete National Writers Workshop and the University of the Philippines National Writers Workshops. Dy also received a training grant to learn new media technology in Malaysia. Her creative pieces has been published in several anthologies and national magazines.
Bengan and Dy will be attending a series of seminars with the Philippine Social Science Center (PSSC), Ford Foundation’s international partner in the country, to prepare them for application and eventual study in a university overseas.
