Paul Jervin Ladesma 
Samar State University took the third place for STEM Olympiad 2024, held at People’s Center and Library, Tacloban City, June 25.
Highlighting their academic prowess in STEM, Reynard Fuentes, Dennis Cabarles, Michael Angelo Rediang, along with their coach Engr. Edgar Celada Jr., represented SSU against nine other universities around Eastern Visayas in the Tertiary Category.
University of the Philippines Tacloban secured the top spot, with Leyte Normal University taking second place.
The competition is one of the events lined up by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) for the 2024 Eastern Visayas Regional Science and Technology Week celebration, scheduled on June 25-27, 2024.
