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Fourteen plant protection majors from the agriculture program and one chemistry student are selected as recipients of the Undergraduate Research and Education Assistantship for Technology (uGREAT) Program initiated by the Department of Science and Technology—Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic, and Natural Resources Research and Development (DOST-PCAARRD).

Engr. John Christian L. Gaviola, a faculty member of the VSU Department of Civil Engineering, is accorded the Best Presenter Award during the 4th International Conference on Disaster Management (ICDM) 2024 at Universitas Andalas in Indonesia.

With the longtime partnership of VSU and Hiroshima University in Japan, another two faculty members from the Department of Animal Science and the College of Veterinary Medicine, along with four students, were sent to join the 16th International Summer School.

Norman John N. Bandibas, a first-year computer science student, won a gold medal in the Philippine International Mathematical Olympiad (PhIMO) Final Round 2024, a friendly mathematical problem-solving competition.

At least 15 Philippine higher education institutions (HEIs), including Visayas State University, have been listed as ‘Reporter’ status of the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2025.

VSU Veterinary Medicine faculty, Dr. Ana Marquiza M. Quilicot, participated in the 21st International Society for Animal Hygiene (ISAH) and Southeast Asia One Health University Network (SEAOHUN) Conference in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

#ProudViscan Jose Reyes, a senior marine biology student, bagged third place in the first face-to-face regional Fisheries Quiz Bee organized by the Department of Agriculture - Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) held at Tacloban City.

From championing sustainable farming in the Philippines, #ProudViscan Norhaya Vasquez Demacaling is now globally recognized as one of the Top Agri-Food Pioneers (TAP) by the World Food Prize Foundation.