VSU faculty, admin staff associations seal MOA with KAISER on medical allowance
Photo courtesy of Sharon Evite Cangayda Carangue
Visayas State University (VSU) formally entered into a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with KAISER International Healthcare Group, Inc. on December 16, 2025, at the Office of the Vice President for Administration and Finance (OVPAF) Conference Room, marking a significant step in strengthening the medical benefits of its employees.
Read more ...VSU USSC hailed national winner at National Kabataan Fair
Before the year 2025 came to a close, VSU reaffirmed its commitment to transformative, service-oriented leadership on the national stage when the University Supreme Student Council (USSC) was named as the national winner of the National Kabataan Fair: Empowering Youth Leadership and Solution during the 12th Philippine I Transform! Leaders’ Convention (PITLC) on November 13–18, 2025 in Baguio City.
Read more ...Viscan film bags award in national contest
Silakbo–Baybay Film, an independent student-led film organization based at Visayas State University, continues to make waves in the national filmmaking arena after winning Most Child-Friendly Documentary (Young Adult Division) for its film Katutubong Pangarap at the DokyuBata 2025 National Awarding Ceremony held on November 28, 2025, at the Heritage Hotel, Manila.
Read more ...VSU records historic Scopus milestone with over 100 publications in 2025
For the first time in its century-long history, Visayas State University has surpassed the 100 mark in Scopus-indexed publications within a single year. In 2025, the University recorded 107 Scopus documents, placing it among a small group of Philippine higher education institutions with sustained research output visible in global academic databases.
Read more ...VSU Agarwood study and DA’s farmer income-boosting program sweep top awards at regional RDE symposium
Visayas State University (VSU) and the Department of Agriculture-Regional Field Office VIII (DA-RFO 8) shared the limelight at the 37th Joint ViCARP-ViAFFREDS Regional RDE Symposium in Tacloban City, where their research and development efforts supporting biodiversity and farmer productivity were hailed as the region’s most outstanding papers for 2025.
Read more ...VSU-DBS expands citizen science efforts through marine monitoring & biodiversity seminar in Ormoc City
Visayas State University-Department of Biological Sciences (VSU-DBS) strengthened its citizen science initiatives in Ormoc City through a Marine Ecosystem Monitoring and Biodiversity Awareness Seminar held on October 29, 2025, at the Ormoc City Public Library.
Read more ...House Committee OKs HB 2045 for a new era of coconut research in the Visayas
The House Committee on Agriculture and Food has approved House Bill (HB) No. 2045, a proposed measure led by Representative of the Fifth District of Leyte Carl Nicolas C. Cari that will formally elevate the Visayas State University (VSU) as the core research hub for the coconut industry in the Visayas.
Read more ...VSU opens World Soils Day 2025 with lecture series led by Polish partners
Visayas State University (VSU) kicked off its week-long celebration of World Soil Day 2025 with an international lecture series led by Dr. Marcin Świtońiak and Dr. Przemysław Charzyński of Nicolaus Copernicus University (NCU) in Toruń, Poland.
Read more ...VSU-Devcom prof co-authors Global Food Systems book, becomes first Filipina delegate to World Shiology Forum
In a landmark milestone for Visayas State University (VSU), Dr. Christina A. Gabrillo, a professor from the Department of Development Communication, has become the first Filipina to participate in the 5th World Shiology Forum, held on October 28-31, 2025 in Haikou, China.
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