RAATI Team declares VSU ROTCU as the regional champion

The Regional Annual Administrative and Tactical Inspection (RAATI) Team for school year 2014-2015 led by Colonel Ricardo M. Colina, INF (GSC) RET PA, hailed the VSU ROTCU as the regional champion in the 2015 RAATI held on February 23, 2015.

“Himig Handog 2015” concert for a cause features UV Chorale

The “Himig Handog 2015” organized by the Senior Students’ Event Planners – Charlie taking up BS in Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Management (BSHRTM) spearheaded a post-valentine concert for a cause in the evening of February 22, 2015 at the VSU Gymnatorium. The concert featured the international award-winning University of the Visayas (UV) Chorale in Cebu City under the tutelage of Ms. Anna Tabita Abeleda-Piquero.

WorldFish, abaca rehab coalition hold workshop on scenario building

To ground and strengthen partnerships among members of the coalition for abaca rehabilitation, the WorldFish facilitated a Scenario Building Workshop on February 4-6, 2015 at the Cebu Parklane International Hotel, Cebu City. The activity aimed to: 1) review and assess the current stage of team development, 2) identify future vision and clear short term goals, 3) make action plans for the coalition, and 4) identify roles and responsibilities of each coalition member.

ISRDS director attends 2 workshops and EITI CSO retreat in Washington DC

Assoc. Prof. Maria Aurora Teresita W. Tabada, Director of the Institute for Strategic Research and Development Studies (ISRDS), was invited by the Transparency and Accountability Initiative (T/AI), to attend two workshops on February 10-12, 2015 in Washington, District of Columbia.

VSU is one of the top performing SUCs in 2014

The Visayas State University has been named as one of the top performing state universities and colleges in the country for the year 2014 by the Accrediting Agency of Chartered Colleges and Universities in the Philippines (AACCUP), Inc. The three universities which hurdled the evaluation for Level IV Reaccredited status based on number of programs and ranking are as follows: West Visayas State University – 4 programs, rank 1; Central Luzon State University – 3 programs, rank 2; and Visayas State University – 1 program (Agriculture), rank 3.

VSU holds dialogue with BIR personnel

A dialogue between the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) in Ormoc City, through Ms. Ma. Lilma V. Cu, Chief, Assessment Section of BIR-Ormoc, and the part-time instructors, job order personnel, and contract of services personnel of internally and externally funded projects of the Visayas State University was conducted on February 6, 2015 at the Center for Continuing Education.

Amaranth Staff brings home O+ Android ABS-CBN mobile phone; VSU participates in PMC 9

Amaranth staff Ria Micate brought home an O⁺ Android air shuffle ABS-CBN mobile phone after having luckily seated on a chair with a red card under it during the opening program of the Pinoy Media Congress (PMC) held on February 5-7, 2015 at the Fleur-de-lis Theater, Saint Paul University, Manila.

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