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VSU President Dr. Edgardo E. Tulin said he has faith in the 13 newly elected officers of the University Supreme Student Council (USSC) led by Mr. Mark Michael O. Unlucay in an informal speech before they took oath at the Office of the President, July 29.

VISAYAS STATE UNIVERSITY

is in need of

2 Regular Faculty (immediate hiring)

Basic Salary: P 247,812.00 per annum

Qualifications and Requirements:

1. Education: Licensed Civil Engineer with a Masters Degree
2. Experience: One-year teaching experience/industry practice
3. Training: None required
4. Eligibility: valid PRC license as Civil Engineer
5. Should possess the following competencies:
   1. Commitment—deep sense of responsibility to render service for the development of the students’ well-being and for the advancement of his/her discipline
   2. Knowledge of subjects—applicant’s scholarship and expertise in his/her field or discipline
   3. Teaching for independent learning—ability to organize teaching-learning processes to enable students to maximize their learning potentials
   4. Management of learning—ability to create and manage a conducive learning environment and at the same time guide, monitor, and evaluate student learning.

Interested applicants must send their application letter and resume not later than July 29, 2016 to:

(sgd)

EPIFANIA G. LORETO
Head, Department of Civil Engineering
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Dr. Sergio M. Abit Jr., a USAID-STRIDE visiting professor from Oklahoma State University (OSU), shared his experiences in using alternative approaches to teaching soil science, July 28, at the Department of Agronomy and Soil Science Lecture Hall.

Ready your audition piece as VSU brings you one of this year’s anniversary highlights, the “Voice of VSU 2016”. Patterned after ABS-CBN’s “The Voice of the Philippines”, the singing contest will showcase talents from the different Colleges (including VLHS & branches) in the VSU System. The Colleges shall select 2 to 3 contenders who must proceed to the Blind Audition.

Filipino pianist Charisse Dumlao, who now lives in Switzerland, visited VSU, July 25, upon the invitation of her contemporary, VSU’s music instructor and violinist Joselle Cayetano.

VISAYAS STATE UNIVERSITY

is in need of

1  RESEARCHER

• Wiling and able to work in remote locations and help coordinate arrangements, logistics for the team
• Experience with implementing a participatory mapping approach and develop scaled land use maps with communities
• Field experience with participatory rural appraisal (PRA)
• Forestry research background (optional)
• will be required to work part-time during weekends(3/4 days a week) between 08.08.2016   to 16.11.2016 and attend training workshop  (3 day training workshop, followed by 1-2 days field training to be in held in Leyte, Philippines for the second week of August)
• must have strong interpersonal communication skills and being culturally sensitive e.g. skilled and willing to facilitate community group meetings
• aware of good practices associated with a participatory rural appraisal (PRA) approach.
• Data input and management experience

1 EXPERIENCED PRA TRAINER

• The La ForeT forestry landscape project requires a qualified participatory rural appraisal (PRA) expert to assist in training and support for , a 3 day training workshop, followed by 1-2 days field training to be in held in Leyte, Philippines for the second week of August.
• The trainer must have led participatory mapping approaches, developing scaled maps with communities to understand tenure, forest and land use and also experience with other PRA approaches i.e. Focus group discussions and tools used to elicit focused information.
• The individual ideally should have a back ground in forestry research and have the skills to communicate with a team of interdisciplinary researchers on good practices of PRA practices in addition to willingness to advise and support on methods pre/test with a forest community. 

1 FIELD RESEARCHER

• Ideally with experience of participatory rural appraisal (PRA) techniques (preferable but not essential as we aim to train this person)
• Able to work in remote locations and help coordinate arrangements, logistics for the team
• Available during proposed period 08.08.2016  to 16.11.2016
• Strong interpersonal communication skills e.g. willing and capable to facilitate community group meetings
• Preferably MSc. level, mature student with good communication skills
• Responsible for data entry of PRA activities e.g. summary reports / maps,  etc.

            Please submit an application letter, curriculum vitae, and transcript of records on or before July 31, 2016 to:

DR. RENEZITA S. COME
Project Leader Laforet and CFES RDE Coordinator
Visayas State University
Visca, Baybay, Leyte 6521-A
Tel. No. (053) 335-2675

SRA at CFES