To improve the university’s localized warning system that will help save people's lives, properties, and agricultural commodities, the Department of Meteorology (DMet) together with the VSU Agrometeorological Station (AgroMet), and the University Integrated Media Center (UIMC) have joined forces in providing daily updates on weather-related information and important bulletins.

The VSU community welcomes five new strong officials to work under the administration of President Prose Ivy G. Yepes to continue with the university’s pursuit of greater academic excellence and research relevance.

The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) gets a new official with the designation of the former Director of the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMCO) Secretariat as its new Commissioner. She is the first woman to serve as Director of the SEAMCO Secretariat.

For VSU’s 100th Anniversary, the university widened the scope of its search for the UGMAD Awardees to the entire Visayas region.

As part of its Centennial Anniversary celebration, VSU spearheaded a coastal clean-up drive and outreach program to highlight the importance of sharing and caring for its communities and environment.

The proposed project of building an eco-heritage museum in Silago, Southern Leyte was selected as among the top 15 winners of the first-ever Tourism Champions Challenge (TCC), a flagship program of the Department of Tourism to boost the tourism industry in the Philippines.

In another first here in Eastern Visayas, the Visayas State University launched a digital document request and tracking system that will allow the public to remotely monitor the status of their request from the Office of the University Registrar (OUR).