Forget soft drinks! This root crop based drink from sweet potatoes will surely quench your thirst without the health risks associated with sugary sodas.

The roster of speakers for this webinar was a combination of successful alumni who are currently pursuing their advanced studies abroad, alongside some invited graduate students from VSU partner universities in Europe.

All the twelve talks were squeezed in a three-day event that ran from July 21-23, 2021 via Zoom with public broadcast live streamed through the official Facebook page of VSU.

Dr. Roberto C. Guarte (left) passes the symbolic key to Dr. Jannet C. Bencurre (right) in a simple turnover ceremony held last week at the new CET Function Hall.

Before his retirement to public service in February next year, Dr. Roberto C. Guarte wants a new leadership in the College of Engineering and Technology (CET) to be formally installed to make way for an orderly and effective transfer of power.

Dr. Guarte turns over the Deanship to Dr. Jannet C. Bencurre, the current Head of the Department of Geodetic Engineering (DGE).

The Institutes for Research, Innovation and Scholarship (IRIS), an emerging research and innovation think-tank in the Philippines, places VSU within the top 20 best universities in the country in terms of research productivity.

VSU was named top 12 in both science and engineering, and top 15 in health. It is the only university in Eastern Visayas to make it to the top 50 list.

The Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (translated as the Catholic University of Leuven) or KU Leuven for short, has long been engaged with the Visayas State University (VSU) since 2013.

In the aftermath of Super Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda), KU Leuven was one of the first overseas institutions to provide financial donations to VSU that amounted to 2.2 million pesos. On top of that, several VSU faculty members have also obtained their graduate degrees in KU Leuven.

How did Central Europe transition from communism to democracy?

This was the main topic covered in a three-week online summer school program offered by the Masaryk University from June 28 to July 16, 2021.

Dr. Deejay Lumanao, the newly appointed Head of the VSU Online Programs Office (OPO), recently conducted the first virtual consultation dialogue with the students of the Master of Agricultural Development (MAgDev) program as input to planning and future institutional development initiatives.