Visayas State University (VSU) faculty researchers and its human resource management director were recognized as regional winners for the Civil Service Commission (CSC) Awards 2020.

To address the looming water crisis in the country, the Visayas State University (VSU) is proud to trailblaze the first and most comprehensive water education program among colleges and universities all over the Philippines with the approval of a two-year-long research project that will train faculty members and local researchers on water education.

A ceremonial groundbreaking was held for the establishment of the first Sweet Potato Processing Center in the Visayas held on December 8, 2020 at the Women’s Training Center in Barangay Cogon, Baybay City.

The Visayas State University will soon receive a grant from the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) to implement a project that will equip VSU towards becoming a smart-university.

The Visayas Consortium for Agriculture, Aquatic, and Natural Resources Program, known as ViCARP was selected as the 2020 Ugnay Award 1st Runner-Up, being the country’s second-best managed research consortium for years.

She succeeds Dr. Othello Capuno, who served as vice president for 12 years.

Dr. Roel R. Suralta, a Career Scientist II at the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice), received the 2020 Outstanding Research and Development Award or the Eduardo A. Quisumbing Medal for Basic Research and the 2020 Outstanding Filipino Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Fellow in the field of Agriculture.