More alumni thronged this year’s Homecoming at the VSU Beach Resort, May 19-20.

Some 40 municipalities and cities from the provinces of Leyte, Southern Leyte, Samar, Eastern Samar, and Northern Samar acquired high-resolution flood hazard and resource maps during a turnover ceremony at the VSU Convention Center, May 26.

The research paper entitled “Rice and Vegetable Value Chains Affecting Small-Scale Farmers in the Philippines” authored by Dr. Buenaventura Dargantes, Cheryl Batistel, and Joviel Teves and published by Caritas Czech Republic was cited as an international book publication by the Visayas State University.

To read the full research paper, please click this link:

https://www.vsu.edu.ph/isrds-publications/976-rice-and-vegetable-value-chains-affecting-small-scale-farmers-in-the-philippines

This publication has been organized with the financial assistance of the Czech Development Agency, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, and the European Commission.

Ms. Batistel and Ms. Teves received the award in behalf of Dr. Dargantes during the awarding ceremony held on May 11, 2017 at the VSU-RDE Hall.

The awards for publications of VSU researchers has been a university tradition in recognition of their academic research.

VSU is training beneficiaries of the National Greening Program (NGP) on modern technologies in vegetable, rootcrop, biofertilizer, quality tree seedling and bamboo production, agroforestry, bee-keeping, marketing, and noodle processing, starting this week, May 29-June 2.

The Board of Accreditors of the Accrediting Agency of Chartered Colleges and Universities in the Philippines (AACCUP) has awarded VSU a Level III Re-Accredited status, a step shy of the highest accreditation level an academe can achieve.

The VSU Alumni Association, Inc. (VSUAAI) was able to heap donations during the Alumni Homecoming, May 19-21.

The Commission on Higher Education-Region 8 (CHED-RO8) recognized VSU Main and Tolosa Campuses for their 2015-2016 academic achievements, May 15, at the St. Paul School of Professional Studies, Palo, Leyte.