Dr. Maria Cynthia Rose B. Bautista, CHED Commissioner and Chair of the VSU Board of Regents, served as the Investiture Speaker during the installation of Dr. Edgardo E. Tulin as 6th VSU President on January 27, 2016 at the VSU Gymnatorium. 

Dr. Edgardo Escuadra Tulin has a humble beginning. He is the second sibling of Mr. Manuel Peñalosa Tulin from Albuera, Leyte and Mrs. Rosalita Muego Escuadra-Tulin from Baybay City who raised their seven children from their family income. His father was a farmer who later on ventured in land transportation business, and his mother was a plain housewife. Born on December 12, 1961 in Albuera, Leyte, Dr. Tulin has been assessed to have a great potential to excel academically as evident by the scholastic awards he received as First Honors in Cambalading Elementary School and Class Valedictorian in Albuera Municipal High School. His quest for higher education continued as he enrolled at the then Visayas State College of Agriculture (ViSCA), now Visayas State University, in 1977 with the degree of Bachelor of Science in Agriculture major in Agricultural Chemistry (Cum Laude) in 1981.