To conserve different species from extinction, VSU sent two Visayan flora and biodiversity experts to participate in the second national workshop on updating the Philippine key biodiversity areas (KBAs) or identified marine and terrestrial sites where organisms inhabit.

Computer science students Paul Andrae Naval, Keith Derreck C. Valdeo, and Martin Benedict E. Ybas from VSU Team 2 secured the first runner-up title in the region's quantum computing competition.