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To enhance the university’s disaster and crisis response capabilities, officials of the Visayas State University (VSU) recently participated in a comprehensive Executive Course on the Incident Command System (ICS) held on September 10, 2024, at the RDE Hall.

In a bold move towards further modernizing operations, Visayas State University President Prof. Dr. Prose Ivy G. Yepes challenged everyone to change their perspective about accreditations and correct the misnomer that it only benefits the administration.

As the leading institution in Aquilaria research and development of a biodiversity-friendly enterprise in the region, VSU was tapped by the Regional Industry Board to host a training on Rainforestation-Aquilaria Farming.

Two Viscan-made film pitches emerged as qualifiers for the Mga Kwento ng Klima Short Films 2024 (MKK Shorts 2024), a competition for filmmakers launched by the Oscar M. Lopez Center to capture the climate crisis experience of Filipinos.

Assistant Professor Rafael Junnar P. Dumalan from the Department of Biological Sciences (DBS) graduated from his 10 months of educational training in marine science and oceanography at Germany’s leading polar and marine research institution.