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VSU President Yepes elected as new SUC-ACAP President

Visayas State University (VSU) President Prose Ivy G. Yepes has been elected as the new President of the State Universities and Colleges–Association of Colleges of Agriculture in the Philippines (SUC-ACAP), a national network of public higher education institutions with strong academic and research programs in agriculture and allied sciences.
Read more ...VSU suspends classes, evacuates 500 students due to flooding

Visayas State University (VSU) suspended work and classes on Wednesday, August 27, 2025, after heavy rains triggered flooding in parts of the main campus and nearby barangays, forcing the evacuation of around 500 students.
Read more ...#DiscoverWithVSU: How clinical training shaped grit and care post-pandemic

In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, a group of researchers from Eastern Visayas set out to ask a timely question: what happens to the confidence, perseverance, and capacity of nursing students to care when their hands-on training is suddenly disrupted?
Read more ...VSU-DBS presents local fisheries research at National Marine Science Symposium

The Visayas State University-Department of Biological Sciences (VSU-DBS) continues to build on its growing work in marine biology, joining the 18th Philippine Association of Marine Science (PAMS) National Symposium held from July 10 to 12, 2025, at the University of the Philippines Cebu.
Read more ...Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering faculty sweeps top awards at Kobe University Int’l Research Course

Engr. Eldon De Padua (right) poses for a photo after receiving the Best Presentation Award at the 2025 Kobe GSAS-Double Degree Symposium in Japan.
Engr. Eldon De Padua, a faculty member of the Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering at Visayas State University (VSU), brought pride to the university after sweeping major awards in the 2025 Kobe University Comprehensive Course on Research Proposal Writing and Oral Presentation.
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