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SOGOD, Southern Leyte, March 14 (PIA)—Nearly a hundred farmer-leaders coming from different municipalities and city of the province who were gathered at the town’s gym here Wednesday for an orientation-consultation on rootcrops production got quality sweet potato cuttings ready for planting.

vp india Dr. Othello B. Capuno, VSU’s Vice President for Research and Extension, together with Dr. Suzette B. Lina, a soil science faculty of the Department of Agronomy and Soil Science, participated in the Scientific Visit and Planning Workshop on Yamang Lupa Program (YLP) for Samar. Organized by the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), the activity was conducted on February 12-22, 2014 at the ICRISAT Headquarters in Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh, India.

devcom Miss Eula Dee A. Lañada, 2013 VSU graduate of BS in Development Communication major in Development Journalism, won the Best Undergraduate Research Paper Award during the 3^rd National Communication Research Conference (NCRC) held on February 6-8, 2014 at the College of Mass Communication, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City.

ipi foundation A total of twenty-seven third year and fourth year college students of the VSU System have availed of the Bright Future Scholarship Program for Typhoon Yolanda affected students initiated by the International Pharmaceuticals, Incorporated (IPI) Foundation in collaboration with the Visayas State University.

koicavsu staff The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) expressed its strong commitment by allocating US$3-million total fund to rehabilitate the Visayas State University-Tolosa Campus that was totally wrecked by the super typhoon Yolanda on November 8, 2013. This development surfaced after a KOICA Team visited Tacloban City a day after the typhoon, and two weeks later a six-member KOICA Team visited the area where some Korean volunteers were deployed which include the VSU-Tolosa Campus where Miss Juhee (Olive) Kim serves as KOICA Volunteer.