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Bloom as the Seeds of Pioneers in a Frontier Land
Full Speech of UPLB Chancellor Rex Victor O. Cruz, Speaker of VSU's 61st Commencement Speaker.
May 9, 2014, VSU Gymnatorium
VSU president presents the institution’s action plan and project at DAP’s ECEML
VSU President, Dr. Jose L. Bacusmo, presented the University Action Plan and Project (APP) before some panelists on March 4, 2014 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Ortigas, Quezon City as part of the requirements of the Executive Course in Education Management and Leadership (ECEML).
Read more ...Search for Truth turns 30
The Search for Truth, one of VSU's most prominent symbols, turns 30 today.
On April 5, 1984, ViSCA President Dr. Fernando A. Bernardo unveiled the monument to a young college community. Standing in front of the Administration Building are two gigantic nude figures of a man and a woman, emphasizing partnership in the quest for truth, knowledge, and the professions. Nakedness symbolizes boldness, impartiality and unemcumbered drive in seeking for truth in its academic pursuits.
Read more ...Soil micronutrients can work miracles, says VSU soil scientist
Dr. Anabella B. Tulin, a Soil Scientist, disclosed during her SEARCA Regional Professorial Chair Lecture on February 26, 2014 at the Training Hall of PhilRootcrops how she became interested in soil science especially on its fertility. Her first study on soils revealed a very simple secret to improve the growth, yield, and quality of root crops and vegetables.
“It’s like a miracle—that you just add a little micronutrients to the soil in addition to macronutrient fertilizers, then the yield and even the content of phytochemicals such as anthocyanin will be improved,” said Tulin.
Read more ...So. Leyte farmers get quality sweet potato cuttings from VSU
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.
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