Cine Europa 17 opens at VSU

"We are bringing European film culture to new audiences in Leyte. We are also very keen to plan additional screenings to reach residents of the worst affected areas of typhoon Haiyan in Tacloban," said Guy Ledoux, ambassador and head of the European Union delegation, in his speech in the CE 17 opening in Manila.

Hilongos-born VSU alumni land 6th, 8th in Geodetic Engineering licensure exam

BAYBAY CITY, Leyte — Two VSU geodetic engineering alumni, both natives of Hilongos, were topnotchers in the August 2014 Geodetic Engineering Licensure Examinations.

VSU honors #YolandaPH donors, Leyte gov Petilla thanks VSU for help in agriculture

BAYBAY CITY, Leyte - The Visayas State University on August 10, 2014, Sunday, honored donors for students who were victims of supertyphoon Haiyan.

During the 90th Anniversary Convocation, VSU gave awards recognizing various individuals, organizations and partners who donated in cash and in kind as aid for students affected by Yolanda.

#VSUAnniv at 90: Weeklong celebration kicks off with flower and garden show opening

The Flower and Garden Show 2014 served as the opening salvo of the 90^th (Nanogintennial) Founding Anniversary of the Visayas State University. It was held in the afternoon of August 1 at the VSU Social Garden.

Dr. Jose L. Bacusmo, VSU President, was so elated with the presence of many plant exhibitors and enthusiasts whose number keeps on increasing every year. Dr. Bacusmo also emphasized that there is always something new that the exhibitors want to show to the plant lovers and other clients that would entice them to come to VSU every time it holds its anniversary.

Statement on Student Death

Official Statement from the Office of the VSU President on the death of a mechanical engineering student on July 23, 2014.

We are deeply saddened by the news of the death of one of our students today.

Earlier in the afternoon of July 23, Wednesday, a mechanical engineering student died in the middle of an ultimate frisbee game. He was participating as a member of the College of Engineering (COE) Bravehearts ultimate frisbee team for the 2014 VSU Intramural Games. He suffered of cardiac arrest while playing.

Paramedics immediately rushed him to the VSU hospital but he was declared dead on arrival.

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

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.

KOICA commits US$3-million to help rehabilitate VSU-Tolosa Campus

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.