Miss Anna Catherine A. Plata and Miss Mary Jane C. Sumayod, senior BS in Criminology students of VSU-Tolosa who were on their internship at VSU Main, returned a ZHDX cellphone which they found on March 4, 2015 at 6:20 in the morning at the sidewalk near Post Number 2 and the Obelisk structure.  They thought that the cellphone was already destroyed, but when they opened it there was a message requesting the finder to return the cellphone to the IT Building.

Fifty-four researchers received on March 6, 2015 rewards from the Visayas State University (VSU) for their published articles in local and international scientific journals and books from 2011 to 2013.

In celebration of the National Women’s Month, the Visayas State University – Villaba Campus  organized on March 5, 2015 an awareness campaign for students, faculty and staff entitled “Young and Pregnant: Facts and Fallacies,” a seminar on teenage pregnancy and HIV.  The seminar was facilitated by Dr. Gloria R. Pelayo, Head of Academic Services and GAD Coordinator; Mr. Vicente A. Cordero, Guidance Counselor; and Ms. Jolly Conversion D. Marquez, School Nurse. 

The papers of some VSU researchers bagged the major awards during the 26^th Joint ViCARP-RRDEN Regional RDE Symposium held on March 17-18, 2015 at the VSU Convention Hall.

In the Search for the Outstanding RDE Project (Research Category), the paper of Dr. Fe M. Gabunada entitled “Supply Chain Improvement of Donkey’s Ear Abalone (Haliotis asinina) in Eastern Visayas” was declared winner among the other eight best papers that were shortlisted for the competition.  The paper of Dr. Gabunada and her colleagues: Alice Prieto-Carolino,Rowena Paz L. Gelvezon,Hanny John P. Mediodia, Ana Liza B. Recto, Fatima Roseli J. Sosmeña, and Cherry Pilapil-Añasco received a cash award of PhP10,000 and a plaque of recognition from the organizers—the Visayas Consortium for Agriculture and Resources Program (ViCARP) and the Regional Research, Development and Extensions Network (RRDEN).  As the regional winner, ViCARP shall endorse the paper to PCAARRD to compete in the National Symposium on Agriculture and Resources Research and Development (NSARRD).

The Visayas State University (VSU), through the University Student Services Office (USSO) headed by Engr. Manolo B. Loreto, Jr., Dean of Students, hosted the Regional Expanded Students’ Grants-in-Aid Program for Poverty Alleviation (ESGP-PA) Committee Meeting on March 9, 2015 at the VSU Center for Continuing Education.  A total of 24 members of the Regional Scholarship Committee and Scholarship Coordinators from the different state universities and colleges (SUCs) and line agencies of Region 8 attended the said meeting and tackled the following agenda: status of submission of ESGP-PA reports, summer program, updates from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), and issues and concerns of SUCs. 

The Mighty Pythons Team was declared as the General Champion in the 2015 Faculty and Staff Intramural Games on March 11-13 held in the different venues at the VSU Main Campus.  The Team had accumulated 282 total points and was also proclaimed the Overall Champion in Sports competitions.  It got first places in kickball women, athletics men and women, tennis men and women, chess women, and billiards men.  Moreover, it also won first place in the mountain bike race (36 years old and above).  Furthermore, the Team dominated in the balak contest, a capella, and tango.

The Senior Students Event Planners (Team Bravo), a group of BS in Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Management (BSHRTM) students, in cooperation with the Society of Agribusiness Students (SABS), organized the “Youth Business Conference” on February 28-March 1, 2015 at the VSU Convention Hall.  The activity is one of the requirements in the HRTM 195 (Events Management) subject under Ms. Aireen Y. Clores, instructor of VSU’s Department of Consumer and Hospitality Management.