Dr. Erlinda Vasquez, director of the Philippine Root Crops Research and Training Center (PhilRootcrops), is in the running for the 2017 National Presidential Lingkod Bayan Award after being shortlisted among 15 nominees in the country.

Outgoing President of the University Supreme Student Council (USSC) had changed the title of what used to be called “TIME congress”, a leadership retooling workshop, in the hopes of bringing across the studentry an image of a new and better USSC.

Australian Deputy Head of Mission Mat Kimberley expressed his gratitude and support for the research projects VSU has made in partnership with the Australian Center for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) during his visit to VSU, July 20.

VSU University Professor Dr. Anabella B. Tulin, participated in the academic exchange mobility programme of the Erasmus Mundus project ALFABET, June 16-July 16.

Some 60 student leaders from the different colleges in the main and satellite campuses of VSU convened at the gymnasium for the 2017 Student Leadership Congress, July 19-23.

Some seven faculty and staff members of VSU have finished their graduate studies this year, thanks to the scholarship grants offered by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED).

Two teams from the VSU Department of Economics placed first and third in the Outstanding Research Paper search during the 16th Young Economists’ Main Convention (YEMC) at De La Salle University, Manila, June 15.