Sweet potato farmers, processors, and agricultural technicians from West Leyte and Samar are now undergoing training to establish and maintain Farmer Business Schools (FBS) in this area, January 10-13, at the Philippine Rootcrops Research and Training Center (PhilRootcrops) at VSU.

Two VSU Veterinary Medicine students won first prize in the Canine and Feline Medicine Quiz Show during the 13th National Congress of Veterinary Medicine Students (NCVMS), February 1.

A training-workshop on economic research methods is now going on at VSU’s Center for Continuing Education, January 9-13.

VSU jumped 81 places up from 114th in 2015 to 33rd in 2016 in the Webometrics ranking of Philippine universities.

The National Abaca Research Center-Visayas (NARC) housed at VSU, earned research funding after the visit of Dr. Reynaldo V. Ebora, executive director of the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic, and Natural Resources Research and Development (PCAARRD), at VSU, January 5.

Researchers from the Philippine Root Crops Research and Training Center (PhilRootcrops) at VSU revealed for the first time the effect of the phytoplasma disease or the witch's broom on the physiological functions of the cassava root crop known scientifically as Manihot esculenta.

Summing up the successful “firsts” that VSU had done in 2016, VSU President Dr. Edgardo E. Tulin maintains a positive outlook for the university in 2017. In his New Year’s message, Dr. Tulin sends his greetings of pleasure and hopes to what he treats as the “VSU family” in the upcoming year.