Hon. Walden F. Bello, Akbayan Partylist Representative, served as the guest speaker during the 31st Anniversary Convocation Program of the Institute for Strategic Research and Development Studies (ISRDS) on September 21, 2012 at the ISRDS Training Room. Hon. Bello was a political activist during the Martial Law period and he coordinated the Anti-Martial Law coalition and established the Philippine Human Rights Lobby in Washington D.C.

The Department of Teacher Education (DTE) of VSU's College of Education (CE) conducted on September 28, 2012 a Consultative Meeting on Practice Teaching and Field Study of Education Students at the Center for Continuing Education. The consultative meeting was participated in by some 60 district supervisors, principals, head teachers, and cooperating teachers from the different public secondary and elementary schools in Hilongos, Inopacan, Baybay City, Albuera, and Bato, all in Leyte.