The Honorable Congressman of the Lone District of Aurora, Atty. Juan Edgardo "Sonny" M. Angara, will be the anniversary convocation speaker of the Visayas State University on the occasion of its 88th Founding Anniversary on August 11, 2012 at the VSU Gymnatorium. The young congressman will be expounding his message based on the theme "Changing Lives Through Science and Technology."

Dr. Fernando A. Bernardo, the first ViSCA President and one of the two speakers during the 88th VSU Anniversary Convocation Program, revealed in his anniversary convocation speech how he successfully built a campus on top of the hill—that is, the Visayas State College of Agriculture (ViSCA), now VSU. When he was assigned as the President of ViSCA, he said to his wife [Dr. Emiliana N. Bernardo], "We will build a large campus here."