Student Visa and Special Study Permit Form

The BS in Nursing program of the College started out as a Ladderized Program (BOR Resolution no. 11, s. 2007 and revised per BOR Resolution no. 79, s. 2008.) Then, the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) accredited the two vocational programs in Nursing Assistant and Caregiver which grant students who have passed the TESDA assessment a National Certificate. 

In December 2007, the Department of Nursing Skills Laboratory and Lecture rooms were inaugurated. From then on, the VSU Board of Regents passed BOR resolution no. 73, s. 2009 on the 29th of October, approving the creation of the College of Nursing. Facilities and equipment were set up to meet the minimum standards set by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED). 

Partnerships with clinical agencies, community organizations. Governmnt and Non-government Organizations were forged to provide the needs of an outstanding generalist Nursing Education.

Vision

VSU – CN is an established higher educational institution that nurtures the person’s bio-psycho-socio-cultural and spiritual being for the promotion of one’s self and total human transformation for service and quality nursing care practice.

Mission

Produce a compassionate and holistic care giver equipped with critical thinking abilities, competent nursing skills and a well-disciplined person observant of the Code of Ethics for Nurses with emphasis on transcultural nursing.

Goals

• Apply knowledge of the physical, social and behavioral sciences in the provision of nursing care based on theory, research and evidence-based practice
• Participates in the delivery of nursing care with established legal and ethical parameters in collaboration with clients and members of the interdisciplinary health care team
• Provides holistic nursing care to individuals, families, communities and society as whole while respecting individual ad cultural diversity
• Demonstrates effective leadership that fosters independent thinking and collaborative communication in the management of nursing care
• Serves as an advocate for clients and for the profession of nursing
• Demonstrates continuing competence, growth and development in the profession

Core Values

• Verity
• Service
• Uprightness
• Competence and Commitment
• Nurturance

DLABS Vision/Mission

The Department of Liberal Arts and Behavioral Sciences commits to provide the chance for the total development of the students who can enhance the general well-being of their families through effective instruction, meaningful research and functional extension for rural development.

Goal

Department of Liberal Arts and Behavioral Sciences pledges to support the fulfillment of VSU’s principal mandate to provide higher professional and technical instruction in agriculture and related fields. DLABS will help promote research graduate studies and leadership in cultural and social aspects of development especially in agricultural rural communities.

DLABS hopes to help produce well-rounded graduates of agriculture and similar fields; graduates who can assist to the general development of the countryside; graduates who are not only technology-oriented but also culturally developed and socially-conscious individuals.

Objectives

1. General Objectives

1. Develop high caliber VSU graduates with strong background in the humanities and social sciences and who can provide effective leadership in scientific investigation.
2. Become a center in the application of new knowledge for cultural and social upliftment.

1. Specific Objectives

1. Graduate Program
   1. Provide a pragmatic leadership and expertise in language teacher training.
   2. Promote productive scholarship through research-oriented projects and enriched curricular activities.
   3. Encourage students to be self-reliant and practice independent thinking through extramural studies while still carrying out their jobs and other responsibilities.

1. General Preparatory Program
   1. Provide basic liberal arts and social science courses such as English, Filipino, Humanities, Psychology, Social Science, Speech, Philosophy and Spanish, for all degree and non-degree programs of VSU.
   2. Develop student’s communication sills useful in their fields of specialization.
   3. Provide students with experiences designed to enhance their fields of specialization.
   4. Enliven teaching approaches by accelerating general teacher improvement through in service trainings and professional exchange program.
   5. Strengthen the development of instructional materials.
   6. Continuously monitor and evaluate students’ performance to seek venues for improving instructions.

1. Undergraduate Program
   1. Prepare students for language and social science activities in agro-technical schools and colleges as well as language learning researches.
   2. Expose students to language learning activities, theories and research methodologies in language, language acquisition, and language teaching.
   3. Develop a sense of literary awareness, taste, and creativity and to promote appreciation of the performing arts.
   4. Provide support to all students in understanding theories other courses through Instructional Materials (IM) that go across curriculum.

1. Research
   1. Provide students and teachers a climate that inspires the development of research-oriented minds by leading them through instruction.
   2. Conduct researches that are truly responsive to institutional, local, regional or national goals and studies that could strengthen the department’s curricular programs.

1. Extension
   1. Prepare, collect and evaluate scripts with environmental and developmental concerns.
   2. Provide necessary training to target clientele for the development of the community’s human resources for cultural and social development.
   3. Present development plays, dramas with developmental themes that can really respond to the particular community needs.
   4. Make all VSU staff available for consultancy and other services needed by target communities.