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Dr. Dennis P. Peque, a professor and former dean of the VSU College of Forestry and Environmental Science (CFES), is hailed as an Outstanding Professional Forester for Region VIII by the Society of Filipino Foresters, Inc. (SFFI).

Not only a part of the registered Philippine herbaria, VSU Botanic Garden Herbarium is also listed in the worldwide index of herbaria, which is the Index Herbariorum.

Fourteen plant protection majors from the agriculture program and one chemistry student are selected as recipients of the Undergraduate Research and Education Assistantship for Technology (uGREAT) Program initiated by the Department of Science and Technology—Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic, and Natural Resources Research and Development (DOST-PCAARRD).

To conserve different species from extinction, VSU sent two Visayan flora and biodiversity experts to participate in the second national workshop on updating the Philippine key biodiversity areas (KBAs) or identified marine and terrestrial sites where organisms inhabit.

With the longtime partnership of VSU and Hiroshima University in Japan, another two faculty members from the Department of Animal Science and the College of Veterinary Medicine, along with four students, were sent to join the 16th International Summer School.