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WVSU Garners Recognition at the 35th AACCUP Annual National Conference

West Visayas State University bagged three recognition plaques during the 35th Accrediting Agency of Chartered Colleges and Universities in the Philippines (AACCUP) Annual National Conference on March 9-11, 2022.

The university received a Plaque of Recognition for Institutional Accreditation after having obtained a Level III Accreditation Status during the conduct of the Institutional Accreditation Visit on April 12-16, 2021.

WVSU also received the Plaque of Recognition as Top 5 Performing SUC with the Highest Number of Level IV Accredited Programs in 2021. The ten Level IV accredited programs of the university are as follows:

  • Bachelor of Elementary Education, Bachelor of Secondary Education, Bachelor of Special Needs Education, Master in Education, Master of Arts in Education, and Doctor of Philosophy in Education of the College of Education
  • Bachelor of Science in Nursing of the College of Nursing
  • Bachelor of Arts in English Language Studies of the College of Arts and Sciences
  • Bachelor of Arts in Journalism of the College of Communication
  • Bachelor of Physical Education of the College of PESCAR

 

Another Plaque of Recognition is awarded to WVSU as Top 5 Performing SUC with the Highest Number of Level III Accredited Programs in 2021. The twelve Level III accredited programs of the university are as follows:

  • Bachelor of Science in Hospitality Management and Bachelor of Science in Cooperatives Management of the College of Business and Management
  • Bachelor of Arts in Broadcasting of the College of Communication
  • Bachelor of Science in Applied Mathematics of the College of Arts and Sciences
  • Bachelor of Elementary Education, Bachelor of Secondary Education, and Bachelor of Science in Information Technology of the Calinog Campus
  • Bachelor of Science in Hospitality Management, Bachelor of Science in Information Technology, and Bachelor of Science in Industrial Technology of the Pototan Campus
  • Bachelor of Elementary Education and Bachelor of Secondary Education of the Lambunao Campus

Living up to its institutional motto, “Where Excellence is a Tradition,” WVSU continues to be one of the top-performing schools in the region behind the strong leadership of its Board of Regents, university president, administrators, and faculty.

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WVSU receives 1 Million Pesos for DA-RFO-6 Research and Assessment project

The Department of Agriculture, Regional Field Office 6 (DA-RFO-6) issued one million pesos to West Visayas State University to fund a rapid appraisal study to assess the resources and capabilities of the Local Government Units in providing agriculture and fisheries extension services. The fund transferred to the university was intended to be used and liquidated under the approved Work and Financial Plan.

DA-RFO-6 Executive Director Remelyn R. Recoter, MNSA, CESO III and West Visayas State University President Joselito F. Villaruz, MD, Ph.D., FPPS signed the memorandum of agreement.

The ceremonial turn-over of the fund was done during the blessing and inauguration of Smart Greenhouse and Other Agricultural Facilities: Mass Distribution of Interventions, organized by DA-RFO-6 at Western Visayas Integrated Agricultural Research Center (WESVIARC), Jaro, Iloilo City, on March 31, 2022.

As acknowledged by DA-RFO-6 and WVSU, the study will serve as one pivotal reference point in the establishment of the Province-led Agriculture and Fishery Extension System (PAFES). The agreement took effect immediately upon signing by the parties and shall remain in force and effect for a period of one (1) year.

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WVSU Search for BOR PSR 2022

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WVSU inks int’l exchange program with Spain’s Univ of Deusto

By Hazel P. Villa, Anne Cortez, Rosemarie Felimon, Amabel Siason
ILOILO City — A representative of the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union from Universidad de Deusto visited the West Visayas State University (WVSU) on March 28, 2022 in view of a cooperation for the exchange of students and/or academic staff.
Dr. Edurne Bartolome, a social scientist and PhD lecturer at the Universidad de Deusto paid a courtesy call to the Office of WVSU President Joselito Villaruz, currently represented by OIC President Celina Gellada.
She was also welcomed by Project FORTH (Formation of Teachers in Challenged Areas) Coordinator and WVSU Vice President Ma. Asuncion Christine Dequilla and Project FORTH trainer and module writer Dr. Purita Bilbao who will be accompanying Dr. Bartolome in Iloilo and Aklan until April 1, 2022 when she returns to Spain.
WVSU and University of Deusto’s agreement “commits to respect the quality requirements of the Erasmus Charter for Higher Education in all aspects of the organization and management of the mobility, in particular the recognition of the credits (or equivalent) awarded to students by the partner institution.”
The above Inter-institutional agreement 2021-2022 has the University of Deusto assessing applicants of WVSU in a selection process of who best fits the academic offerings of the said University whereas University of Deusto sends its students and professors to WVSU.
Signing the agreement for University of Deusto was Dr. Alex Rayon Jerez, vice rector for International Relations and for WVSU, Ms. Edel Carmela Subong-Csoka, director of the International and Local Linkages Office. /PN
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First Darag Chicken Trading Hub Launched

March 10, 2022 marks another milestone in the industry of Darag Native Chicken as the first Darag Chicken hub dubbed as ‘Abing’s Darag Chicken Trading’ was launched.

Abing’s Darag Chicken Trading owner, Mrs. Mae Gerbacia (current President of Panay Darag Chicken Breeders Association/PADABA), named the hub after Dr. Bernabe Cocjin’s nickname ‘Abing.’

Dr. Cocjin, the Darag ‘guru’ and a former President of West Visayas State University, purified the Darag stock by inbreeding them for eight generations through the support of DOST-PCAARRD (Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development).

Abing’s Darag Chicken Trading is located at the WVSU Cooperative Complex, Corner E. Lopez – Mission Road, La Paz, Iloilo City. The hub completes the value chain of Darag production and marketing. They welcome Darag raisers and business-minded Ilongos for buying and selling transactions. They serve palatable Darag menus (lechon, tinola, fried, grilled, crispy, linabugan, inasal, timuom, etc). Moreover, they also sell dressed Darag Chicken.

With the launching of Abing’s Darag trading hub, the stakeholders expect that Darag production and business will be extra propelled and contribute to the region’s immediate economic recovery from the pandemic.

Important guests attended the launching spearheaded by PADABA, included Engr. Remelyn Recoter, Regional Executive Director of Department of Agriculture VI; Dr. Joselito Villaruz, WVSU President IV; Dr. Greta Gabinete, Vice President for Research, Innovation, and Extension; Dr. Ricky Becodo, WVSU Extension Director; Mr. Inigo D. Garingalao, Iloilo City Agriculturist; WVSU Darag Researchers and Experts (Dr. George Roxas, and Dr. Helen Genandoy); WVSU Multi-Purpose Cooperative; WESVAARRDEC; and representatives from WVSU faculty and staff. Of course, Dr. Abing Cocjin was there with individual Darag raisers from various points of Region VI.

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Vape bill exposes young ‘vulnerable’ consumers to health risks, endangers already weak enforcement

Two senators – Pia Cayetano and Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan – voted against SB 2239 on third reading. Only Cayetano consistently opposed the bill and said she was “beyond disappointed and beyond saddened” by its approval. Three days after the bill hurdled the Senate, the DOH slammed the “retrogressive” measure that “undermines the country’s progress in tobacco and control,” saying that it puts Filipino youth at risk. If passed into law, the bill will “expose our youth to harmful and addictive substances by making vapor products enticing and easily accessible,” the press release read. The bill stripped the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of the regulatory authority over e-cigarettes and its components as a consequence of their reclassification as consumer products falling under the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). To health experts, the measure involves public health issues and should have stayed with the FDA for regulation, adding that people should not wait for vaping-related deaths to happen when parallel harms with traditional tobacco have already been proven in studies. After the sessions resume on January 17, the Senate and the House will harmonize their respective versions of the bill and ratify the conference committee report, then submit an enrolled copy to Malacañang. The DOH, FDA, several medical professional organizations and health experts, youth groups and tobacco control advocates are counting on the president to stick to his anti-smoking and anti-vaping position and veto the proposed law that defies the policy he laid down in 2019.

 

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West Visayas State University is actively engaged in CALOHEA

West Visayas State University is one of the 31 HEIs across 8 ASEAN countries, and 5 European states engaged in CALOHEA Project. The Project measures Competences and Learning Outcomes in Higher Education in Asia, a Project of the Erasmus+ Programme. It is coordinated by the University of Groningen in the Netherlands with the ASEAN University Network (AUN) partner agency.

 

CALOHEA operates through three Subject Area Groups: Civil Engineering, Medicine, and Teacher Education. Contributing to the internationalization of higher education institutions in South-East Asia, The Project is developing a series of interrelated measures in three Key Recognition Mechanisms:

 

The creation and use of regional subject-specific qualifications and assessment reference frameworks to permit greater comparability of institutional degree program profiles
Installment of the culture of Student Workload Measurement as an integral part of curriculum design
Implementation of authentic assessment of internationally comparable Learning Outcomes in degree programs

 

(calohea.org)

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WVSU launches institutional internationalization

The urn, a West Visayas State University symbol, oozes with life as it records the past, symbolizes the present, and inspires the future. As the era of today heads towards internationalization, the university courageously rejected the notion of getting left behind.

WVSU braves the arena of internationalization by conducting an impactful event termed as #ReSpACE: The Redesign of Specialized Access to Connectivity and Engagement – A Glocalized Delivery of Internationalization Programs and Partnerships. The university, through the International and Local Linkages Office (ILLO), with its dynamic Director Edel Carmela Subong-Csoka, incredibly materialized the international meeting of minds on December 20-22, 2021.

The entire WVSU community and its passionately driven University President, Dr. Joselito F. Villaruz unconditionally united to welcome with wide open arms both the perks and perils of internationalization.

The 3-day online event was full of messages of gratitude as expressed by the WVSU community. The resource persons effectively brought inspiration and motivation as they shared their expertise on internationalization.

The resource persons were:

Atty. Lily Freida Milla, CESO IV Deputy Executive Director, Director III, CHED-IAS, Philippines

H. E. Kreso Glavac, Former Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Embassy of the Republic of Croatia

Dr. Lily Nurlaili, Former Education and Cultural Attache, Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in Manila

Br. Manuel Pajarillo, FSC, Ph. D., Vice Chancellor for Research, De La Salle Lipa, Lipa City, Batangas, Philippines

Asso. Professor Dr. Yazrina Yahya, Deputy Director, Center for Leadership Sustainability, Higher Education Leadership Academy (Akept), Malaysia

Dr. Donludee Donnie Jaisut, Associate Dean, International Relations, Faculty of Agriculture, Kasetsart University, Thailand

Ms. Jenni Montero, Regional Manager, Camosun Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Dr. Christine Nabor-Ferrer, Tarlac Agricultural University, Philippines

Mr. Hector J. Gloria, Jr., Partner, CHED-International Affairs Staff, Faculty, Communication Department, IZN Lead, College of Arts and Sciences, University of St. La Salle, Philippines

Mr. Harfiz Rasul Mohamad, Senior Officer for Student Engagement, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia

Mr. Andre Kwok, Founder, Future City and Good City Foundation, Hong Kong and China, University of Hong Kong and Lee Kuan Yu School of Public Policy, Singapore

Dr. Daniel Cha, Professor, Chemistry Education, College of Education, Daegu University, South Korea

Ms. Rithika Susan Thomas, Project SHEA Lead, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Prof. Muhammad Wahyu Islami Pratama, Program Manager, Study Abroad and CommTech Camp, ITS International Office, Institut Teknologi Sepuluh (ITS) Nopember, Surabaya, Indonesia

Mr. Anas Hasan, Young Professional and Innovator, Aspire to Innovate (A2I), Office of the Prime Minister, Bangladesh

Ms. Jenny Omadio, Director of the International Affairs, University of Antique, Philippines, and Ms. Saredith Sola, Coordinator and Adviser, UA Student Antbassadors, University of Antique, Philippines

Ms. Pichmonyka Chan, Investment Analyst, Knight Frank, City Partner, Good City Foundation Young Ambassador – United Nations, Geneva, Switzerland

Ms. Shalimar Ramirez-Dormitorio, Assistant Manager, Pre-professional Education Office (PPEO), Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore

Mr. Bryan P. Foronda, Student Ambassador of the Philippines to Japan, College of Agro-biological Resource Science, University of Tsukuba, Japan

Mr. Yee Teng Low, Founder, RAKUN, Student Ambassador of Malaysia Faculty of Tropical Forestry, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia

Ms. Syazwin Fahzlin Binti Mohd Fahrughazi, ASEAN Poet, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia

Ms. Hershey Geline Sumpay, President, Supreme Student Government/ Student Regent, West Visayas State University, Philippines

The virtual activity had an excellent flow of talks as the objectives of learning different internationalization strategies and exposing the WVSU community to various prospective international partners were realized.

It had been proven beneficial and productive as the participants were able to gather inputs on internationalization policies and procedures that include students, faculty, and staff.

As the strengths and key niches of the university were identified, WVSU became prepared to launch and sustain its internationalization program.

The 3-day virtual activity was only the start of the promising future of the university as the WVSU became completely ready to conquer the world.

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WVSU PRESIDENT LEADS GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY FOR NEW COM BUILDING

 West Visayas State University College of Medicine held a groundbreaking ceremony at the site of the soon-to-be-constructed COM annex buildings last February 9, 2022.  Carrying the theme “Construction of Increase in Carrying Capacity of the College of Medicine,” the groundbreaking ceremony signals another milestone for the university that will increase the carrying capacity of the College of Medicine through the new Clinical Skills Laboratory.

Held on the land adjacent to the Roxas Building, the groundbreaking ceremony was attended by the members of the WVSU Board of Regent, namely , Regent Vice Chair Joselito F. Villaruz, MD, Ph.D., FPPS (President, West Visayas State University; Vice Chair, WVSU BOR), Regent Meylene C. Rosales (OIC-Regional Director, National Economic and Development Authority Region VI), Regent Peter Ernie D. Paris (President, WVSU Faculty Association), and Regent Hershey Geline D. Sumpay (Chairperson, Federated Student Council).

The WVSU vice presidents also attended the groundbreaking ceremony: Dr. Porferio J. Barlas, Jr. (Office of the Vice President for Administration and Finance), Dr. Ma. Asuncion Christine V. Dequilla (Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs), Dr. Greta G. Gabinete (Office of the Vice President for Research, Innovation and Extension) and Dr. Celina C. Gellada (Office of the Vice President for Medical and Allied Sciences).

Also in attendance were the WVSU College of Medicine personnel Jose Nemesio A. Granada, MD, FPCS, FPSGS, FPSCRS, FPALES (Dean, College of Medicine), Roumilla B. Mendoza, MD, MMBM, FPPS, DPSPGHAN (Associate Dean for Administrative Affairs), Lynette F. Alcala, MD, FPPS, FPSN, FPNSP (Associate Dean for Academic Affairs), and Victor A. Amantillo, Jr., MD, FPPA (Head, Office of Student Affairs).

 Wearing their white hard hats and with ‘golden spades’ at hand, the Board of Regents buried the symbolical time capsule in a celebratory mood, witnessed by other guests and attendees.

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WVSU e-Lib Project: Establishing the institutional Makerspace funded by Senator Pia Cayetano