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  • WVSU Participates in the First Iloilo Transport Summit

    By Abegail G. Lapating and Ciarra Mae G. Imbang

    Student Regent Hershey Geline represented West Visayas State University (WVSU) during Iloilo City’s transport summit held at University of the Philippines Visayas Little Theater, Iloilo City Campus, last  August 30, 2022, at 7:30 A.M

    Organized by the Office of Iloilo City Councilor and Committee Chairman of Transportation, Atty. Sedfrey L. Cabaluna, the event aims to solicit concrete solutions and recommendations to resolve the issue surrounding the modification of jeepney routes implemented by the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB).

    The whole-day activity includes a series of presentations on the concept of the Public Vehicle Modernization Program, Local Public Transport Route Plan (LPTRP), amendments and modifications, other sectoral presentations, team workshops, and discussions in line with the Transport System in Iloilo City.

    Student Regent Hershey Geline Sumpay and WVSU USC Councilor Arlie Bosque were among the participants, and other representatives from the University of the Philippines (UPV), John B Lacson, Iloilo Science, and Technology University (ISAT U).

    At the event, Sumpay raised the issue of the lack of units of public jeepney vehicles and congestion. She also urged strengthening information dissemination to all commuters and implementing a 20% discount for students. 

    After the discussion, Bosque presented the collated recommendations of the student sector to the officers of LTFRB Region VI, Public Safety and Transportation Iloilo, Councilor Cabaluna, and all transport group representatives. One of the suggestions is implementing a coding system for private vehicles. 

    On Facebook, Arlie Bosque expressed his gratitude towards Atty. Cabaluna. “We would like to extend our gratitude to the office of Atty. Sedfrey Cabaluna for giving the students an avenue to voice our concerns on the effects of the LPTRP implementation in the city.”

    In an interview of Bombo Radyo with Councilor Atty. Cabuluna, he shared that there were over 100 attendees at the summit. Among the stakeholders are transport groups, academic institutions, commuters, and barangay officials. 

    The port Summit is led by the LPTRP Technical Working Team of Iloilo City and headed by Mr. Jeck Conlu and officials. Also present at the event are partnering agencies, namely PSTMO, Transport Cooperatives/Corporations, LTO, PNP, Provincial LGU, Media Partners, Business Sectors, Academe Sectors, Private Sectors, and participants from Bacolod City. 

  • UPDO Presents the WVSU Land Use Development and Infrastructure Plan for 2023 – 2032

    By Leo G. Almonte

    WVSU held the 3rd Stakeholders’ Consultation for its Land Use Development Infrastructure Plan (LUDIP)  at the Diversion 21 Hotel last July 29, 2022. Dr. Wilhelm P. Cerbo, Director of the University Planning and Development Office (UPDO), spearheaded the consultative meeting with stakeholders from the university, local government, and agencies.

    WVSU President Dr. Joselito F. Villaruz gave the welcome remarks while Dr. Cerbo presented an overview of the LUDIP. Among those in attendance were representatives from the Department of Budget Management, Commission on Higher Education, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Department of the Local government, Provincial Planning Council of Antique,  and municipal government representatives.

    The approval of the LUDIP is critical to the future of WVSU since it lays out the roadmap for land use and infrastructure development in the next ten years. The invited representatives from the local government units and agencies aired clarifications and provided feedback on the proposed plan presented by eight WVSU campuses.

  • WVSU Attends SEAOHUN Strategic Planning Workshop

    by Leo G. Almonte, MDC

    West Visayas State University attended the South East Asia One Health Network (SEAOHUN) strategic planning workshop at the function room of Microtel Hotel in Pasay City last July 4 and 5, 2022. Represented by Dr. Celina C. Gellada, Vice President for Medical and Allied Sciences, and Dr. Maria Kristina Gonzalez-Almonte, College of Medicine Faculty, the university is expected to take an active role in supporting the advocacy of  SEAOHUN.

    WVSU is a Philippine One Health Network member, part of the  Southeast Asia One Health University Network (SEAOHUN). According to their website, PhilOHUN and the entire SEAOHUN aspires for a future with minimal threat from preventable diseases through the One Health approach. They believe that joining hands with their neighboring Southeast Asian countries will allow us to move a step closer to this goal.

    SEAOHUN’s Dr. Vipat Kuruchittham (Executive Director) and Ms. Gabrielle Iglesias (Senior Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Officer) served as speakers while Professor Benjamin Sandoval facilitated the strategic planning workshop. As the funding organization of SEAOHUN, Chevron Corporation was represented by Ms. Dee Bourbon, Mr. Joel Gaviola and Ms. Analyn Caindoy.

    The workshop’s objective is to produce a five-year strategic plan to strengthen PhilOHUN’s identity as a One Health-centered organization in the Philippines. In attendance to the two-day workshop were representatives from member universities  Central Luzon State University, Partido State University, Pampanga State Agricultural University, University of the Philippines Los Baños, University of the Philippines Manila, Visayas State University, University of Eastern Philippines, Central Mindanao University, West Visayas State University, Chevron and SEAOHUN. 

    *Photo Source: PHILOHUN Website at https://www.philohun.org/   

  • WVSU explores collab with KMUTT in Thailand

    West Visayas State University continues to expand its reach in the fulfillment of its mandates in instruction, research, and extension.
     
    With its International and Local Linkages Offie (ILLO) Director Prof. Edel Subong-Csoka , VP for Research, Innovation, and Extension Dr. Greta Gallo Gabinete, campus administrators Dr. Dominador Lisao of the College of Agriculture and Forestry (CAF) and Dr. Mary Josephine Bautista (Lambunao), and CAF Internationalization focal person Prof. Rod Reynan Gallego Laspiñas, WVSU had a discussion with King Mungkot’s University Of Technology Thonburi in Thailand regarding possible collaborations between the two institutions.
     
    The WVSU delegation was welcomed by KMUTT led by Dr. Julapot Chiravachradej.
    The vision for a sustainable society is shared by both schools. #

  • WVSU eyeing expansion with Kasetsart University

    Expanding the horizon of WVSU has always been a vision for its institutional internationalization. And a vision coming true is a milestone worth sharing with the rest of Taga-West.
     
    Dr. Joselito F. Villaruz, WVSU president, has always pushed for full force internationalization. With the International and Local Linkages Office (ILLO) headed by Director Ms. Edel Carmela Subong-Csoka, a visit to Kasetsart University in Thailand was made to foster collaborations, most especially in the fields of agriculture and forestry, and forensics.
     
    With the study visit and institutional expansion were VP for Research, Innovation, and Extension Dr. @Greta G. Gabinete, Campus Administrators Dr. @Dominador Lisao (College of Agriculture and Forestry-CAF) and Dr. Mary Josephine Bautista (Lambunao), and Internationalization Focal Person of CAF Prof. Rod Reynan Las Pinas. #

  • CHED Chairman leads internationalization mission of Philippine higher education institutions to Canada

    Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Chairman Popoy De Vera led a High-level Higher Education Partnership Mission to Canada to expand opportunities to engage in academic and research partnerships focused on health sciences, renewable energy, agriculture, engineering and technology, data science and disaster risk management, among others.

    He was accompanied by CHED Region I OIC-Director Danilo B. Bose, Trade Commissioner for Education of the Embassy of Canada in the Philippines Ms. Angel Cachuela and officials from eight (8) Philippine higher education institutions (HEIs) namely, Mariano Marcos State University, Iloilo Science and Technology University, West Visayas State University, Southern Leyte State University, World Citi Colleges and WCC Aeronautical and Technological College, Tarlac Agricultural University, Tarlac State University and Universidad
    de Dagupan.

    The mission provided an opportunity for CHED and delegates to visit and meet with nine (9) post-secondary institutions in Ottawa and Toronto such as Carleton University, University of Ottawa, Algonquin College, Ryerson University, York University, University of Toronto, Niagara College, Seneca College and Mohawk College.

    As part of the mission, CHED and the Embassy of Canada in the Philippines organized the Philippines-Canada Education Networking session, an event that hosted about 20 Canadian education stakeholders on March 29, 2022 at the Philippine Embassy in Ottawa.

    During the event, De Vera signed Joint Statements on Higher Education Cooperation with Universities Canada and Colleges and Institutes Canada to expand education collaboration in areas such as student mobility, Indigenous Peoples education, research aligned with the UN SDGs, faculty and staff development, Microcredentials, applied research, and inclusion of in-demand skills in the curriculum.

    Letters of Intent were also signed by Universities Canada and Colleges and Institutes Canada with the eight (8) Philippine HEIs. The event announced and celebrated 11 MOUs forged between Canadian and Philippine institutions over the course of the pandemic in various discipline areas.

    Aside from these milestones, CHED signed a Joint Statement on Higher Education Cooperation with Ryerson University on March 30, 2022 and a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Academic Collaboration with York University on March 31, 2022 to initiate collaboration at the post-secondary and post-graduate levels.

    On April 6, 2022 shortly after his return to the Philippines, De Vera virtually joined Canadian Ambassador to the Philippines His Excellency Peter MacArthur to witness the signing of the MOU between WCC Aeronautical and Technological College with British Columbia Institute of Technology on aircraft maintenance engineering and avionics.

    “The success of CHED’s mission to Canada is rooted in an appreciation of Canada’s strengths in education delivery and research across disciplines and a shared vision to foster internationalization between Canadian and Philippine higher education institutions,” said Canadian Ambassador Peter MacArthur. “So we look forward to further enabling more trans-Pacific brain circulation between students and faculty.”

    “CHED’s mission to Canada is a testament to the strong collaboration between Canada and the Philippines on higher education internationalization,” De Vera said.

    “In recent years, the significant growth of academic and research partnerships between Canadian and Philippine higher education institutions has fostered cross-border collaboration between countries, expanding access to international education opportunities to Canadian and Philippine students and faculty,” he added

     

    J. PROSPERO E. DE VERA III, DPA
    Chairman
    Commission on Higher Education

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

    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.

  • CILPI to conduct 1st International Students’ Day event

    West Visayas State University (WVSU), through the Center for International Linkages and Public Information (CILPI) ,will hold its first International Students’ Day celebration, in partnership with University Distance Education, Center for Foreign Languages, and the Foreign Languages Students’ Society, the official student body organization of Bachelor of Arts in Foreign Languages in WVSU.

    With the theme, “WVSU Students Around the World: Learning as One for Environment, Equality, and Peace”, the event aims for participants to learn different cultures, to recognize the University’s international students and WVSU graduates excelling around the globe, and to develop strong camaraderie among local and international students of the University. 

    The event will be streamed live here on the official FaceBook page on November 17, Wednesday, from 9 AM to 12 PM. # -JDuro/CILPI