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  • Revered WVSU Professor and Composer of University Hymn Passes Away

    By Leo G. Almonte, MDC
    Director, PAMCO

    Professor Romulo J. Pangan, a retired professor of WVSU and known musical connoisseur, passed away last May 23, 2022. He completed his Bachelor of Music Education and Conducting and Bachelor of Science in Education and Filipino at the University of the Philippines.

    During his four decades-long teaching career, Professor Pangan taught music and established orchestras at Central Philippine University, Colegio Del Sagrado de Jesus, St. Vincent Ferrer Seminary, Colegio de la Inmaculada Concepción, and West Visayas State University.

    In 1965, he became the college professor of music and Filipino at West Visayas State College (WVSC). He was active in organizing and training the college choir, orchestra, and band, setting a high standard in the school’s musical output. The Pangan-trained WVSC Choir won the grand prize at the National Music Competition for Young Artists.

    Together with the late Adelina Zerrudo, Professor Pangan composed the WVSU Hymn and March. He has 236 musical compositions, of which 38 are for  WVSU, including the Centennial Hymn. 

    “Many would describe music with magical words,” said Professor Pangan, “but I would only describe it as sounds that elevate the soul.”

    Professor Romulo Pangan retired from WVSU at the age of 65. But his legacy remains embedded in the institution and will be remembered for his excellence in music, culture, and arts.

  • 7,558 Hopefuls Take WVSU College Admission Test

    More than seven-thousand aspirants trooped to West Visayas State University for the annual college admission test. The examinees, grouped into batches, displayed varied expressions from nervousness to excitement and other emotions in between. They filled the testing centers within the university campus from May 11 to 14, hoping to pass the examinations and enroll in West Visayas’ premier university.

    Eighteen-year-old examinees like Ellen, Nessy, and Daniel are bent on enrolling in the College of Nursing to join the ranks of medical frontliners in the future. “WVSU offers the best nursing program,” one of them opined during an informal interview. “The university has a reputation for having a high percentage of board passers.”

    After the half-day examination, some hopefuls found the test challenging, while others said “that they were confident in passing the entrance examination because they prepared for it.”

    The College of Nursing garnered the most applicants at 2,928, followed by the College of Business and Management (1,394), College of Arts and Sciences (1,103), College of Education (968), College of Information and Communications Technology (557), College of Dentistry (316), College of Pescar (197) and College of Communication (95). The examinees came from Iloilo City and other provinces like Capiz, Aklan, Antique, Guimaras, and Negros.

    WVSU external campuses also conducted its college admission test last May 15. WVSU Lambunao Campus has the most number of examinees at 1,880, followed by Janiuay Campus (1,291), Himamaylan Campus (1,050), Pototan Campus (924), Calinog Campus (443), and the College of Agriculture and Forestry in Lambunao (304).

     

    by Leo G. Almonte, MDC

  • WESVAARRDEC conducts Native Chicken FIESTA

    The Western Visayas Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development Consortium (WESVAARRDEC), together with its cooperating consortia, is conducting its 2022 Cluster FIESTA in the whole month of April.

    The cooperating consortia are the Western Mindanao Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development Consortium (WESMAARRDEC) and the Central Visayas Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development Consortium (CVAARRDEC).

    The event is dubbed as the Native Chicken FIESTA with a theme “PADAYON: Sustainable Economy Amidst Pandemic through Native Chicken Technology”.

    The virtual FIESTA which stands for Farms and Industry Encounters through Science and Technology is one of the banner programs of the Department of Science and Technology – Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development (DOST-PCAARRD).

    For this year’s first-ever FIESTA, the focus is on the success of the Native Chicken Technology in the agricultural industry of the country. The Native Chicken FIESTA aims to provide a virtual platform to showcase, promote and disseminate the technology and commercialization of the Native Chicken.

    Native chicken production can be a viable enterprise for rural dwellers. It supports the objective of ensuring food security at the family level. Being a truly Filipino genetic resource, it highlights cultural pride and supports the promotion of the tourism industry.

  • WVSU, ATIFTAP partner for global business conferences

    West Visayas State University (WVSU) and the Association of Training Institutions for Foreign Trade in Asia and the Pacific (ATIFTAP) formalized their partnership for the ATIFTAP’s 16th Global Business Conferences by signing a memorandum of agreement on April 13, 2022.

    In the agreement, WVSU will provide reviewers with doctoral degrees as peer reviewers for the research manuscripts. The university is expected to have at least ten faculty members subscribed to ATIFTAP membership and promote the association’s Global Business Conferences to WVSU’s Academic and Industry Networks.

    Additionally, ATIFTAP recognizes WVSU as a non-exclusive partner of its Global Business Conferences by providing the university a certificate as a co-organizer of the event series.

    The partners will hold online conferences on April 23, June 11, and October 15, 2022.

  • 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 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.

  • University Library is serving the WVSU Researchers online.

    Dear WVSU Researcher,

    Greetings!

    We are pleased to inform you that the University Library is serving the WVSU Researchers online.

    To check for availability of printed materials in the Library, click on this Online Public Access Catalog link: http://webopac.wvsu.edu.ph:8088/

    To request for book pages  to be scanned, Kindly fill out our Scanning Request Form

    at https://tinyurl.com/y34rycbe

    To request for Book/s to be borrowed, just fill out the BOOK FOR PICK UP REQUEST FORM at 

    https://bit.ly/35WujBl

    To explore the Library-collated  online resources and databases, check out these links:
    https://wvsu.edu.ph/library/e-resources/
    https://wvsu.edu.ph/library/e-resources/open-access-databases/

    For  specific reference and research assistance, chat with GRACIANO on Facebook:  http://www.facebook.com/WVSULibGraciano ;

    You may also send us your inquiries thru email at library@wvsu.edu.ph, or call us at 320 0870 local 1401.

      

    To request for Science Direct Remote Access code, please fill out this form:  https://forms.gle/uGBYfHjwFUzc6jdKA

    (*NOTE: This subscription is currently under renewal, and will be available again, soon. Please check out our Facebook and Web Pages for updates.
      

    Further, the Research Office has subscribed to JSTOR. To access it remotely,  log in to www.jstor.org using your WVSU email account.

     For those who have not yet registered, kindly follow these instructions:

    1. Create a personal account. (If you already have an account, skip to step # 2)
    1. Go to the Contact Us page or copy and paste https://www.jstor.org/contact-us/forms/students/… to your browser.

    Select “Accessing PDFs and Full-Text on JSTOR”, include a note of “Requesting remote access to JSTOR” in the box at the bottom, and click “Submit”.

    Please make sure you are logged in to your account AND are making the request while connected to the institution’s network/wifi.

    1. Check your email for confirmation that your account has been registered for remote access then go to www.jstor.organd log in.
    1. You may now use your login credentials in JSTOR remotely.

    (For further assistance regarding JSTOR, feel free to contact the Research Office at  320-0870 to 78 loc 1308, or you’re your inquiries thru email at research@wvsu.edu.ph.)

     

    I hope you find all these links to be helpful. Thank you very much!

    Best regards,

    LUISA S. ESPOSADO

    Library Staff, Readers’ Services Section

  • WVSU builds MATLAB and Simulink skills

    West Visayas State University is providing unlimited use of MATLAB and Simulink to all students, faculty, staff, and researchers.

    According to Prof. Alexander J. Balsomo of the Department of Mathematics, the software can be accessed for free on any device on and off campus.

    Users can learn at their own pace, receive instant feedback, and share their progress reports and course certificates.

    MATLAB and Simulink cover onramp courses and provide a comprehensive introduction to common features. They are used to combine math applications with computing technologies for computational math courses.

    MATLAB has a range of contemporary and advanced topics on deep learning, machine learning, data visualization, programming techniques, and financial applications.

    How to sign-in?

    1. Go to https://www.mathworks.com/.
    2. Click the sign-in icon on the upper right hand corner of the page.
    3. Click on the “Create One!” button to create a new MathWorks account using your WVSU email (e.g. firstname.lastname@wvsu.edu.ph).
    4. Verify your email address.
    5. On the profile page, provide your information to complete the creation of your account, then click save.
    6. Start working on your MATLAB. You may download and install the software (laptop, desktop or mobile phone).

    The full list of courses and their durations can be viewed at mathworks.com/AcademicTraining.   

  • 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

  • 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)