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PROMOTE SUSTAINED, INCLUSIVE AND SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC GROWTH, FULL AND PRODUCTIVE EMPLOYMENT AND DECENT WORK FOR ALL.

Economic growth should be a positive force for the whole planet.This is why we must make sure that financial progress creates decent and fulfilling jobs while not harming the environment. We must protect labour rights and once and for all put a stop to modern slavery and child labour. If we promote job creation with expanded access to banking and financial services, we can make sure that everybody gets the benefits of entrepreneurship and innovation.

  • WVSU Pototan Represents the University during Hospitality Skills Expo

    Abegail G. Lapating and Ciarra Mae Imbang

    ILOILO CITY– West Visayas State University Pototan Campus joined the bartending competition during the ASEAN Exhibit and Hospitality Skills Expo at Robinsons Place, Jaro, Iloilo City.

    Antonio Lampa Jr., a Bachelor of Science in Hospitality Management student represented WVSU in the competition, last Friday, September 30, 2022.

    He introduced his concoction, Asian Hurricane Cocktail, with an entertaining bartending performance. 

    In an interview, Mr. Lampa talked about his preparations for the competition. “Nag trial and error kami para mabuo namon ang damil [taste] nga ginapangita namon.” – Mr. Lampa said.

    Mr. Lampa also added that there were some difficulties throughout the preparations, but despite the challenges, he was able to successfully finish his performance.

    “May mga tools kami nga wala [and] kulang sa equipment pero gin try namon ang amon nga best para ma comply gid namon ang amon nga gusto.” he added.

    His bartending coach, Mr. Lous Ninos Deocos, along with his schoolmates and friends, showed him their full support throughout the competition.

    Aside from West Visayas State University-Pototan Campus, various colleges and universities also participated in the competition:  BMA Global College, Central Philippine State University, Central Philippine University, Iloilo Science and Technology University-Barotac Nuevo Campus, Filamir Christian University, Colegio del Sagrado Corazon de Jesus, La Consolacion College, STI West Negros University, and Iloilo Science and Technology University-Main Campus.

    The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Region VI ASEAN Exhibit successfully wrapped on September 30. A short program was held during the afternoon to recognize the participating colleges and universities. 

  • WVSU President, COM Faculty Receive Outstanding Alumni Award from UPAA Iloilo Chapter

    Photo Caption: The awardees at the Iloilo Convention Center during the Alumni and Faculty Homecoming Dinner and Awards night. Photo source from UPV Office of Alumni Relations FB post.

    by Abegail Lapating, Elyn Joy Estimada, Mary Angel Lou Tribiano

    The University of the Philippines Alumni Association (UPAA) Iloilo Chapter recognized its outstanding alumni during the homecoming dinner last August 21, 2022 at the Iloilo Convention Centre. Among the seven awardees were the West Visayas State University (WVSU) President, Dr. Joselito F. Villaruz and College of Medicine (COM) faculty, Dr. Ma. Pilar S. Malata.

    WVSU President Dr. Joselito F. Villaruz (BS Biology 1987, MA in Public Management 2004) was honoured for his work in the field of Governance, Public Administration, and Public Service.

    With 25 years of public service, Dr. Villaruz was recognized as a 2022 UPV Jubilarian by the UP Alumni Association, an acknowledgment of his dedication and hard work.  The WVSU President established the Juris Doctor program, Doctor of Dental Medicine program, and Bachelor of Science in Chemistry. Dr. Villaruz is also dedicated to making WVSU a premier research institution.

    In an interview with the Forum Dimensions, the UPV Jubilarian Awardee said that “the recent award given by the UPV Alumni [Association] as an outstanding professional in the field of governance and public service is an affirmation and is proof of the acknowledgment of the efforts and services that I have given in the public sector.”

    Another pride of WVSU and a mental health advocate, Dr. Ma. Pilar Servigon-Malata (UPHSI 1982) from WVSU College of Medicine, spoke on behalf of the awardees during the event.   UPAA Iloilo Chapter recognized her with an award for achievements and contributions in the field of education.

    The recipients had to comply with the necessary documents to be validated by the association and were selected through a strict screening process.

  • WVSU Sees Increase in Enrolment this S.Y. 2022-2023

    By Abegail G. Lapating and Ciarra Mae Imbang with PAMCO.

    West Visayas State University has 21,640 enrollees on all campuses in the first semester of the school year 2022-2023, which is higher than the 20,576 enrollees during the first semester of the previous school year.

    In an interview with Ms. Mardy A. Ledesma, director of office of the admission and records/registrar, the general number of enrollees in WVSU for S.Y. 2022-2023 reached a total of 9, 286 for the main campus only.

    The Baccalaureate Programs have a total of 6,608 enrollees. The College of Education tops the number of enrollees with 1,631, followed by the College of Business and Management (1,049) College of Arts and Sciences (1,044),  College of Information and Communication Technology (840), College of Communication (510), College of Nursing (487), College of PESCAR (487), College of College of Medicine (476) and College of Dentistry (84).

    The Integrated Laboratory School (ILS) has a total of 595 enrollees while the Post-Baccalaureate Programs have a total of 212 (136 in Distance Education, and 76 in College of Law). .

    In Graduate School Program, there are a total of 1,871 enrollees: 262 in College of Arts and Sciences, 151 in College of Business and Management, 15 in College of Communication, 1134 in College of Education, 82 in Distance Education, 46 in College of Information and Communications Technology, 51 in College of Nursing, 130 in College of PESCAR.

    This data includes the number of enrollees per college in WVSU main campus only.

    “There are barely any  issues in the system”, Ms. Ledesma said that.  “The students are already familiar with the university’s IUIS. The office, together with the MIS, conducted an orientation to new students on the process of online registration as well as the college secretaries and advisors. Although there were glitches in the system, the issues were addressed immediately.  Aside from orientation, infographics were also posted in various Facebook pages of WVSU.” 

    According to Ms. Ledesma, WVSU extended the enrollment for one week because the accounting office introduced a payment gateway. Students have options to settle their enrollment fees at payment centers like 7/11 and banks.

    “As of now, there are just minimal enrollment  challenges like connectivity and Internet disruptions, Ms. Ledesma said.

    The demand for credentials and other documents from continuing and newly graduated students has been keeping the office of admissions and records/registrar  busy. Among the documents that students have been requesting are the Certificate of Registration for DSWD educational cash assistance and the Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID).

    Ms. Ledesma is assuring the student body  that their office is  on track in upgrading the system with the help of MIS office technical team to minimize the glitches as well as concerns regarding the enrolment process.

  • WVSU College of Education Alumnus tops the 2022 Guidance Counselor Licensure Exam

    By Elyn Joy B. Estimada and Mary Angel Lou S. Tribiano with PAMCO

    The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announced last August 24 that Dr. Ryan Michael Flores Oducado topped the 2022 Guidance Counselor Licensure Exam with a rating of 89.25%.

    Dr. Oducado is a registered nurse and a graduate of the WVSU College of Nursing, Cum Laude, Class of 2007. Incidentally, he is serving his Alma Mater as an assistant professor and director of the Research and Development Center.

    The topnotcher studied Professional Teaching Certification at the University of the Philippines Open University, his Master of Arts in Nursing, majoring in Community Healthy Nursing at Central Philippines University, and his Master of Arts in Education, majoring in Educational Management at Northwestern Visayan Colleges. He is also currently studying Doctor of Education – Educational Management at Iloilo Science and Technology University.

    Dr. Oducado took his Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Education, majoring in Psychology and Guidance at WVSU’s College of Education (With High Distinction, 2020) which made him eligible to take the Licensure Exam for Guidance Counselor this 2022.

    The outstanding WVSU Alumnus and two-time Outstanding Researcher of the University, took four licensure examinations within fifteen years. He passed the Nursing Licensure Exam in 2007, the Midwife Licensure Examination in 2014, where he ranked second and garnered a 90.75 percent grade, and in 2015, he passed the Licensure Examination for Teachers.

    In an interview with Bombo Radyo, Dr. Oducado said, “Masadya gid kay ang tanan ko nga efforts sa pagtuon sa pila ka tuig, nag-bear fruit sa amo ni nga board exam.”

    According to the PRC, 405 out of 661 examinees passed the 2022 Guidance Counselor Licensure Examination.

  • WVSU College of Nursing Honors Its Students with a Capping and Candlelighting Ceremony

    Millien E. Acanto and Honeylen S. Sarmiento with PAMCO

    The West Visayas State University College of Nursing (CON) Class of 2024, Batch Zephyr, conducted their Capping and Candlelighting Ceremony at the University Cultural Center last August 30, 2022,

    The ceremony honored second-year students as they started their program’s hospital training. The cap is a badge of distinction representing knowledge, experience, and expertise. The pinning ceremony is a historical practice connoting that “nursing is a vocation or a  “calling,” while the lamp represents the desire for life, health, love, and understanding. Nurses and nursing students are expected to serve like Florence Nightingale, renowned for her heroic service and care for soldiers in field hospitals in the 19th century.

    A total of 131 student nurses participated in the capping and candle lighting ceremonial tradition.

    WVSU President Joselito Villaruz gave his welcome address and emphasized, “I trust that you will triumph over life’s uncertainties because you are not just trained well but trained for excellence with compassion, commitment, and courage.”

    The guest speaker for the ceremony, LTC. Jose Romulo Dilag, PAF (GSC) said, “Pursue your dreams, aim for excellence, stay relevant, and be brave and courageous for the challenges ahead. Soar on to wings like eagles.”    

    After the nurse’s pledge and prayer, Batch Zephyr sang their batch song, To The Sky.

  • CHED hosts ASEAN’s 55th founding anniversary kickoff

    by Gian Kyra A. Morones / ILLO

    August 8, 2022 – CHED hosts their first hybrid virtual kick-off ceremony for ASEAN’s 55th founding anniversary. This year, ASEAN carries Cambodia’s chairmanship 2022 theme, ASEAN A.C.T. Addressing Challenges Together.

    The Assistant Secretary of ASEAN Affairs, Daniel Ramos Espiritu, opened the ceremony with his welcome remarks. In his speech, Daniel Espiritu highlighted how school closures due to the pandemic interrupted the development of education. With the sudden shift in traditional learning to online education, there had been a growing digital divide among students. By October of 2020, ASEAN leaders and experts created measures to promote digital literacy and development of transferable skills among youths and children. This is to ensure that education in the region is “equitable, inclusive and future ready”. Along with distance learning strategies, maximize e-learning platforms, open educational resources, and virtual peer exchanges in order to further improve the quality of education. He noticed that, “ASEAN remains united and strong even in the face of hardships”.

    “ASEAN remains united and strong even in the face of hardships.”

    The event’s guest speaker, Senator Loren Legarda, mentioned her first bill in the 19th Congress, the ‘One Tablet, One Student Program’ seek to provide public schools, universities and colleges a tablet for each student for the purpose of helping them cope with the changes in their education. In coordination with CHED, Senator Legarda helped in assisting students’ education through developing laws that provide financial assistance to their education like UniFast, Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act and the Enhanced Basic Education Program. She stressed that, “Filipinos, especially from lower income families, should know that they have such opportunities”. She also stated a problem concerning the young population as they face a disproportionate level of unemployment and under employment in which she hopes to address if given the chance. “It is imperative that we build a more resilient educational ecosystem”. She proposed to ramp up the skills development in education, sustainable development, gender equality and inclusivity.

    SEAMEO Director, Dr. Ethel Agnes Pascua Valenzuela stated that “we must strengthen the implementation of open, flexible and distance learning” and provide more importance to distance learning. The new normal education paved the way to a reimagined new normal and hybrid higher education. This new development in learning and education must be valued and acknowledged in order to adjust and move forward with ease towards new learning modalities.

  • 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. #

  • Mid-Year Performance Review & 2023 Budgeting and PPMP Workshop

    By: WVSU Janiuay Official Facebook Page
    janiuay@wvsu.edu.ph

    The performance review is one of the key pillars of a performance management program—and as performance strategies have evolved, so has the need and purpose of the performance review. Performance reviews are a foundational way to leverage talent, understand needs and opportunities, and gather intelligence for making connections with employees and larger organizational strategies. They also play a central role in empowering employees by helping reach their fullest potential.

    Fundamentally, checking in frequently with direct reports assists in building relationship and a cohesive team. A formal six-month performance appraisal allows for midyear adjustments, preventing surprises at the year-end performance review, thus, on August 1 and 2, 2022, the campus will conduct the Mid-Year Performance Review & 2023 Budgeting and PPMP Workshop.

    See you invited stakeholders!

  • Distribution of Cash Assistance by The Local Government Unit of the Municipality of Calinog

    By: WVSU Calinog Official Facebook Page
    calinog@wvsu.edu.ph

    The Local Government Unit of the Municipality of Calinog, headed by the Municipal Mayor, Hon. Francisco “Ico” L. Calvo distributed the Php. 5,000.00 cash assistance to the seven (7) Magna Cum Laude’s namely: Mary Ann Joy D. Muyco (BSED Mathematics) , Efraem J. Celeste (BSED (Mathematics), Marvin G. Lozada (BS Entrep), Christian Kienn C. Siman (BS Entrep), Elda C. Paluyo (BS Entrep), Fredelyn B. Lorilla (BS Entrep), and Karyl D. Casiple (BSOA). This activity was conducted during the Municipal Flag Ceremony at Golden Paragon Mall, Calinog, Iloilo.

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  • WVSU- HIMAMAYLAN CAMPUS celebrates its 11th Commencement Exercise

    By: WVSU Himamaylan Official Facebook Page
    himamaylan@wvsu.edu.ph

    “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams”- Eleanor Roosevelt.

    After long years of hard work and sacrifices, Batch 2022 students conclude their journey today, July 4, 2022 as WVSU-HCC celebrates its 11th Commencement Exercises.

    Kodus to all the proud parents, graduates, faculty, staff, and the whole administration for hurdling all sorts of challenges including the pandemic.

    Together, let us conquer the world while holding the WVSU’s banner high and bringing the culture of excellence wherever your future will take you.