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  • WVSU to continue singing its hymn for another 120 years – and beyond

    Today, West Visayas State University achieved a momentous milestone on its 120th founding anniversary. The foundation day affirms the commitment and resilience of its leaders, administrators, faculty, students, alumni, employees, and stakeholders through years of ups and downs.

    With humble beginnings, known then as Iloilo Normal School in 1902, the institution evolved under the leadership of capable school administrators and presidents who brought the school higher to another level during their terms.

    After becoming West Visayas State College in 1965, the institution received university status in 1986. By 1987, WVSU acquired Don Benito V. Lopez Memorial Hospital (now known as West Visayas State University Medical Center), a venue for training and learning for students in the medical and allied services. The university’s medical and nursing programs are among the best in the country, scoring consistently with a high passing rate.

    Eventually, the university grew and established external campuses in Lambunao, Calinog, Himamaylan, Janiuay, and Pototan. Graduates in other programs are equally excellent and excel in education, communications, business, arts, sciences, technology, social sciences, agriculture, sports, and culture as professionals and industry practitioners.

    The institution survived the horrors of World War II, thrived under the administration of American governors and several Philippine presidents, withstood countless natural disasters, lived through socio-political unrests, and presently weathering the challenges of the global pandemic.

    The reasons for celebrating WVSU’s 120th Founding Anniversary are as countless as the people who grew with it since 1902. Every person who became part of the institution since its founding shared a heartbeat to keep WVSU alive through their services and sacrifices.

    From a dream a university grew, / Stirring hearts with a hero’s refrain. / Out of darkness, faith renew / That our toils should not fade in vain./ West Visayas State University, Hold thy banner high, / Let genius bridge the earth / And boundless sky. 

    WVSU will continue singing its hymn for another 120 years – and beyond.

    By Leo G. Almonte, MDC
    Director, PAMCO

  • WVSU Gears Up for its 120th Foundation Day Anniversary

    The West Visayas State University (WVSU) is gearing up for its 120th Founding Anniversary on June 16, 2022. From a humble ‘normal’ school in 1902, WVSU grew into a state college in 1965 and attained university status in 1986.

    Since then, WVSU has become an educational landmark in the Province of Iloilo for producing graduates who excel in medical arts, education, business management, communications, sciences, agriculture, arts, and social sciences.

    Committee head for WVSU’s 120th Founding Anniversary celebration, Dr. Porferio J. Barlas, VP for Administration and Finance, said that “Reaching 120 years is a rare feat and only a few institutions attain that milestone.”

    The theme for this year’s foundation day is “Celebrating the past, committing to the present, and creating a sustainable future through academic and research excellence.”

    It recognizes the university’s heritage and past people who helped the institution grow. At the same time, it upholds the commitment of the present stakeholders to moving forward through the fulfillment of WVSU’s mission with a tangible and sustainable impact on society.

    Due to health protocols, WVSU opted to organize low-key but meaningful activities to commemorate the special event. The Foundation Day festivities on June 16 start with the Holy Mass celebration, followed by a flower offering at the university marker. Other activities include a cultural program and the groundbreaking-blessing of new university buildings.

    The Public Affairs and Marketing Communications Office (PAMCO) and other units will launch a social media campaign to hype the founding day celebration.

    by

    Leo G. Almonte, MDC

    Director, PAMCO

  • 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 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.

  • First Darag Chicken Trading Hub Launched

    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.

    #daragchicken

    #proudtagaUma

  • 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)