VSU Updates: Onboard and ready for the new semester!
Your weekly briefing (September 3, 2021)
Here’s what went on last week
VSU Isabel got a 28-M leeway for CET equipment and facility upgrades. VSU President Edgardo E. Tulin welcomed almost 14k Viscans in the entire system. Elevators in the new Library and Innovation Center—now ready for public use.
Isabel gets funds to revamp tech and facilities
Towards the continued growth of our component colleges, VSU Isabel received a 28-million allocation for its College of Engineering and Technology for facilities and equipment upgrades. The lion’s share goes to the Mechanical of Engineering department that invested in numerous top-of-the line equipment.
Almost 14 thousand Viscans for this school year
During the 2nd VSU online Student Onboarding Program that happened on August 19-20, 2021, VSU President Edgardo E. Tulin welcomed 13,744 enrollees for this Academic Year 2021-2022.
Some elevating news
The VSU Main campus recently completed two 3-storey buildings—the new Library and the Advanced Research and Innovation Center. It now has fully operational elevators open for public ease of mobility, adding these two to the PWD-friendly buildings that VSU continues to set its eyes on for future infrastructure.
“Grad school can also lift PH to global stage”
This is the center of Dr. Edgardo E. Tulin’s speech for the Graduate School Onboarding as we welcomed the 439 graduate students for this school year. The virtual Onboarding was held recently on August 24, 2021 via Zoom.
This is VSU, welcome aboard!
The Faculty and General Student Onboarding had just recently concluded, and to give you a quick recap of what have been discussed in the successive events, we’ve made a summary of the week-long event keynoting most important details that you might have missed. You can read it through the link below.
This week and next week’s outlook:
VSU has just announced that it will continue its alternative work arrangements for faculty and staff to help in limiting the spread of COVID-19 in the locality.
The university continues some of its production activities towards the upcoming virtual graduation for the Class of 2021, set to be broadcasted on September 30, 2021.
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That’s the weekly dose of news we got for you from the prior week. Thanks!
-Bry