We felt this same pride in our students. ISUFST graduates stood out in board examinations, including national topnotchers in Fisheries, while our student innovators claimed the 2025 DOST–BPI Best Innovation Project Award—proof that big dreams can begin in modest spaces.
Across ISUFST, faculty and researchers gained recognition in regional and national forums, and our programs quietly moved forward in accreditation—signs of a university learning, improving, and maturing together. Our research and extension efforts continued to move beyond compliance toward impact, speaking not only to journals and reports but to farmers, fisherfolk, women, youth, and local communities.
We strengthened our foundations as well. The new Research and Extension Hub reminds us that learning must reach people, not stay within walls. Alongside this, ISUFST took bold steps in microcredentials, leadership and values formation, and creative works—opening new, trailblazing, flexible pathways for lifelong learning, professional upskilling, and creative expression that respond to real needs on the ground. Our growing sports and academic facilities echo the same goal—to form disciplined, resilient, and grounded ISUFSTians.
That same spirit of service shaped our partnerships. In March, ISUFST received a ₱1.89-million Rotary Global Grant that upgraded our automotive laboratories—made possible by the Rotary Club of Iloilo and the Rotary Club of Namweon Central in South Korea. Along with another ₱1.8-million project for electronics and electricity in the pipeline, these were not just machines, but pathways to skills, work, and dignity through the AIM Iloilo program.
We remained faithful to the call of social justice and inclusion. In localizing the Sustainable Development Goals—particularly for women and children—we gathered voices from universities, LGUs, and the province to face hard truths many prefer to avoid. Literacy gaps, youth vulnerability, quiet struggles. From listening came understanding; from understanding, collective action. This is leadership rooted in listening.
And as we look ahead, we do so with hope grounded in concrete plans. We have officially started on the ₱270-million ISUFST Fisheries Complex at our Main Campus–Tiwi Site—a transformative space that will deepen learning, strengthen research, and widen service for our fisheries communities.
None of this was accidental. It was shaped by human hands and human choices: patience over haste, service over comfort, faith over doubt. This is ISUFST living its values—Integrity, Social Justice, Discipline, and Academic Excellence—one day at a time.
As we welcome 2026, we do so with calm hope—trusting that small acts, done together, can shape a future worth building.
To every ISUFSTian, thank you for staying the course and believing in this shared journey.
From my family to yours,
Malipayon nga Pasko kag Matahum nga Bag-ong Tuig.
Let us continue—together—building an ISUFST that serves, leads, and inspires.
