On October 4, 2018 a dialogue with prospective contractors were conducted for the various infrastructure projects of the University for FY 2019. The dialogue was spearheaded by the Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) together with the General Services Unit, Planning and Development Unit, and the Office of the Campus Security Service. The said activity is in line with the marching order of the national government on the early procurement but short of award for all procurement activities with the shift to cash-based budgeting in 2019.
Caraga State University’s presence is not only felt in the local and national arena, CSU is going thoroughly global by sending faculty members and students in different countries to study and to train, and it is opening doors to experts from all over the world to train its faculty, staff and students.
August 17, 2018 is another milestone for Caraga State University as Dr. Anthony M. Penaso gets another term as Caraga State University President. A well-loved leader, Dr. Penaso was sworn in by CHED Commissioner Perfecto Alibin in the presence of all the Board of Regents members at the Grand Regal Hotel, Davao City on August 17, 2018. His second term begins on August 17, 2018 and ends on August 16, 2022.
Caraga State University launched its Bayugan City External Campus for Graduate School last August 20, 2018 at the ABC Hall of Bayugan City. CSU President Anthony M. Penaso stood side by side with Agusan del Sur Governor Adolf Edward “Eddie Bong” Plaza, Bayugan City Mayor Lope “Kim” Asis, with Sangguniang Panlalawigan and Panglungsod members, and CSU Administrative Council members in the cutting of the ribbon for the official opening of a Graduate School in Bayugan and for Bayugan as another satellite school of CSU.
Mr. John Mark Ramada is currently in Netherlands for ten months training on International Diploma Course on Pig Husbandry and Animal Feed in Barneveld, the Netherlands. The course starts from August 2018 to May 2019. Mr. Ramada is under a scholarship program of Netherlands Fellowship Programmes from the Dutch government - Ministry of Foreign Affairs.