CSU Alumnus Shines in a Prestigious European University

Mr. Archie Along, a Bachelor in Science major in Biology graduate of Caraga State University batch 2014 earned his Master of Science in Biology major in Human Ecology with honors. He graduated as Cum laude in Vrije University Brussels (VUB), Brussels, Belgium.

VUB is one of the prestigious universities in Belgium and Europe known for its eminent international research and education programs. Mr. Along is a recipient of Vliruos scholarship funded by the Belgian Development Cooperation. Mr. Along studied the interspecific variation of the fertility of African herbivore dung which looks into the response of plants on the nutrients coming from the dung.

He experienced travelling to different countries, meeting new people, and experiencing culture different from what we have in the country. Presently, Mr. Along is now teaching Ecology, Biodiversity, Animal Morphology and Anatomy, and Invertebrate Biology in his alma mater, the Caraga State University. He wants to give back what his alma mater had given him. CMG/piaea