THREE Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) students of the Benguet State University College of Veterinary Medicine (BSU-CVM) in La Trinidad, Benguet, participated in the International Student Inbound (ISI) program of the Universitas Brawijaya (UB) Faculty of Veterinary Medicine or Fakultas Kedokteran Hewan (FKH) in Malang, East Java, Indonesia, from Aug. 4 to 30, 2024. Valerie Buhong, Ezra Kassandra Cabello and Eunice Coleen Ferido were chosen to participate in the "Intensive Short Course in Veterinary Diagnostic Pathology and Reproduction Care." They were among eight delegates from the Philippines, Bangladesh and Vietnam. The ISI program is an educational activity involving international students from FKH UB's partner universities. One of the top public universities in Indonesia, UB offers a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate programs across various fields of study and is known for its strong emphasis on research and community service. It has a large student body and a reputation for high-quality education and student enterprise. Meanwhile, BSU is nestled in the heart of La Trinidad, Benguet, the strawberry capital of the Philippines. It started as the La Trinidad Farm School with 30 Grade 5 pupils in 1916. The Farm School expanded its services and heightened its prominence in La Trinidad. According to earlier reports, the Farm School was "planned to develop into a large normal school where the best Igorot pupils will be trained to be teachers among their people with emphasis on agriculture." In 1920, the farm school was elevated as the Trinidad Agricultural School with 188 students enrolled in first-year high school. Reopening after World War II in 1946, the school became the La Trinidad Agricultural High School. Four years later, a provincial normal curriculum was abolished in 1953, and a two-year post-high school certificate in agricultural education was offered. The school was renamed La Trinidad National Agricultural School. After four months, it was nationalized and named the Mountain National Agricultural School. It was soon converted into the Mountain National College, the Mountain Agricultural College, and the Mountain State Agricultural College in 1969 through Republic Act 5923. On Jan. 12, 1986, the college was converted into a state university by virtue of Presidential Decree 2010, signed by then-president Ferdinand E. Marcos. Currently, BSU is awarded SUC Level 4, the highest category in the SUC leveling classification of state universities and colleges by the Commission on Higher Education.