Siaton Campus (formerly Siaton Community College) - Progresso St., Brgy. III, Siaton Pamplona Campus - Pamplona (an extension of Main Campus 2 College of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries) Student life NORSU is known as the school for poor but deserving students. As a state university, NORSU is covered by the free tuition law and thus attracting even more students. NORSU consistently produces many board passers and topnotchers every year. Enrollment and Population The university adopted a bi-semestral system wherein students enroll twice each year. Starting S.Y. 2019-2020, NORSU opened the school year on August following the mandate of CHED. The Dumaguete campuses alone has an average enrollment of about 12,000 students per semester. University-wide enrollment reaches more than 20,000. NORSU doesn't only cater Oriental Negrenses but also students from other provinces notably Siquijor, Negros Occidental, Cebu and Zamboanga del Norte. Some may come from farther provinces, even from Luzon. As of the 1st semester of SY 2017-2018, the population is more or less 12,000 students in the main campuses. Pylon Pylon is the Official Yearbook of Negros Oriental State University System. Pylon consist of four (4) Departments: Creative Design & Photography Department, Creative Writing Department, Information, Equipment and Record Management Department and Multimedia & Information System Department. Student Government The student government of Negros Oriental State University, named Negros Oriental State University - Federation of Student Governments (NORSU-FSG), is composed of all the student governments of all NORSU system namely: a. Student Governments of Dumaguete I b. Student Governments of Dumaguete II c. Student Governments of Bayawan- Sta. Catalina Campus d. Student Governments of Siaton Campus e. Student Governments of Bais Campuses f. Student Governments of Guihulngan Campus g. Student Governments of Mabinay Campus h. Student Governments of Pamplona Campus The NORSUnian Weekly Publication The NORSUnian is the official Weekly student publication of Negros Oriental State University system. The NORSUnian is one of the three (3) acclaimed student publications in the Philippines which comes out weekly together with the Philippine Collegian of the University of the Philippines in Metro Manila, and the Weekly Sillimanian'' of Silliman University of Dumaguete. Hugyawan Festival A major event of Negros Oriental State University is the Hugyawan Festival, a merrymaking activity highlighting the celebration of NORSU's Foundation Day celebration featuring spectacular parade of colorful costumes, festivities, humorous gimmicks and merrymaking in the streets of Dumaguete from different colleges and satellite campuses of NORSU to showcase