in 2013, magnaye was briefly suspended by the ombudsman for barring her predecessor to teach in the university but nevertheless held her post until her term expired on 16 july 2014. she was succeeded by tirso a. ronquillo two days later. in the following months, batangas state university unveiled its official mascot, the red spartans. since 2015, several infrastructures of the university's main campuses have undergone massive renovations. in compliance with republic act no. 7797, the board of regents decided to move the university's academic calendar from june–march to august–may starting in 2016. this was also done to align the university's academic calendar with that of the asean and the international community. a sharp decrease in number of students that were enrolled in the university was noted in 2016 largely because of the full implementation of the country's k-12 curriculum. in an evening fellowship on 19 november 2016, a 15-meter (49 ft) marker named tower of wisdom was inaugurated in main campus i to commemorate the 113th founding anniversary of batangas state university.