Each year, the three departments in the College of the Arts select faculty members to receive the Excellence in Scholarship Award. This year, the Department of Art has chosen Kalina Winska, Assistant Professor of Art, for this award. Professor Winska specializes in drawing and foundations. Her creative and scholarly accomplishments in the 2014-15 academic year…
Continue reading →VALDOSTA — Valdosta City Council recently honored the winners of the 2015 Social Media Contest. The contest represents an educational partnership between the city and Valdosta State University to propose the best social media strategy for the city. VSU students Jasmine Kendrick, Jerrica Kelsaw, Victoria Moss, Jenna Kirkpatrick, each received a certificate, an official city…
Continue reading →VSU Communication Arts student Hunter Howle made the final 16 of this year’s Great American NO BULL Challenge with her film One Word. The anti-bullying competition requires supporters to login and vote for student producer’s videos. After overcoming many competitors, Miss Howle will be attending the Teen Video Awards (TVA) ceremony in Los Angeles at the…
Continue reading →VALDOSTA — Peach State Summer Theatre will host Silver Steins and Stems, a beer and wine tasting event, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Monday, May 18, at Friends Grille + Bar. Tickets are $25 per person or $40 per couple, and proceeds will benefit the summer stock theatre program. Friends Grille + Bar…
Continue reading →Valdosta – The College of the Arts will hold a memorial service for Dr. Laurence Etling on April 24, 2015 at 6:00 p.m. in the Student Union Ballroom on the campus of Valdosta State University. A reception will follow the memorial service. For more information, please contact the Department of Communication Arts at 229-333-5820. …
Continue reading →Eight couples — one local “star” paired with one local “expert” — danced for the Audience Favorite Award while simultaneously having fun and raising much-needed funds for music, theatre, and dance scholarships. They were each allowed to choose their own dance style, theme, costumes, music, and have been rehearsing for weeks wherever and whenever they…
Continue reading →VALDOSTA — Valdosta State University Theatre and Dance will kick off a seven-performance run of “The Wiz” at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, April 3, on the Sawyer Theatre stage. Tickets are on sale now. Featuring music and lyrics by Charlie Smalls and book by William F. Brown, “The Wiz” is a soulful, more urban retelling…
Continue reading →VALDOSTA — The Valdosta State University Forensics (Speech and Debate) Team’s Kyle Denslow won top honors at the Pi Kappa Delta 2015 National Tournament and Convention, held March 4-8 at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. “I made it a point to not leave VSU without winning a tournament,” said the 22-year-old from Marietta who…
Continue reading →A 21-minute fictional film about a hearing-impaired young man with a secret life, was the highlight of the first VSU Narrative Film Festival, sponsored by the Film and Video Society, on Saturday, Feb. 28. “Sloth Trot,” winner of the Audience Favorite Award, was written, directed, and edited by the foursome of Garrison Muelhausen, Darris…
Continue reading →The VSU Debate Team traveled to the University of Tennessee, Knoxville on January 29-February 1. Valdosta State finished in first place for the IPDA (Individual Parliamentary Debate Association) format and third place in the NPDA (National Parliamentary Debate Association) format. Hannah Tabrizi finished as the first place IPDA team while Mercy Dahn finished in 5th…
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