VALDOSTA — Valdosta State University will welcome about 300 middle school and high school band students to campus Thursday, April 9, for the 2015 South Georgia Region Honor Bands event. “This is the only region band event in Georgia and is always held on our campus,” said Joe H. Brashier, director of bands and professor…
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 →The Department of Art at Valdosta State University hosted a Wet Plate Collodion Workshop with Kaleb Foshee on March 7. Invented in 1851, the wet collodion photographic process produces a glass negative and a detailed print. The method thrived from the 1850s to about 1880, as it was preferred for the quality of…
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 →VSU’s Invest. Ignite. Inspire. Campaign Raises $30 Million In Eight Months VALDOSTA — President William J. McKinney announced Monday that the University Advancement team has already raised $30,184,902.55 through Valdosta State’s first-ever comprehensive capital campaign — Invest. Ignite. Inspire. The Campaign for Valdosta State University. Invest. Ignite. Inspire. The Campaign for Valdosta State University kicked…
Continue reading →VALDOSTA — The horror. The tragedy. The comedy. The spectacle. The Valdosta Symphony Orchestra’s next performance will feature highlights from the silent era’s most beloved films — the flickers. The Valdosta Symphony Orchestra (VSO) will present the special concert, Flicker: Symphonic Celebration of the Silent Age, at 8 p.m. on Saturday, March 14, in Whitehead…
Continue reading →VALDOSTA — The Valdosta Symphony Orchestra (VSO) is once again participating in the annual League of American Orchestra’s Orchestras Feeding America National Food Drive. “The food drive gives the VSO another way to serve our community,” said Dr. Howard Hsu, VSO music director. The Valdosta State University campus and surrounding communities are asked to support the…
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 Valdosta Symphony Orchestra is proud to announce the VSO will be featured this week on Georgia Public Broadcasting Radio. The VSO’s September 2013 concert (Beethoven Turkish March, McGowan iPad Concerto, and American Prize-winning performance of Tchaikovsky’s 5th Symphony) will be broadcast, as well as selections from the performances with Wendy Warner (Haydn Cello Concerto) and Amy…
Continue reading →The VSU Debate and Speech team attended the 2015 annual Georgia Parliamentary Debate Association State Championship on February 13-15, 2015 at Piedmont College. VSU finished second in the varsity debate division and first in the novice division. For the first time ever in VSU’s debate history, all five (5) of the debate teams advanced into…
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