Written by Brian Hickey, Jr.   VSU students will have the chance to learn about getting in shape this Saturday during the “Exercise is Medicine” symposium at 8:15 a.m. in Jennette Hall room 1111. The Exercise Physiology Club will host the event with an initiative to make physical activity and exercise a standard part of disease prevention and treatment in ...

Written by Amanda Usher   On Friday from 3-6 p.m., the VSU community piled into the UC Magnolia Room to see graduate students present their research during the Fifth Annual Graduate Student Research and Scholarship Symposium. According to Teresa Williams, administrative coordinator of the Graduate School, this year’s symposium broke the record for the amount of poster presentations by graduate ...

Written by Neil Frawley   Blake Pearce has been appointed VSU’s newest Dean of the College of the Arts. Pearce has served as head of the department of art at VSU since 2000, and has served many roles during his 12 years. According to Pearce’s application sent to the Dean of Search Committee, Pearce wrote:  “I am responsible for all ...

Written by Jessica Ingram   VSU students will soon have an opportunity to fight for a cause.   VSU’s annual Relay for Life will take place on the front lawn from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. on Friday.   Opening ceremonies will begin at 7 p.m., and will recognize both cancer survivors and the teams that will participate.   Relay ...

Written by Joe Adgie The SGA Elections Board declined to name a winner for any of last week’s elections, stating issues that needed to be reviewed by the judicial and elections boards. Winners in the races for SGA executive board positions were slated to be announced at Monday’s SGA meeting, but instead it was announced that election results must be held until ...

This spring, the VSU faculty portal was recognized as a “model of efficiency” by University Business Magazine, and the unveiling of a student portal is soon to come.

Written by Amber Smith   Celebration will continue on campus as the University gears up for the Investiture of VSU’s ninth president, Dr. William McKinney. Events have been planned to fill the week leading up to Dr. McKinney’s investiture on Friday, as well as the following Saturday. Events, including symposia, have focused on engaged innovation in higher education. The biggest ...

Written by Joe Adgie   Some of the brightest minds at VSU showed off their research this week at the Second Annual Campus-Wide Undergraduate Research Symposium on Monday and Tuesday in the Student Union Ballrooms. This symposium featured research covering a wide variety of topics, such as homelessness among children, the methanol industry, the difference between phone types and why ...

Written by Quasha Ross   Odum Library now offers more than just books. Most recently, Odum Library participated in International Tabletop Day on March 30. This was a day for people to come together and play tabletop board games as part of the library’s attempt to bring the community together, according to Jeff Gallant, reference librarian. On March 18, the ...

Written by Olivia McLean   Although it sounds like a future invention, 3D printing has made its way onto the VSU campus.   This past year, VSU purchased two machines named the Replicator—a desktop 3D printer introduced in January 2012 and manufactured by MakerBot Industries.   “Basically, it uses plastic to build things in layers,” Michael Holt, assistant professor and ...