After three years at Valdosta State University, President Patrick J. Schloss announced to students, staff and faculty his departure from VSU to a University System of Georgia Executive position Monday afternoon.
Read More »Enrollment may be impacted by cuts, by changes in HOPE
As a result of the recent HOPE scholarship cuts, Valdosta State University expects to see a decrease in the number of students coming from the metro Atlanta area, possibly leading to an overall decline in enrollment. Recapping the cuts, HOPE will no longer pay the full tuition amount, but will cover about 87 percent of tuition considering the Georgia Board ...
Read More »Technology fees to stay the same
The Student Technology fee is not likely to increase next year, according to a decision reached during the annual meeting of the Student Technology Fee Committee Tuesday evening in the Student Union. The Student Technology Fee Committee, which meets to enhance funding for support of technology, also advances teaching and learning, as well as advises on planning and budget allocations. ...
Read More »Smoltz enters ‘Brave’ new world of golf
The last time ex-Braves great John Smoltz took the mound was September 2009 for the St. Louis Cardinals. Nearly two years later, the former Cy Young award winner is taking a different set of skills into Valdosta. Smoltz will be competing at Kinderlou Forest, the home golf course to VSU’s golf team, this weekend in the Nationwide Tour’s South Georgia ...
Read More »Tuition, fees increase across Ga.
The University System of Georgia’s Board of Regents approved a three percent tuition increase and a special fees increase for fall 2011. Increasing tuition by just three percent and increasing fees across the state was a victory for the Board of Regents, who anticipated the tuition increase to be much higher because the giant cut the USG was given from ...
Read More »Students celebrate African heritage
VSU students were able to break the stereotypes with the African Student Association on Friday night. Over 250 students attended the African Student Association’s first annual African Night.
Read More »Admissions Director leaves VSU after 25 years
Valdosta State University Admissions Director Walter Peacock will no longer be with the school after this spring semester. He has accepted a position to become the University of West Alabama’s director of Admissions and Enrollment Management, after working at the university for 25 years. Peacock, who also attended VSU in the 1970s, has worked in admissions since 1977 and ...
Read More »New campus media executive officers announced
The Campus Communications Board has made its selections for VSU’s fall 2011 Student Media executive officer positions. The positions include station manager for Blaze FM and chief editorial positions for the Spectator and the Odradek. Bolstered by his previous experience at the campus radio station and the support of his staff, Daniel Oakes was selected to return to his post ...
Read More »VSU faculty member dead
Dr. Anthelyn Jean Temple, a Registered Nurse, and the Associate Dean of the College of Nursing died April 11 at her residence in Valdosta. Dr. Temple is a native of Macon, Ga. She attended The University of Georgia in Athens, and Medical College of Georgia in Augusta, Ga. where she received her Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing and received her ...
Read More »California students stage 60s-style sit-in as protest against budget cuts
By Rigoberto Hernandez The Orange County Register (MCT) FULLERTON, CALIF – A group of Cal State University Fullerton and Dominguez Hills students and faculty members conducted a sit-in Monday night at the Fullerton campus’ administration building to protest cuts to the university system’s budget. The sit-in was started by 20 Fullerton students in Langsdorf Hall after a meeting with university ...
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