Fort Valley State University

March 12, 2010 - Traffic pileups and near misses at Fort Valley State University’s alternate entrance will soon be issues of the past. The installation of a new security booth and roadway upgrade at the main campus entrance is nearly complete. The red, rudimentary brick booth was replaced with a sleek, modern structure located in the center of the road. The white security outpost with tinted glass isn’t simply eye candy: the new design, a prototype for future campus gates, is equipped with telephone and internet connections, electrical outlets; also heating and air conditioning.

March 12, 2010 - They study when others party, participate in class, make assignment deadlines and take copious notes . Now comes the payoff. Fort Valley State University’s highest achieving scholars will be praised for academic excellence at the 59th annual Honor’s Convocation Tuesday, March 25 at 11 a.m. in the Woodward Gymnasium.

March 10, 2010 - America’s unsung, trailblazing female pioneers will be celebrated during a Fort Valley State University symposium. To honor Womens’ History Month in March, the Hunt Memorial Library Symposium will feature a panel discussion on the book, “The Varieties of the Women’s Experience: Portraits of Southern Women in the Post-Civil War Century”. The event scheduled for Tuesday, March 23, in FVSU’s Founders Hall auditorium and library, will feature the book’s editors, President Larry E. Rivers and Executive Vice President, Dr.

When Fort Valley State University adjunct professor Annis T. Strange picked up her mail one sunny, summer afternoon last year, she wasn’t expecting a life-changing letter. It announced that Strange and her daughter, Dr. Nicole Yvette Strange, an FVSU alumnus and Chicago State University reading and literacy professor, were selected to participate in the People to People Ambassador Programs. Both served on the program’s Language and Literacy Delegation which travelled to China recently.

This summer, Fort Valley State University student can earn college credit, while learning about a new culture. Thanks to a new partnership with Savannah State University, FVSU students can study abroad for four weeks at the University of Trinidad during the summer break. The program is open to all FVSU students.

2/9/10 - Derek Watkins, widely known as Fonzworth Bentley, will give the men and women of FVSU an all-inclusive crash course in style, sophistication and swagger from a gentleman’s perspective at the “Men’s Dress for Success” seminar Wednesday, Feb. 10 at 7 p.m. in the Pettigrew Center. Watkins was first introduced to the world as the dapper, animated personal assistant to hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs. He quickly stepped out of the superstar’s shadow and into the spotlight as a notable author, musician, and host of MTV’s hit reality series From G’s to Gents.

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Information technology careers are among the most coveted, highest-paying jobs in the world. African Americans, however, remain underrepresented in many of these lucrative, high-tech fields, but a new Fort Valley State University program hopes to improve minority participation and forge partnerships between research universities and industries.

While Middle Georgians anxiously monitored news reports keeping abreast of the latest weather reports, road conditions and school closings, the Fort Valley State University Emergency Management Team kept busy too. Behind the scenes, the team quickly prepared the campus for winter weather conditions to ensure the safety of students and employees.

Nov. 24, 2009 - Fort Valley State University math and science students are taking a proactive approach when it comes to mapping out their future. This month, 15 students from the Louis Stokes Alliance of Minority Participation traveled to Phoenix, Az. to attend the 9th Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS).

The demand for more social workers to assist sexual abuse victims, help broken families or counsel school children is great in the state of Georgia. To increase the pool of skilled counselors, Fort Valley State University has received $597,929 from the U.S. Department of Human Services (DHS). The Title IV-E grant will fund the education of high achieving social work students who want to work in child welfare. The grant is a one-year extension of a $484,000 grant received last year.

November 18, 2009 - Fort Valley State University’s science, technology, engineering and mathematics majors want to become future innovators of inventions and discoveries such as robotic arms, lightning-fast computer chips and new energy sources. On Nov. 12 - 14, FVSU STEM majors and 350 students attended an event designed to boost minority participation in the sciences. The 4th Annual Peach State Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) conference was held at the Pettigrew Center and Health and Physical Education Complex.

November 16, 2009 - Fort Valley State University joined more than 100 Sam’s Club associates and customers to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month on Oct. 8 at the Macon facility. The celebration, observed every year from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15 recognizes the contributions of Hispanic Americans who helped shape our nation.

The observance coincides with the independence of five Latin American countries: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua. Residents of Mexico, Chile and Belize celebrate independence on September 16,18 and 21, respectively.

November 16, 2009 - “Without our veterans the American dream would have been the American nightmare,” said Col. Floyd Griffin, the keynote speaker at Fort Valley State University’s Veteran’s Day ceremony on Wednesday, Nov. 11. The former Georgia state senator and mayor of Milledgeville reminisced about his twenty-three-year military career and praised men and women, both young and old who answered the call to serve the country.

October 29, 2009 - Just call Georgia Trend magazine’s “40 Under 40” awards event the night that Fort Valley State University’s light shined bright. President Larry E. Rivers tore off the roof in Atlanta’s Piedmont Park at Greystone with a powerful keynote speech aimed at the state’s young trend setters and trailblazers.