FVSU News
March 2019
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Leadership
Putting Others on the STEM Career Path
Employment in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM)-related fields is growing at twice the rate of growth in other areas, with millions of jobs predicted to open over the next decade. Perhaps more important, these fields will fuel the innovation …
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Outreach
More Than $2 Million in Grants Power Groundbreaking Student Counseling and Outreach Services
With the assistance of over $2 million in public health-related grants, Alvin Lindsey plays a crucial role in assessing and protecting the physical, emotional, and mental health of Fort Valley State
University and the surrounding communities.“I have the best …
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Research and Innovation
REDUCING POISONING
You may think that the last thing you’ll ever ingest, inhale, or absorb is the antifreeze that goes into your car. However, every year, hundreds of people are poisoned through exposure to ethylene glycol, a core ingredient of antifreeze, brake …
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Research and Innovation
Beyond Social Justice
Dr. Kimberly Nelson, an associate professor of school counseling at FVSU, hopes the contribution she’s making to the body of knowledge on cultural competence will result in enhanced training for the next generation of counselors. Cultural competence, she said, is …
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College of Agriculture News
Changing the game with gene editing
FVSU animal and veterinary science departments use gene-editing technology for research endeavors and to train students
A 21st century technology that allows scientists to modify an organism’s DNA could be the future roadmap for treating health ailments in humans …
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February 2019
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Partnerships
FORT VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY RECEIVES $50,000 INSTALLMENT OF $100,000 PLEDGE FROM ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY, INC.
(l to r: FVSU President Paul Jones, and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Representatives Carolyn Randolph, South Atlantic director, Dr. Glenda Glover, international president, and Erika Everett, executive director of Alpha Kappa Alpha Educational Achievement Foundation, Inc.)
(Fort Valley, GA)— Fort …
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Leadership
Miss FVSU Tanzania Walker’s Royal Expectations
Miss Fort Valley State University is charged with being the walking embodiment of the values and traditions of the institution. As the 81st Miss FVSU, Tanzania Walker, ’19, knows she has big shoes to fill, representing not only the students …
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Research and Innovation
Dr. Celia Dodd’s National Science Foundation toxicology grant enhances FVSU’s student research
Kristopher Weekes said that until he became involved in a Fort Valley State University program that focused on toxicology-based research this year, he’d fully planned to pursue a career in animal science. Now the FVSU senior from Snellville, Georgia plans …
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