FVSU Blog

Like many Americans, I was eager to tune into yesterday’s State of the Union address to hear President Obama speak. The broadcasting of any major social or political event is a big to-do with my circle of friends, who consist mostly of recent graduates, young professionals and journalists.
 
My friends and I are scattered across [...]

 
Despair, numbness, hopelessness and defeat are a few words that could describe the feelings many Haitians are experiencing after the earthquake that devastated their nation on Jan. 12, 2010.  I originally heard the news about the disaster through a friend, but it didn’t effect me as much until I saw the footage on television.  It [...]

Members of the University Today Scholars’ Program helped spread holiday cheer to the local community by collecting canned goods and clothing from high schools, churches and neighbors. Dual enrollment students Carmen Nicholson, Shaquina Missick, Terrence Howard, and Zack Miller participated in making the project a success. Donations collected by Tonya Howard of [...]

After the break, Fort Valley State University is coming to life once again. Young people are meeting up with old friends at The Caf, crowding into the Pettigrew Center to register for Spring courses and filing into classes to meet their professors for the first time. But, how did these chipper, fresh-faced students unwind over [...]