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January 2013

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Virginia State Names Latrell Scott New Head Football Coach

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Virginia State University yesterday named Latrell Scott as its new head football coach. Scott is the former head coach of the University of Richmond, and comes to VSU from James Madison University, where he coached tight ends.

VSU President Keith T. Miller said he was impressed with Scott’s goals for the team, both athletically and academically.  “We’re delighted to have Coach Scott as a Trojan,” he said. “We’re ready to embrace what he wants to do with our football program.”

Scott was an all-America tight end at Hampton University, and won two MEAC football championships as a player. According to the university’s release, Scott contributed as a position coach to the 2007 Richmond team which won a school-record 11 wins and made the school’s first ever appearance in the National Semifinals.

Tuesday

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January 2013

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NCAA Rule Cancels Norfolk State-Va. State Labor Day Classic

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An NCAA rule about early season non-conference competition has forced the cancellation of the annual Labor Day Football Classic between Norfolk State University and Virginia State University. From the Virginian-Pilot:

When going over Virginia State’s upcoming schedule with then-head coach Anthony Faison in November, Davis said, they recognized the scheduled games were in violation of an NCAA bylaw. The rule prohibits a Division II team from “playing its first contest with outside competition before the Thursday preceding September 6.” The Saturday games between the schools were scheduled for Aug. 31, 2013, and Aug. 30, 2014.

Both schools hope to resume the classic as soon as early as 2016.

Wednesday

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December 2012

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Monday

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December 2012

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Wednesday

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November 2012

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Thursday

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November 2012

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Virginia State Awarded $1.4 Million to Increase Secondary Math Proficiency

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Courtesy: Virginia State University

The National Science Foundation has awarded a five year, $1.45 million grant to Virginia State University for the project Central Virginia Undergraduate Mathematics Scholarship Program (CVUMSP).  The grant will help VSU and its educational partners identify, recruit, prepare, produce and maintain a positive impact on 41 highly-qualified, local secondary mathematics teachers over the grant period. 

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Monday

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November 2012

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Virginia State Receives $300K Grant to Combat Domestic Violence

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Courtesy: Virginia State University

The U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence against Women has awarded Virginia State University a three year, $298,437 grant to fund programs designed to reduce domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking on campus. VSU is one of only 22 projects selected for funding in FY 2012.

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Friday

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November 2012

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Rush Limbaugh Criticizes Michelle Obama’s HBCU Campaigning

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Just heard right-wing blowhard Rush Limbaugh criticizing First Lady Michelle Obama for her campaigning at Virginia State University and Hampton University on his Open Line Friday segment.

Listen here if you want. What do you think? In spite of the clear agenda to rile up ultra-conservatives against the Obama campaign, is it a good look for campaigning to go down at HBCUs?

Wednesday

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October 2012

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First Lady Michelle Obama to Campaign at Virginia State

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First Lady Michelle Obama will be at VSU on Friday for a campaign event on this Friday, November 2nd. The event will be held at the Daniel Gymnasium on VSU’s campus, and doors open for the event at 3:00 PM.

The event is open to the public, but tickets are required. Tickets will be available on campus at the Daniel Gymnasium box office from 10am to 9pm on Wednesday and Thursday.

The Obama campaign is also making tickets available at three additional local offices beginning at 9am on Wednesday:

Petersburg (612 South Sycamore Street)
Chester (15714 Jefferson Davis Highway)
Midlothian (713 North Courthouse Road)

All tickets are provided on a first-come, first-served basis.

 

Thursday

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September 2012

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Former Virginia State Student Files $1.7 Million Hazing Lawsuit Against Phi Beta Sigma

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Former Virginia State University student Christopher Rudder says that between 2008 and 2009, he endured physical and mental abuse while pledging for the campus’ chapter of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc. He now has filed a $1.7 million suit against the national fraternity and the chapter for compensatory and punitive damages, just two years after the fraternity settled a suit brought after the hazing death of a Prairie View A&M student. From the Richmond Times-Dispatch:

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Wednesday

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September 2012

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Virginia State Wins ‘People’s Choice’ Regional Award in National Choir Competition

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The Virginia State University Gospel Chorale was recently dubbed the regional ‘People’s Choice’ winner of Verizon’s national “How Sweet the Sound” gospel competition. The Chorale won $5,000 for its performance in the Verizon Center in Washington D.C. last Wednesday.

VSU was the only HBCU participant in the regional competition.

Thursday

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August 2012

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Monday

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August 2012

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Thursday

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June 2012

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Wednesday

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June 2012

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Monday

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May 2012

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Virginia State Receives $140K to Develop S.T.E.M. Prep Middle School

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Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell announced that Virginia State University (VSU) was awarded $140,000 to begin planning for the establishment of a college laboratory school to improve the capabilities of local school systems to prepare students for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) careers, including in the advanced manufacturing and logistics sectors which are emerging as key economic drivers in the greater Petersburg area.

VSU was one of four recipients of the 2012 Virginia College/University Partnership Laboratory School Application Planning Grants. This program was open to public institutions of higher education with approved teacher-education programs.

The proposed STEM Lab Middle School will focus on the preparation of sixth, seventh and eighth grade children for exploration of future STEM careers through an initial collaborative partnership between VSU’s School of Engineering, Science and Technology, and School of Liberal Arts and Education; local public schools systems in the city of Petersburg and the counties of Dinwiddie, Prince George, Surry and Sussex; and business and community partners.

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