Tag: Fort Valley State University

COVID-19

New Initiative Puts Learners at the Forefront of Designing Paths to Address Educational Challenges

Six colleges and universities from across the nation are teaming up to launch a new initiative that they say will change the future of education.

May 14, 2021

African-American

Georgia Power Gives Six Georgia HBCUs $1.625 Million for Tech and Development

Georgia Power is giving six of Georgia’s historically Black colleges and universities $1.625 million for technology, infrastructure and development in the 2020-2021 academic year, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. The six HBCUs are Albany State University, Clark Atlanta University, Fort Valley State University, Morehouse College, Savannah State University and Spelman College. The gift is part of […]

November 30, 2020

Home

Some College Students Facing Homelessness, Hunger Around the Holidays

This month, home for the holidays will be a much-anticipated destination for many college students as they wrap up finals, look forward to family celebrations and their long winter break. But as the semester grinds to a close and the holiday break nears, for some students, their only concern is finding a place to stay and making sure that they have food to eat.

December 11, 2019

HBCUs

Alumni, Several Lawmakers Decry Proposed Georgia HBCU Bill

After backlash to proposed Georgia Senate Bill 273 that would consolidate the state’s three public historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) into the Georgia Agricultural and Mechanical University System, lawmakers swiftly withdrew and introduced in its place a second bill, SB278, allowing the institutions to keep their names under the system.

April 6, 2019

African-American

ROTC Programs Bring Access to Education and Careers for HBCU Students

The revival of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) program at LeMoyne-Owen College in Tennessee makes the Memphis-based school one of several historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in the country that offers students an education and military training to become a commissioned officer in the United States armed forces.

September 12, 2018

News Roundup

Renowned Journalist Ed Gordon Named FVSU Visiting Lecturer

Emmy Award-winning journalist Ed Gordon will join Fort Valley State University in Georgia as a visiting lecturer for the Fall 2018 semester. As part of programming from the Department of Visual and Performing Arts and Media Studies, Gordon’s “master classes” will cover topics such as the business of media, the impact of social media on […]

July 20, 2018

Faculty & Staff

Fort Valley State Students Back Ousted Swanier in Bid to Save Job

A group of current and former Fort Valley State students are rallying behind a popular tenured associate professor who was notified earlier this year that her position is being eliminated due to efforts to cut costs at the financially strapped public Black university.

October 28, 2015