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One Year In, SVU’s Sport Performance Major Builds on a Historic Launch
May 7, 2026 —
When Southern Virginia University unveiled the Sport Performance major in the fall of 2025, it initiated a movement within higher education — one built on the idea that athletic competition can be at the center of a college education, not on its sidelines. One year later, founding program coordinator and professor of philosophy Dr. John Armstrong says the program is delivering on its promise — and universities around the country are looking to SVU to show the way.
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