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Promotions in Marketing for Giroux, Gowdy, and Amos

April 4, 2023 — Chief Marketing Officer Chris Pendleton today announced three recent promotions within the Office of Marketing at Southern Virginia University: Ciaran “Kiwi” Giroux to director of marketing, Matt Gowdy to creative director, and Karina Amos to digital marketing manager.

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Fine & Performing Arts Programs Host Student-led Hilltop Arts Festival

March 30, 2023 — The Music, Art, and Theatre programs at Southern Virginia University are joining forces to host the Hilltop Arts Festival—a first-of-its-kind event chiefly planned and led by students—on Friday, April 28 from 6–10 p.m. and Saturday, April 29 from 10 a.m.–10 p.m. 

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A General Conference Invitation from the Dennas

March 30, 2023 — Today, Acting President Eric Denna and Lyn Denna shared the following letter with the Southern Virginia University community.

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Theatre Presents “Saint Joan” by G.B. Shaw on Play’s Hundred-year Anniversary

March 28, 2023 — Southern Virginia University Theatre presents George Bernard Shaw’s, “Saint Joan”—a work on the life and legacy of Joan of Arc and the impact of her trial on those involved—for the play’s hundred year anniversary on April 14-15, 21-22 at 7:30 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center.

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Administrator of Seminaries and Institutes Chad Webb Testifies of Prophets in Southern Virginia University Devotional

March 8, 2023 — On March 3, the Southern Virginia University community gathered for a devotional with Chad Webb, Administrator of Seminaries and Institutes of Religion for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In a talk entitled, “The Voice of My Servants,” Webb spoke on the importance of prophets and the changing power of their inspired words and teachings.

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“Blessings and Gratitude, ” A Letter and Update from Reed & Diane Wilcox

March 7, 2023 — Today, Reed & Diane Wilcox shared the following letter with the Southern Virginia University community.

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Students Perform “Mansfield Park” Concert Musical to Standing-room-only Audience

March 7, 2023 — For the first time in Southern Virginia Theatre history, student actors gathered in the Performing Arts Center to present a one-night-show concert musical, performing the classic Jane Austen story of “Mansfield Park” with an original script by Professor of Theatre Robert Stoddard and his daughter, Leigh Stoddard, on March 1 to a sold out house.

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Dr. Matthew Wickman: “On Spiritual Experience and Spiritual Life (By Way of Literature)”

Feb. 28, 2023 — On Feb. 24, Dr. Matthew Wickman, an English professor at Brigham Young University, spoke to the Southern Virginia University campus community on the changing power of spiritual experiences and literature and how it inspired his recently published book, “Life to the Whole Being: The Spiritual Memoir of a Literature Professor.”

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Southern Virginia University Theatre Presents Concert Musical Performance of “Mansfield Park”

Feb. 27, 2023 — Southern Virginia University Theatre presents the classic Jane Austen story of “Mansfield Park” with an original script by Professor of Theatre Robert Stoddard and his daughter, Leigh Stoddard. In a unique twist, the musical will be performed as a concert musical for the first time in University history exclusively on March 1 at 7:30 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center.

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Presidents’ Day Message from Acting President Denna

Feb. 20, 2023 — Today, Acting President Eric Denna issued the following letter:

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A Life of Faith and Love with Acting President Eric and Lyn Denna

Feb. 15, 2023 — On Feb. 10, the campus community gathered for University forum in the Knight Arena to hear Acting President Eric Denna and his wife, Lyn, share their love story and how they relied on each other and the Lord throughout their lives and marriage during the ups and downs of life.

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Students Invited To Unique Richmond Temple Open House Event on March 17

Feb. 13, 2023 — Today, Provost Dr. James Lambert announced that the Richmond Temple Open House Committee had set aside time for the Buena Vista Young Single Adult Stake to attend the Richmond Temple Open House on March 17 from 5–6 p.m. before its official opening on March 21.