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Sept. 7, 2012 — More than 2,000 miles from her home in Kaysville, Utah, Katie De La Mare struck up a conversation in the Dulles International Airport with another young woman, who, as it turned out, also was named Katie and who also was on her way to the same small liberal arts college.

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Convocation to be Held Friday, Sept. 7

Aug. 31, 2012 — Provost Madison U. Sowell will deliver an address titled “Encomium to the Core” at Southern Virginia University Convocation on Friday, Sept. 7, at 11 a.m. in the Stoddard Center.

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Rising Scholar of Mormonism to Teach Class at Southern Virginia

Aug. 30, 2012 — Dr. Matthew Bowman, a rising scholar in the growing field of Mormon studies, will teach a class titled “Mormonism and the American Experience” at Southern Virginia University this fall.

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Southern Virginia University Launches $50 Million Capital Campaign

Aug. 27, 2012 — Southern Virginia University is nearly halfway toward the $50-million goal for its first-ever capital campaign, which was publicly launched last week at two gala events in Utah.

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Humanities Professor Excels in her Field and in the Classroom

Aug. 6, 2012 — While fans from all over the world cheer on athletes at the Olympic Games in London this summer, Dr. Debra Sowell — who has completed multiple scholarly publications and other projects in the past academic year — compares Olympic athletes to scholars, who both must obey “the law of the harvest” in order to excel.

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Alumna Named Virginia Teacher of Promise

Aug. 2, 2012 — While pursuing a graduate degree at Marymount University — where she graduated with a 4.0 grade-point average in May — Southern Virginia University alumna Holly Burningham (’09) was named a Virginia Teacher of Promise, a distinction given annually to top students in Virginia’s 37 teacher education programs.

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Southern Virginia Joins Capital Athletic Conference

July 26, 2012 — Southern Virginia University today announced that it will join the Capital Athletic Conference beginning July 1, 2013.

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NCAA Division III Awards Provisional Membership to Southern Virginia

July 25, 2012 — The National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III today announced its approval of Southern Virginia University’s provisional membership application.

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Southern Virginia Provides Housing for More Than 100 Linemen in Wake of Storm

July 6, 2012 — In the wake of a devastating East-coast storm that knocked out electricity for more than three million households, Southern Virginia University housed workers from Dominion Virginia Power this week to help restore electricity for citizens of Buena Vista, Va.

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Southern Sem History on Display in Fawson Alumni House

June 25, 2012 — An exhibit featuring Southern Seminary history titled, “All That Linger Here: A Pictorial History of the Campus,” is on display in the Fawson Alumni House at Southern Virginia University until Sept. 15.

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Southern Virginia University Receives Regional Accreditation

June 21, 2012 — The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges — the oldest, largest and most prestigious accreditor of colleges and universities in the southern United States — today awarded regional accreditation to Southern Virginia University.

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President Sybrowsky Announces New Leadership Model for Athletics

June 20, 2012 — Southern Virginia University President Paul K. Sybrowsky announced the formation of a new leadership model for the university’s athletics program this week.