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Music Graduate to Further Service Goals at Music Therapy Program

May 12, 2016 — By the time 2016 graduate Leah Huber came to Southern Virginia University in 2011, she already knew what she wanted to do.

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Four Accomplished Senior Speakers to Address Class of 2016

May 3, 2016 — The senior speakers selected to represent the Southern Virginia University graduating class of 2016 are Rosevelt Kpainay, Madeleine Gail Rex, Wright Noel and Don Harsh.

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Graduating Art Major Chooses Top-Tier Architecture Program

May 2, 2016 — Southern Virginia University graduating senior Dallin Evans took a big step in his longtime goal to become an architect when he chose last month to attend Syracuse University for a master’s degree in architecture.

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Student Association President to Attend Top Health Administration Program

April 22, 2016 — Following his graduation next month, James David “JD” Drasbek, president of the Student Association at Southern Virginia University, plans to attend Virginia Commonwealth University’s Health Administration Program — which is ranked third nationally by U.S. News and World Report.

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2016 Valedictorian, Salutatorian Excel in Sciences, the Humanities

April 13, 2016 — Law, linguistics, optometry, epidemiology and computer science are just a few of the interests Nathanael Rodriguez explored as a student at Southern Virginia University.

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Senior Takes First Place at History Honor Society Conference

April 12, 2016 — Rex Winslow, a graduating senior at Southern Virginia University, recently took first place at a regional conference of Phi Alpha Theta, an American history honor society with more than 350,000 members.

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Creativity, Core Values in the Classroom

March 24, 2016 — Professor Jane Harrington first entered the world of children’s literature as she raised her own children.

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Alumna Balances Life as Dual-Immersion School Teacher, Musician

March 14, 2016 — Running a robotics club, planning school assemblies, assembling third-grade units in two languages and adjudicating at Washington All-State harp auditions are normal parts of the day for alumna Julie Jarvis (’08), a teacher at Jing Mei Elementary School.

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Students to Exhibit Artwork at Lexington’s Nelson Gallery

Feb. 2, 2016 — Every day, Gustavo Ramos, an art major from Southern Brazil, spends at least four hours drawing or painting in his studio space in a corner of the Tucson House — the art studio at Southern Virginia University.

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Professor, Artist Barbara Crawford Receives Elton Award

Dec. 5, 2015 — In the last forum of the semester, Southern Virginia University Provost Madison U. Sowell announced that Barbara Crawford, professor of art, is the recipient of the 2016 Michael and Kay Elton Lectureship for Outstanding Teaching and Scholarship.

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2015 Distinguished Service Award Recipients Announced

Dec. 4, 2015 — Southern Virginia University Provost Madison U. Sowell today announced the recipients of the 2015 Ed and Chieko Okazaki Distinguished Service Award.

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Students Teach, Serve Through New Program at Local School

Nov. 18, 2015 — This semester marked the creation and launch of the BEST program, an initiative led by Southern Virginia University and the Buena Vista School System to create a community learning center at Enderly Heights Elementary School.