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VU Men’s Basketball wins NJCAA Championship

March 25, 2019

VU presents transfer fair to advancing students

February 28, 2019

For some students, this is their last year or semester at VU. Many students are excited to say they’ve completed their degree requirements and are ready to move on and learn more at their transfer school of choice. As college students are carried away completing assignments that are due in the next few weeks, some attended the transfer to get more information from other universities.

Remembering Ernie Ladd

February 28, 2019

LRC to receive modern makeover

Reid McClure and Crystal Kohout

February 26, 2019

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There comes a time when buildings go through various renovations. The Shake Learning Resource Center (LRC), which is an older building, is undergoing substantial renovations. During this time, the library has been moved to the Beckes Student Union, which will be used temporarily until renovations for the LRC are complete.

Chinese New Year 2019

February 26, 2019

Winter weather warnings

February 7, 2019

Theatre program brings the story of Anne Frank to the stage

February 7, 2019

The man, the myth, the mascot…Trailblazer Willie

February 5, 2019

VU men’s basketball team bounces back; one loss does not define the season

February 5, 2019

MLK Banquet: Breaking the silence

January 29, 2019

Sweetwater Sound representative speaks on career opportunities

Reid McClure and Olivia P. Tucker

November 27, 2018

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On Wednesday, Oct. 31, Jeff McDonald, Senior Vice President of Human Resources for Sweetwater Sound, came to the Shircliff Humanities building to give a presentation over the company to students. SweetWater Sound is a music company that focuses on music recording. It was founded in 1979 and is located in Fort Wayne, according to the company’s website. Sweetwater Sound is known for being the number one online audio equipment retailer and for building strong relationships with different companies and universities. The company gives students with audio recording majors opportunities to work at Sweetwater. They don’t just offer music related jobs, but other jobs outside of music such as IT and writing positions.

Students and faculty treated to Halloween event

Tay Simmons, staff writer

November 27, 2018

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Students were treated to a Halloween event on Tuesday, Oct. 30 at the Summers Social Science Center. The event, sponsored by the College of Social Science, Performing Arts and Communication was held mainly for students with undecided majors, but every student was welcome. Students filled their bags with candy from faculty and staff and played Plinko to win prizes, including VU T-shirts. Overall, the students seemed to have had a great experience.