To say social media is a driving tool in how we communicate, share information and speak our minds is an understatement. Everyone from your mom, boss and co-workers have Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, Instagrams (do I need to keep going?) and so on. Now you can add your institution to the list. According to a recent study by the Center for ...

The Student Health Center is providing flu vaccinations to all students wishing to be immunized as long as quantities last. According to Lynette Lewis, assistant director and administrator for VSU Health Center, there has been an increase in the number of flu cases in the Valdosta area. The Center for Disease Control keeps a weekly archive called the FluView report ...

From Sunday alcohol sales to school board consolidation, residents of Valdosta and the surrounding cities have the chance voice their opinions on various issues until Nov. 8. The polls are now open for early voting at the Lowndes County Board of Elections Office. As this is an odd-numbered year, all elections are municipal, meaning that voters must be residents within ...

Gwendolyn Williams and Sheila Wakeley, staff counselors of the VSU counseling center, are giving first generation students at VSU an opportunity to have a First Generation Group at VSU. The term first generation student refers to an individual who is the first in their family to pursue a college education. These students often face distinctive academic and social challenges that ...

With the growing student body bringing in more revenue, VSU was able to hire over 60 new professors for the new school year. New Faculty members have become a part of the VSU staff. With new faculty members in over 20 departments, VSU has a grand total of 60 new professors who are teaching this year. Even though all of ...

Friday, the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services at VSU will host the “Deaf, Deaf World” event in the Student Union Ballrooms B and C. Two sessions will be held from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., and 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. The object of the event is to raise awareness of the difficulty those who are deaf or hard of ...

In this edition of Spec Tech Google and Samsung had a very nice announcement for a new phone and operating system. Nokia is trying to get into the smart phone business. Apple has upgraded their MacBook Pro models. The Steve Jobs biography could be this year’s best seller, after only being on the market for one day! Nokia has had ...

VSU students and faculty were given the chance to hold a page of history in their hands Wednesday night when a collector brought several antique papers into the University Center Theater to show anyone interested. The papers included pages from the second edition of the King James Bible, dating from 1615, and are part of a collection that spans many ...

Former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi was pronounced dead Oct. 20. The death sent shock and a lot of confusion around the world when the video footage of his death and capture leaked. Several news stations pronounced Gaddafi dead after the footage of the first video went viral. Later the stations came back on air to say that Gaddafi was indeed ...

How was everybody fall break? I hope it was as productive as mine—for real, I didn’t get anything done but I caught up on some much needed sleep! I’m so lazy I can’t even get back into the flow of things. So let me just get into it before I fall asleep. Well, Terell Owens. fans I think this is ...