Valdosta State University

Ashlie Prain is the recipient of Valdosta State University's 2017 Sigma Alpha Chi Marga Award.

Valdosta State University is proud to announce its Spring 2017 Dean's List. Students who achieve a semester grade point average of 3.50 or higher on nine or more semester hours with an institutional grade point average of 3.00 or higher are recognized by being placed on the Dean's List. Developmental studies, transients, and graduate students are not eligible for Dean's List status.

Max Gresham and Cody Cleary of Valdosta State University's Bass Fishing Club will compete at the 2017 YETI Fishing League Worldwide (FLW) College Fishing National Championship May 31-June 3 at Wheeler Lake in Alabama.

Meghan Belanger of Campus Recreation is Valdosta State University's 2016-2017 Graduate Assistant of the Year.

Valdosta State University announces the names of those students who were inducted into Psi Chi: The International Honor Society in Psychology during the 2016-2017 academic year.

Kris Dawson is Valdosta State University's 2016-2017 Student Employee of the Year. He was chosen based on his reliability, quality of work, initiative, professionalism, and uniqueness of contribution.

Victoria R. Sandefur's "The Effect of Taste on Lingual Swallowing Pressure" won second place in the undergraduate research category at the 2017 Georgia Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention Student Poster Competition.

Katherine Bailey Stone's "Kinesio Tape in the Treatment of Dysphagia" won second place overall and second place in the graduate research category at the 2017 Georgia Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention Student Poster Competition.

Susanna Peonia is the recipient of Valdosta State University's 2017 American Association of University Women Award and 2017 Female Academic Athlete Award.

Rebekah A. Foster's "The Effects of Rapid Auditory Discrimination Treatment on Articulation Improvement" won first place overall and first place in the graduate research category at the 2017 Georgia Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention Student Poster Competition.

Valdosta State University announces the names of those students who were inducted into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi during the 2016-2017 academic year.

Valdosta State University's Model United Nations team won the Honorable Delegation Award and three Outstanding Position Paper Awards at the 2017 National Model United Nations Conference in New York City.

David Hanna is Valdosta State University's 2017 Clare Philips Martin Scholarship recipient.

Valdosta State University has recognized 19 student employees for the contributions they have made working on campus while attending college. These students were chosen based on their reliability, quality of work, initiative, professionalism, and uniqueness of contribution.

Dan Nix is Valdosta State University's 2017 University System of Georgia Academic Recognition Day Award recipient.

Valdosta State University is proud to offer scholarships to 412 currently enrolled, incoming first-year, and transfer students for the 2017-2018 academic year. These scholarships were established by private donors and are awarded each year by VSU Foundation Inc. to students with excellent academic achievement and/or students with financial need. Each recipient represents the high standards of the university.

Elizabeth Deborah McCullers of Macon, Georgia, is the recipient of the Spring 2017 President's Award for Academic Excellence for the College of the Arts at Valdosta State University.

Diane Ndidi Isibor, an international student from Delta State, Nigeria, is the recipient of the Spring 2017 President's Award for Academic Excellence for the Harley Langdale Jr. College of Business Administration at Valdosta State University.

Sterling Axel Serfoss of Macon, Georgia, is the recipient of the Spring 2017 President's Award for Academic Excellence for the College of Arts and Sciences at Valdosta State University.

Miranda Rene Culbreth of Valdosta, Georgia, is the recipient of the Spring 2017 President's Award for Academic Excellence for the James L. and Dorothy H. Dewar College of Education and Human Services at Valdosta State University.

William Jayson Allen Crum of Valdosta, Georgia, is the recipient of the Spring 2017 President's Award for Academic Excellence for the College of Nursing and Health Sciences at Valdosta State University.

Seven Valdosta State University Honors College students were selected to present at the 2017 Georgia Collegiate Honors Council Conference. Hosted by Columbus State University in Columbus, Georgia, this year's event was built around a "Reaching for the Stars" theme, and students were asked to share their best academic or creative work with honors students and faculty from across the state.

Ann Williams's "Connections to the Past: An Ethnographic Study of the Connection Between Modern Mayans and the Ancients" won first place for Best Paper in the Social Sciences at the 2017 Georgia Collegiate Honors Council Conference.

The Valdosta State University Forensics (Speech and Debate) Team's Cory Howard won top honors at the Novice National Forensic Association Championship, held March 10-12 at University of West Florida in Pensacola.

Jacobe Love's "Loco Motives" and its investigation of gay rights and men as victims of sexual assault wowed the judges and took top prize at Valdosta State University's 2017 Take Back the Night Short Film Challenge.

The Valdosta State University Forensics (Speech and Debate) Team's Travis Edwards and Nathalie Jaimes won second place at the Georgia Parliamentary Debate Association State Championship.

Valdosta State University earned top honors at the 2017 Beta Alpha Psi Southeast Regional Meeting Best Practice Competition in Raleigh, N.C.

Valdosta State University has earned the 2015-2016 Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) Superior Merit Student Chapter Award.

Valdosta State University is proud to celebrate the accomplishments of those undergraduate and graduate students who completed the requirements of their respective academic programs during the fall semester.

Valdosta State University's Juston Lewis were recently elected to the Georgia College Press Association Board of Directors. His one-year terms began Feb. 11.