VSU Community Shares Holiday Traditions

The holidays are about giving thanks, the bustle of family gatherings and hope for a new year. The people of Valdosta State University have much to be thankful for as the semeser winds down and the holidays gear up. Faculty, staff and students share their holiday traditions > Watch VIDEO

The Department of Art and the Annette Howell Turner Center for the Arts will host the DRAWPROJECT from 5-7 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 10.
 
Artists from across the country donated more than 50 pieces of artwork for the annual silent auction that funds scholarships to support VSU Art majors, including the Annette Howell Turner Center for the Arts Scholarship and the Danielle B. Harmon Student Merit Scholarships.

Each original work must interpret the concept of “drawing” on a 15x22-inch sheet of paper. Gift certificates starting at $50 are available to put toward the artwork, which start at $50 bids.

Jamie Harmon, former Turner Center curator, was initially responsible for the DRAWPROJECT. Harmon, whose wife and former VSU Art Department faculty member Danielle Harmon died this year after battling cancer. The 2011 exhibit will feature Danielle's work and recognize the couple's contributions to the area art community.
 
For more information, go to the DRAWPROJECT homemage or the VSU Department of Art webpage. Those interested in sponsorships or gift cards may call Department Head A. Blake Pearce at 333-5835. Read more >

The Office of Social Equity is pleased to announce Pearl Cleage as the guest speaker of the 2011 Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration, held the week of January 10. Cleage, an award winning playwright, will speak at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 13, in the University Center Magnolia Room.

The best selling author, whose first novel "What Looks Like Crazy On An Ordinary Day" was an Oprah Book Club pick and spent nine weeks on the New York Times Best-Seller list.

Valdosta State's MLK events will also include a panel discussion about the prolific leader and a tribute concert.

The deadline for the second and final Faculty Research Seed Grant competition for Fiscal Year 2010-11 is rapidly approaching.

Proposals are due to the Office of Sponsored Programs & Research Administration by 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 18.

Guidelines and application materials are available on the OSPRA web site.

Four Valdosta State University students took home prizes for their submissions to Blazer Dining's student recipe contest, "There's No Taste Like Home."

Palms Dining Center featured the recipes on its menu Wednesday, Dec. 1. Student diners voted that day to crown a grand prize winner -- Katie Wagnon, who won $50 in Blazer Bucks for her oatmeal no-bake cookies.

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