VALDOSTA STATE MAGAZINE 3 Changing How Art is Made VSU Merges Old-School Techniques and New Technology to Revolutionize Creative Instruction Learning from the Past VSU Students Work to Build Searchable History of Women’s Struggle for Equality Hot Chocolate Laboratory VSU Researchers Discover Eating Dark Chocolate Increases Resting Metabolism A Customized Education Interdisciplinary Studies Empowers Students to Be the Architect of Their Own Future Making an Impact VSU Encourages Faculty, Staff, Students to Innovate, Tackle Real-World Problems Bridging the Communication Gap VSU Works to Put More Deaf Education Teachers in Kansas Classrooms Unearthing a Buried Identity Inside One Professor’s Fight to Gain Federal Recognition for Southeast Mississippi Native American Tribe COVER PHOTO BY PAUL LEAVY Lio’undre Gallimore, a wide receiver from Miami Gardens, Florida, leads the 2018 Blazer football team to the field. Valdosta State University Magazine is published by the Division of Student Success, led by Dr. Rodney Carr, vice president, and the Office of Communications and Marketing, led by Dr. Keith Warburg, executive director. W H A T ’ S I N S I D E 6 18 22 30 42 54 84 Valdosta State University Magazine is written in Associated Press style.