1998 News Archive

November 1998

• VSU Faculty and Staff Campaign tops $100,000 and breaks records

October 1998

• Brashier named VSU director of bands

September 1998

• Ferguson named director of Institutional Effectiveness and Planning
• Hornbeak new commander of VSU Air Force ROTC
• Pruitt named head of VSU's English Department
• Atterbom named head of Health, Physical Education and Athletics
• VSU Chemistry program earns high honor
• WWET-FM hosts forums for South Georgia political candidates
• VSU offers Georgia students free SAT Prep using satellite technology
• VSU administrators to teach special fall 'mini-mester'
• Consortium offers educational alternative for freshmen

June 1998

• VSU to award honorary doctorate to community leader
• College of Nursing�s home to be named for retired Valdosta State president

April 1998

• McKay named dean of Public Services Division
• Devery named VSU's vice president for institutional advancement

March 1998

• VSU welcomes Small Business Development Center
• Ballard named VSU�s assistant to the president for Equal Opportunity Programs and Multicultural Affairs
• Plumly wins in 1998 Regents Teaching Excellence Awards
• New CBS program puts VSU students on the air
• VSU Foundation receives largest capital gift in its history

February 1998

• VSU professor to host statewide radio show
• VSU adds Master of Science in Criminal Justice
• Wright named VSU's new registrar
• Fee payment deadlines move up as VSU converts to semester system
• South Georgia teachers get high-tech computer training
• VSU Graduate School looking to future growth
• Donations to VSU break $2 million mark for third straight year

January 1998

• VSU substance abuse education program named in national publication