Fort Valley State University

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, poor housing conditions in the United States have been linked to childhood lead poisoning, asthma and other adverse health effects.

Fort Valley State University’s Cooperative Extension Program housing specialist, Keishon Thomas, noted this fact and decided to focus the seventh Annual Under One Roof Housing Conference on the topic of Transitioning to Healthy Homes.

March 10, 2010 - America’s unsung, trailblazing female pioneers will be celebrated during a Fort Valley State University symposium. To honor Womens’ History Month in March, the Hunt Memorial Library Symposium will feature a panel discussion on the book, “The Varieties of the Women’s Experience: Portraits of Southern Women in the Post-Civil War Century”. The event scheduled for Tuesday, March 23, in FVSU’s Founders Hall auditorium and library, will feature the book’s editors, President Larry E. Rivers and Executive Vice President, Dr.

March 10, 2010 - Car show competitors across Florida and Georgia are getting their machines in showroom condition for Middle Georgia’s premier car show. Fort Valley State University’s 4th annual Wheels in the Valley Car, Truck and Motorcycle Show will be held 8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m., Saturday, April 24 at the Health & Physical Education Complex. Hundreds of car lovers will pack the parking lot to show off their prized possessions sporting fresh paint jobs, shining chrome wheels, and complex machinery.

March 10, 2010 - The seventh-ranked Fort Valley State University Lady Wildcats (26-2) received the number-three seed in the NCAA Division II South Region Tournament as announced by the NCAA on Sunday, March 7. The Lady Wildcats will face the sixth seed Valdosta State University Lady Blazers (18-8) on Friday, March 12, in the first round of the regional which will be played in Russellville, Ark. on the campus of the tournament host, Arkansas Tech University in the Tucker Coliseum. Tip off time for the Lady Wildcats and Lady Blazers game will be 4 p.m. (CST).

March 10, 2010 - The seventh-ranked Fort Valley State University Lady Wildcats (26-2) received the number-three seed in the NCAA Division II South Region Tournament as announced by the NCAA on Sunday, March 7. The Lady Wildcats will face the sixth seed Valdosta State University Lady Blazers (18-8) on Friday, March 12, in the first round of the regional which will be played in Russellville, Ark. on the campus of the tournament host, Arkansas Tech University in the Tucker Coliseum. Tip off time for the Lady Wildcats and Lady Blazers game will be 4 p.m. (CST).

March 5, 2010 - By: FVSU Office of Sports Information

In what was the first major upset of the 77th Annual Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Basketball Tournament, the number-eight seed Lady Tigers of Stillman College defeated the number-one seed Lady Wildcats of Fort Valley State University. Taking advantage of a 55.6 percent first half shooting performance, the Lady Tigers built a 13-point lead with 6:04 remaining. From there, they took a seven point lead into the halftime, 40-33.

By: FVSU Office of Sports Information

In what was the first major upset of the 77th Annual Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Basketball Tournament, the number eight seed Lady Tigers of Stillman College defeated the number one seed Lady Wildcats of Fort Valley State University. Taking advantage of a 55.6% first half shooting performance, the Lady Tigers built a 13 point lead with 6:04 remaining. From there, they took a seven point lead into the halftime, 40-33.

Dexter Mack, Fort Valley State University’s Rural Business Outreach Institute program coordinator, is singing praises about a recent exhibition designed to help Middle Georgia small business owners. On Feb. 10, the institute held the 3rd Small Business Financial Expo in the C.W. Pettigrew Center. It drew 90 aspiring entrepreneurs, who learned tips about how to fund new enterprises.

March 2, 2010 - The Fort Valley State University Wildcats entered the first round of the 77th Annual Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) believing that their shot to win the SIAC crown was as good as any of the other 12 teams vying for the title. In doing so, their first order of business was to defeat a team that had beaten them twice in the regular season, the Lane College Dragons.

A new reference guide about African-American contributions in academia is the most comprehensive of its kind, according to Dr. Melody Carter, Fort Valley State University’s vice president of external affairs. Carter and former FVSU president Dr. Kofi Lomotey co-edited “The Encyclopedia of African American Education,” released by Sage Publishers, Inc. Drs. Seyoum Gelaye, Brou Kouakou and Thomas H. Terrill, all FVSU professors, contributed articles to the two-volume work which includes more than 5,303 entries from 683 bibliographic sources.

When Fort Valley State University adjunct professor Annis T. Strange picked up her mail one sunny, summer afternoon last year, she wasn’t expecting a life-changing letter. It announced that Strange and her daughter, Dr. Nicole Yvette Strange, an FVSU alumnus and Chicago State University reading and literacy professor, were selected to participate in the People to People Ambassador Programs. Both served on the program’s Language and Literacy Delegation which travelled to China recently.

February 28, 2010 - The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) announced the women’s and men’s seedings for the 77th SIAC Basketball Tournament which will take place March 2nd -6th in Atlanta, Ga. at Frank L. Forbes Arena, located on the campus of Morehouse College.

Lady Wildcats

February 28, 2010 - If you ask Fort Valley State University (FVSU) Head Softball Coach Jimmie Reed to share his thoughts about this year’s Lady Wildcats team, after a quick smile, he will tell you that he is extremely optimistic about how far this team can go. After a 24-23 (14-10 in the SIAC) finish last season, Reed and his coaching staff knew that the team was missing only a few key components to make this season one of the best for the Lady Wildcats. The chief component was building a stronger pitching staff.

The Fort Valley State University Lady Wildcats of (FVSU) concluded their regular season last night with a 69-64 win over the Tuskegee University Tigerettes in the James Center Arena on the Tuskegee Campus. The win stretched the Lady Wildcats record- setting, regular-season mark to 26-1 and 21-1 in Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) play.

By Russell Boone Jr., public information editor/writer
Agricultural Communications Department

For more than sixty years, farmers in Lowndes County and the surrounding areas have shown off their wares at the annual Lowndes County Ham and Egg Show. This year’s event, held at the Lowndes County Civic Center on Feb. 16 and 17, may have been one of the best ever.