News and College Life

Christmas lights and decorations surround this student in the student center mall as she studies for finals.

Chancellor scholars Paxton Suzanne Brittingham, Khiana Rose Blizek, and Nur Azhani Nazifa Binti Azhar livestreamed the moving of their tassels for family and friends. The 4.0 GPA students were the first to cross the stage at winter commencement.

A dancer leaps during the Winter Dance Concert.

A student is lost in her work as she studies for final exams.

Multiple offices celebrate the end of classes by co-sponsoring an End of Semester Celebration with food trucks, beverages, games, and contests. Students and staff enjoy a moment of fun before final exams and the official end of the semester.

Multiple offices celebrate the end of classes by co-sponsoring an End of Semester Celebration with food trucks, beverages, games, and contests. Students and staff enjoy a moment of fun before final exams and the official end of the semester.

At left, LaVar J. Charleston, deputy vice chancellor for diversity & inclusion, gently reminds keynote speaker Russell Jeung, co-founder of Stop AAPI (Asian American and Pacific Islander) Hate, that Jeung still needs to wear a face mask while speaking during the Diversity Forum in Union South on Nov. 2, 2021. A campus and county health mandate requires people to wear face mask indoors – except while eating or drinking – as the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic continues.

E-Collective drummer Jonathon Barber taps a beat as Oscar-nominated, Grammy-winning trumpeter and composer Terence Blanchard performs a tribute to living jazz legend Wayne Shorter during a collaborative concert at the Wisconsin Union Theater on Nov. 5, 2021.

Southern Virginia University theatre puts on a production of Into the Woods. 

Students compete to build the tallest tower of cans, then donate the canned goods as part of the philanthropic component to Spirit Week.