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The Academic Council was a group of faculty who approved all changes to the academic program of Valdosta State College. This group predates the Faculty Senate and ended with its founding and assuming of those duties.
The collection includes minutes and "actions" of the Academic Council from 1978-1991. The "actions" are forms submitted to the committee, often with correspondence, requesting changes to the curriculum. Actions also include announcements of changes made by the committee,...
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This collection contains papers relating to Valdosta State University's Counseling Center spanning from the 1970s to present day. The papers contain general information about the Center, and show the changes it has went through over the years. Some of the materials include: informational brochures/pamphlets, inter-office memos(1989-2006), and fliers advertising seminars offered by the Counseling Center.
Before the Counseling Center, Valdosta State College had the Center for Student...
This collection involves financial aid information the bulk of which is from the 1970s. The first box contains informational booklets and forms while the second holds files on specific scholarship/funds/gifts.
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Frances Hurn Harper was an alumni of Georgia State Womans College who attended in the late 40s. Some of her possessions concerning the college were donated to the Valdosta State University Archives by her daughter Peggy Harper Riggins.
She kept many programs from school events, handouts, and college regulations. Also found were student roster/address lists. College newsletters, handbooks, and the Bulletin are also included.Harmful Content Policy:
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Contains a uniform shirt form VSC "Rebels" baseball team in the early 1960s. Records show that at some point, the item belonged to George Birdsong before being donated by his wife Leigh Birdsong
The Mark Stevens Memorial Blood Drive began in 1975 as a tribute to Mark Stevens a Valdosta State College student and native Valdostian who was killed in a gun accident in October 1975.
The collection contains information concerning the history of the blood drive, organizational information and participants. The date spans from 1975-1988.
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Michael M. Black, a native of Valdosta, Georgia, attended Valdosta State University where he earned a BBA in Finance, a Master's Degree in Higher Education Leadership, and a second Master's Degree in Instructional Technology.
The items in his collection deal with the history of Valdosta State College. Specifically items concerning: Frank R. Reade, J. Ralph Thaxton, & Eleanor Roosevelt's 1941 speech to GSWC. He also donated copies of obituaries of Valdosta State Faculty and Staff...
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The Office of Admissions solicits students to apply to and attend the college/university. To that end, it produces glossy display brochures, pamphlets, and correspondence. Early pictures of GSWC presented in a foldout postcard format are included here. Admissions' newsletter, the Blazer Beat, documents activities planned for parents on visitation days. Admissions also hosts Insight/Orientation--a weekend long-visit and information fair for incoming freshmen and parents. Promotional material,...
The Parent's Handbook was a booklet produced by Valdosta State College for the parents of incoming freshmen. It was distributed at Orientation as a way to help parents understand how the school worked, and to offer advice on how to best help their child as they entered school.
Contains definitions of disruptive behavior (1969). Newsletters with tips on public safety with a focus on personal defense, Annual Report of VSC's Public Safety Dept., Valdosta's Public Safety Police 1991 Annual Report, and pamphlets and information concerning traffic and parking regulations.
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Music has always been a part of the curriculum at Valdosta State. Contained in this collection are a variety of topics relating to the Music Department, mostly dealing with the public relations aspect. Contained in Box 1 are promotional brochures for the department and event flyers and programs from the 1980s. Box 2 contains Georgia State Woman's College,South Georgia State Normal College, and Valdosta State College musical programs, tickets, and invitations from 1918 to 1969. Box 3 holds...
Steve Barker attended VSC from 1978-1982. These papers are his notes and notebooks from most of his college classes. Barker was a biology major. The collection is a snapshot of curriculum at VSC during this time period.
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Since 1913 Valdosta State has always had some form of Student Government. However, this collection contains mostly recent documents of the Student Government Association. Box 1 is especially current as it contains SGA Minutes,committees, bills, proposals, agendas, resolutions, by-laws, and forums all dated after the year 2000 and ranging to present day. Box 2 has general information about history since it contains the SGA Constitution, Charter and By-laws for 1932 & 1979 (Constitution...
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This collection contains papers from various Valdosta State Student Organizations. The papers do not represent the whole of the records for these organizations, nor are they specific to any time period. The collection contains the following items: Along Mile Branch a 1938 publication of GSWC's Journalistic Fraternity, a membership packet from VSC's Alpha Chi 1963, Baptist Student Union 1960s Newsletters 'The Key', 1998 announcement of the Health and Phys. Ed. club creation, 1952...
The collection contains a wide variety of materials relating to the history of Valdosta State University as Valdosta State College from 1950-1993. Items include framed or oversized items of images around campus showing campus growth throughout the years.
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1906 - 1992; Majority of material found within 1950 - 1975
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Valdosta State College Woman's Club was founded in 1967. The stated purpose of the club was: to foster social life amongst its members, to promote the welfare of the student body, and to further the interests of the college in every way possible." The collection spans from 1970-1982 and contains yearly Calendars , membership lists, a "yearbook", and a Cookbook.
One of the events that the Woman's Club hosted was an annual Founder's Day Dinner held at the beginning of February to celebrate...
Abstract
This collection contains material from the 1950-1993 time period in Valdosta State University history. During this time Valdosta State University was known as Valdosta State College. Renamed VSC from Georgia State Womens College in 1950, the school embarked on a new era as a co-ed campus. During the 1950?s the University expanded with the acquisition of the former Emory University campus at Valdosta in 1953, this became what is now known as North Campus. Greek organizations began to appear...