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Valdosta State University
Company Overview
We are located in South Georgia near coastal resorts on a Spanish Mission-style campus, nationally recognized for its beauty. We furnish a unique atmosphere with a broad range of student activities, from NCAA Division II Gulf South Conference athletics (National Champions in Football in 2004 & 2007) to a comprehensive curriculum that includes five colleges: Arts, Arts & Sciences, Business, Education, and Nursing.
Founded in 1906 as South Georgia State Normal College, our classes did not begin until 1913. We later became Georgia State Women’s College in 1922. In 1950 the school became coeducational and we changed our name to Valdosta State College. On July 1, 1993 VSC became VSU.
The city of Valdosta is located on Interstate 75 in Lowndes County, midway between Atlanta and Orlando, providing us with a major strategic base and a metro area status of more than 123,000 people. Our enrollment approaches 13,000 students representing 47 states and 63 countries. Small classes, at all levels, are taught by 500 well-qualified faculty members. Our two campuses, less than a mile apart, have grown to more than 178 acres. We certainly offer unique cultural and educational opportunities to business, industry and the public of South Georgia through performances, workshops, institutes, and continuing education programs.
VSU’s faculty consists of 585 members—441 full-time and 144 part-time. Currently, 330 full-time faculty members hold terminal degrees, three hold specialist’s degrees, one holds a professional degree, 103 hold master’s degrees, and four hold bachelor’s degrees. Females constitute about 50 percent of the total faculty, and 12 percent are self-declared minorities.
Company History
A special act of the Georgia Legislature established an institution of higher learning in Valdosta, Georgia, in 1906. However, no appropriation was made for buildings or maintenance until the summer of 1911, when the State appropriated $30,000 for a building and equipment.
With a community enthusiasm that has continued to the present day, the City of Valdosta first donated 60 acres of land and $50,000 to be used toward establishing the college. The first building, Converse Hall, was erected and furnished at a cost of $55,000. In 1912, the Legislature granted an adequate annual appropriation for maintenance, and the future of the institution was assured. The college, called the South Georgia State Normal College, opened to “young ladies” on January 2, 1913, and offered two years of college work.
An act of the Legislature in 1922 changed the institution’s name to Georgia State Woman’s College at Valdosta and authorized a four-year program leading to the bachelor’s degree.
The Board of Regents made the school coeducational in 1950 and changed the name to Valdosta State College.
In 1993, Valdosta State College was named a regional university. In fall 1998, Valdosta State University adopted the semester system, along with other units of the University System of Georgia.
The institution has been led by seven presidents: Richard Holmes Powell (1913-1933), Jere Madison Pound (1933-1935), Frank Robertson Reade (1935-1948), James Ralph Thaxton (1948-1966), Sidney Walter Martin (1966-1978), Hugh Coleman Bailey (1978-2001), Ronald M. Zaccari (2002-2008), Patrick J. Schloss (2008-2011), and William McKinney, who assumed the leadership of the university in July 2012.
Valdosta State University offers undergraduate work leading to the following degrees: Associate of Applied Science, the Associate of Arts, the Bachelor of Arts in 13 major programs, the Bachelor of Science in 11 major programs, the Bachelor of Science in Education in 12 major programs, the Bachelor of Business Administration in 5 major programs, the Bachelor of Fine Arts in 6 major programs, the Bachelor of Music in 2 major programs, the Bachelor of General Studies, the Bachelor of Science in Nursing, the Bachelor of Science in Exercise Physiology, and the Bachelor of Applied Science.
Graduate degrees offered include the Master of Education in 17 major programs, the Master of Arts in 2 major programs, the Master of Science in 6 major programs, Master of Public Administration, Master of Business Administration, Master of Science in Nursing, Master of Art Education, Master of Music Education, Master of Social Work, Master of Library and Information Science, the Education Specialist in 10 major programs, and the Doctor of Education in 3 major programs. New baccalaureate and graduate degree programs are added from time to time to meet the needs of the population served by the University.
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