ESPN -- Not Top Plays

It’s every athlete’s dream to be on ESPN, right? Southern Virginia student Vladimir Antigua-Perez’s two-year-old dunk was featured as today’s number one Not Top Play.

Watch it on Sports Center’s Not Top Plays.
http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=5070173&categoryid=2378529

Watch the full dunk footage on YouTube.

(Post by Burke Olsen)

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1,000-mile walk for Haiti

Zach Collette is walking 1,000 miles to raise money for amputees in Haiti.

Read the story in the Deseret News.

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700023070/SVU-student-plans-to-walk-the-walk-to-raise-funds-for-amputees-in-Haiti.html

(Post by Burke Olsen)

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Southern Virginia in the News

Two news articles in the last four days have focused on happenings at Southern Virginia University.

An article in Saturday's Church News (a publication of the Deseret News in Salt Lake City) tells about the 700 people who received medical, dental and eye care at the recent Remote Area Medical Clinic on campus.

A Mormon Times article today highlights the Buena Vista Virginia Institute of Religion.

(Post by Burke Olsen)

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Friday Forum

Michael Strong and his wife Magatte Wade spoke in Friday's forum on “Be the Solution: How to Live an Entrepreneurial Life of Doing Good and Having Fun". Strong spoke of the challenges of starting a school. Wade praised the United States as the best place to start a business in the world and told of her upbringing in Senegal. "Don't complain, just do something about it" was her advice to students.

(Photos and post by Leah Sidwell)

       
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The Fading Point

Here’s a new video of Southern Virginia University a Capella group, The Fading Point, singing, “Ain’t No Sunshine.”

(Post by Burke Olsen)

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Goals vs. Walls

Students gathered in the ballroom for today's Executive Lecture Series given by Texas businessman Boyd Burton. Burton emphasized the need for goals, organization and hard work to succeed.

(Photos and post by Leah Sidwell)

     
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Goals_vs._Walls.zip (356 KB)

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Spring Break 2010, Travel Study Style

Nauvoo, New York and the Dominican Republic welcomed Southern Virginia travel study students during spring break last week. Where did you go for spring break? Email scoop@svu.edu with stories, photos and videos.

(Post by Leah Sidwell, photos courtesy of Aleah Ingram, Rachelle Loveless and Brittany Gibbons)

               
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Knight Watch

Southern Virginia students and staff watched the varsity men's basketball team compete in the UCSAA National Championship game Saturday night via webcast. Cheering them on from a distance, fans watched the men's basketball team place second for the national title in their game against Talladega College.

     
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(Photos and post by Leah Sidwell)

 

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Southern Virginia Hosts RAM Free Medical Clinic

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RAM makes headlines

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