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  1. 2. The VSU campus is known for its __________ _________ style of architecture. (2 words)
  2. 4. VSU’s STEAM Center for Applied _____ and ______ serves as a resource and training facility for elementary, middle, and high school teachers wanting to learn new ways to educate, support, encourage, and inspire the students in their classrooms.
  3. 8. The area known as VSU’s Main Campus was originally owned by Colonel W.S. _______, who gifted the property to the state to establish a college in Valdosta. (1 word)
  4. 11. A blaze shines brightest ____ _____ ______. VSU believes that every Blazer has what it takes to create a success story that’s all their own. (3 words)
  5. 12. VSU’s partnership with _____ ______ Foundation of Georgia allows faculty and students to help children struggling with reading and related issues get the help they need to be successful in school. VSU’s Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders began testing elementary school students for dyslexia in 2019. In early 2022 the project expanded to include one-on-one intervention services to children after school. (2 words)
  6. 15. Under President Richard A. Carvajal’s leadership, VSU created the Center for South Georgia ______ _______, which allows faculty, staff, and students to enhance innovation through knowledge exchange and address real-world problems. (2 words)
  7. 17. Student enrollment doubled under the leadership of the college’s sixth president, ________ _________. He served 23 years. (2 words)
  8. 18. This student organization has been entertaining fans at football games for four decades. Its members represent nearly every major on campus. (2 words)
  9. 19. Students from VSU’s School of _______ gain valuable, real-world experience while serving the needs of underserved populations all year long. They go where they are most needed and help create healthier communities. (1 word)
  10. 23. Many students at VSU enrich their collegiate experience by learning at partner institutions around the globe through ______ _______. (2 words)
  11. 24. Powell Library, which is now known as Powell Hall, home to VSU’s Department of Music, was dedicated by this famous First Lady. (2 words)
  12. 25. VSU is home to an ____ ______ ROTC program that boasts a state-of-the-art virtual reality flight simulation room conceived and constructed by the cadets. (2 words)
  13. 29. The Whitehead ________ Trail was a Christmas gift to the campus in 1944. It winds 1,400 feet through a towering stand of longleaf pines and is a beautiful spot for a walk. (1 word)
  14. 30. VSU’s _________ and _________ Clinic offers hearing, communication, and cognitive evaluations as well as therapeutic services to all ages across South Georgia. Services are provided by graduate student-clinicians under the guidance of licensed and certified speech-language pathologists. (2 words)
  15. 31. Life after World War II resulted in the former all-female campus becoming a coeducational institution of higher education known as ______ _______ College in 1950. (2 words)
  16. 33. During the first few years of South Georgia State Normal College, as VSU was known from 1913 to 1922, most of the students studied for careers as _________. (1 word)
  17. 34. This is a collective term for VSU’s students, faculty, staff, alumni, friends, and fans. (2 words)
  18. 35. According to the Alma Mater, the campus stands among the _______ ________ of Georgia. (2 words)
  19. 36. VSU’s Center for _______________ serves as a catalyst for students seeking the knowledge and resources necessary to turn innovative ideas into sustainable businesses. (1 word)
  20. 37. Student researchers spend more than half the year working to protect Valdosta-Lowndes County residents from diseases transmitted from the ________ to humans and animals. (1 word)
  21. 38. VSU strives to be a learning environment based on trust and mutual respect. Every student at VSU is encouraged to uphold the university’s core values of community and commit to practicing civility, integrity, and citizenship. This pledge is called ____ ______ ______. (3 words)
  22. 39. Located on the campus of VSU, _____ ______ ______ _____ is the Official Musical Theatre of the State of Georgia. It presents three professional musicals in rotating repertory every summer. (4 words)
  23. 40. It’s a favorite campus cheer that begins with “Red and Black ______ _______.” (2 words)
  24. 41. VSU uses _____ ______ technology to simulate experiential learning opportunities that are not possible in the real world due to safety and other issues. It also helps keep students active and engaged in the learning process. (2 words)
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  1. 1. The campus experienced significant physical expansion under the leadership of S. Walter _______ and Ronald _______, the school’s fifth and seventh presidents. (2 words)
  2. 3. This event is a favorite campus tradition during the holidays. (4 words)
  3. 5. Through ________, faculty and students have developed treatments for cancer, tuberculosis, and more, as well as creative solutions for rebuilding underwater ecosystems. (1 word)
  4. 6. VSU’s Center for _____ ______ and ________ offers a full spectrum of cost-effective services designed to meet the rehabilitation, treatment, training, and injury prevention needs of clients of all ages. It educates and trains students while changing lives in the community and providing opportunities for faculty research and practice. (3 words)
  5. 7. This VSU-based brief therapy clinic is operated by the Department of Marriage and Family Therapy. Staff, including master’s level student-clinicians, help clients of all ages find solutions to whatever problems they may be experiencing. (1 word)
  6. 9. South Georgia State Normal College became a four-year institution of higher education in 1922 and the Georgia Legislature changed its name to ______ _______ ______ College, carving a path for what we know as VSU today. (2 words)
  7. 10. VSU is home to one of a few campus-based _____ _____ _____ facilities in the southern region of the United States. Students manage a diversified portfolio, discuss economic news and policies, and use real money for this real stock market experience. (3 words)
  8. 13. __________ learning encourages students to apply the knowledge and skills gained in the classroom to a wide range of local, regional, national, and global challenges. (1 word)
  9. 14. New Deal programs enabled the campus to expand from three to seven buildings under the third college president’s leadership. His name is Frank Robinson _______. (1 word)
  10. 16. Valdosta State’s first intercollegiate athletics team was an all-male _______ team. The school is now home to six men’s and six women’s NCAA DII teams, which have won 52 Gulf South Conference Championships and eight National Championships. (1 word)
  11. 20. The doors to this Main Campus destination open nearly a million times each year. It is a hub for student success. (2 words)
  12. 21. Children and their families look forward to learning more about science, technology, engineering, and mathematics during these beloved weekend events hosted several times a year by the College of Science and Mathematics. (2 words)
  13. 22. The Valdosta Symphony Guild invites community children to discover the sounds of the instruments from the string, woodwind, brass, and percussion families during an annual VSU tradition known as _____ _____ _____. (3 words)
  14. 26. A _____ burns brightest in the dark. (1 word)
  15. 27. This person was state superintendent of rural schools in Georgia when he was named the first president of what became known as Valdosta State University. He served 20 years. (2 words)
  16. 28. Valdosta State University opened in 1913 as South Georgia State Normal College, a training school for ________. (1 word)
  17. 32. VSU is incredibly grateful for the generous donors who help create _________ that make it possible for students to pursue their higher education dreams. (1 word)