• 2012 Education Conference

    Southern Virginia to Host 16th Annual Education Conference June 1-2

    The 16th Annual Southern Virginia University Education Conference, with the theme, “Journey to Higher Ground,” will be held Friday and Saturday, June 1-2, on the university’s campus in Buena Vista, Va.

    May 16, 2012

  • Mormon Scholars in the Humanities Conference Returns to Southern Virginia University

    Mormon Scholars Conference Returns to Southern Virginia

    Mormon Scholars in the Humanities will hold its sixth annual conference Friday and Saturday, May 18-19, at Southern Virginia University.

    May 15, 2012

  • Amaree Cluff as Lizzie Curry and Nate Pence as Bill Starbuck in

    Southern Virginia Presents '110 in the Shade' May 25 - June 2

    The Southern Virginia University Theatre Program will present Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt’s, “110 in the Shade,” Friday and Saturday, May 25 and 26, and the following weekend, May 31 to June 2, at 7:30 p.m. in Southern Virginia’s Chandler Hall.

    May 14, 2012

  • John-John Leake holds his mission call.

    You’ve Got Mail: Getting a Mission Call at Southern Virginia University

    It’s 10:45 p.m. on a Friday night, and on most other college campuses, it might seem like a raucous weekend party is about to begin. However, the throngs of loud, excited students flocking through the screen door of the Chestnut House are not here to party. These Southern Virginia University students are arriving to celebrate the opening of John-John Leake’s mission call.

    May 11, 2012

  • Southern Virginia University Commencement

    Rain at Graduation Doesn’t Deter Class of 2012

    Nearly 1,000 people gathered Saturday on the campus of Southern Virginia University to commemorate the academic achievements of 124 graduating seniors at the university’s 144th commencement exercises.

    May 02, 2012

  • From Colbert Report to Capitol Hill

    From Researching Colbert to Interning on Capitol Hill: A Senior's Story

    For Whitney Reed, walking up the steps of Main Hall at Southern Virginia University to receive her diploma on Saturday morning will mark the completion of her undergraduate education in only two years—during which time she wrote a 22-page senior paper on “The Colbert Report” and “The Daily Show,” and landed a summer internship on Capitol Hill.

    April 24, 2012

  • Southern Virginia University Students Present at Phi Alpha Theta

    Senior Wins Second Place at History Society Conference

    Four Southern Virginia University students presented papers at a regional Phi Alpha Theta National History Honor Society conference in Lynchburg, Va., where one of them—Eric Griffin—received second place in one of the two undergraduate categories.

    April 17, 2012

  • David C. Clark to Speak at Southern Virginia University Commencement

    David C. Clark to Speak at Commencement April 28

    David C. Clark will address graduates, families, friends and the faculty and staff of Southern Virginia University at the 2012 commencement exercises on Saturday, April 28, at 10 a.m. in front of Main Hall.

    April 16, 2012

  • New YSA stake

    First YSA Stake Outside of Utah, Idaho Serves Southern Virginia University

    A young single adult stake of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was last night formed at a special stake conference in Lexington, Va. The new stake will serve members of the Buena Vista Virginia and Roanoke Virginia stakes, including students who attend Southern Virginia University.

    April 16, 2012

  • Texas Stake President and Wife to Speak at Southern Virginia University

    Texas Stake President and Wife to Give Special Reading Day Devotional April 20

    Jonathan Schmitt, president of the Friendswood Texas Stake of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and his wife, Alexis, will give addresses entitled, “’When are You Going?’ An Invitation to Go, Do and Become” and “Keeping Life’s Demands in Balance,” at a special reading day devotional on Friday, April 20, at 11 a.m. in the Ballroom at Southern Virginia University.

    April 16, 2012