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As graduation is rapidly approaching, seniors Ireland Edwards, Danie Farris, Andrew Baffa, and Cassandra McGroarty reflect on the last four years. For Edwards, one event stuck out among the rest during her four years, when the entire campus was put on lock … [Read more] about From renovations to riots: Graduating seniors remember four years
As another school year ends, Professor of Business and Management Ed Westbrook reflects on his time here as he prepares to say goodbye to Vanguard. Entering retirement has been a very bittersweet experience for himself, his students and other faculty, but he … [Read more] about Business professor to retire after half a lifetime of service
Short film project gives students great skills for future in any career Though Media Criticism is best known for being the bane of communication majors' existence, the 50-page final thesis paper is not the end for those with their focus in cinema arts. For … [Read more] about Communication senior project grows skills outside film
College startups can be hard work, time-consuming, and short-lived. For Vanguard students Kaitlyn Erickson, Zac Kinninger, Tommy Croft and Connor Rickman, they appear to have found success in their blooming clothing lines. “The Where Abouts” is the unique … [Read more] about Students’ fashion startups grow in online popularity
The squirrels of Vanguard are easily the most controversial beings on campus. While many admittedly adore our furry little creatures, others wouldn’t blink if the Caf decided to serve them up on a platter. After rigorous and extensive investigation (or … [Read more] about VU squirrels prove to be of a different breed
“I can't believe after 20 years we have restrooms,” said Susan Berkompas, chair of Vanguard’s theatre department. This long overdue renovation has been the 20-year-old dream for Berkompas, who knew her department needed this as soon as she came to the job. … [Read more] about Theatre department flourishes under Berkompas
"I don't need a title to mean something. I don’t need a position to be great," said Blake Andrews, former candidate for SGA vice president. When Andrews and his running mate Maranda Idoni first announced their campaign slogan, it created quite a stir. … [Read more] about ‘We are the Culture’ campaign to extend past SGA elections
Every year, the Junior-Senior Banquet (JSB) gives upperclassmen the chance to dress in their best attire and spend a lovely night in a beautiful venue and dance with friends all night long. Many students look forward to JSB every year, but many may not … [Read more] about Applebee leads charge in all-inclusive JSB
For seniors Christiana Gerostergiou and Tania Uluheua, and grad student Wilton Quintero, being a part of Vanguard athletics has enabled them to both play their sport, and assimilate to American culture, which they recognize as quite distinct from their … [Read more] about International student-athletes talk on culture changes
“They [the Boko Haram] come into your house and carry your last child and cut the child’s neck right in front of you. They ask ‘Do you still want to confess about your Jesus?’ If you say yes, they will take the next child and kill them one by one until they … [Read more] about Concert Choir records album focusing on persecuted church
The ratio, as it is called, is a popular topic of conversation—as well as a joke—on campus. Speculations run rampant, considering numbers between three to eight female students for every male student at Vanguard. Although the former is not too far … [Read more] about Students, faculty speculate cause of ‘the ratio’
“The impact she has is phenomenal,” junior Tabitha Blessum said about Professor Naomi Kasa. Like many other students and faculty, this was not fully appreciated until her absence was experienced. Kasa, assistant professor of communication and a Vanguard … [Read more] about Students celebrate communication professor during health scare
"It's difficult to [know] when this flu season will end, but needless to say it’s not over yet,” said Jaime Finch, family nurse practitioner for the Vanguard Health Center. This flu season has been unlike any other with climbing mortality rates that are … [Read more] about Health Center recommends flu-avoiding practices
“My passion [is to see] Dr. Martin Luther King’s dream become a reality ‘that men and women are no longer judged by the color of their skin but the content of their character’…and Jesus’ commission to his disciples…. ‘the world will know you are my disciples … [Read more] about Provost’s passion reaches to students and beyond
Vanguard’s campus is full of inside jokes, from the DTR bench, to being fined for picking flowers on campus, there a few aspects about our university that when joked around about unite the students. Something that all Vanguard students can relate to is the … [Read more] about Know it like the back of your handbook: VU’s weirdest contract rules