Hotline 1.26.22
This week’s Hotline includes the following articles:
- Call for The Forge submissions
- Spaghetti Dinners for Global Exploration Club
- VCSU Foundation participating in Giving Hearts Day on Feb. 10
- Viking Sports Update
- What’s happening at VCSU and around Valley City…
The VCSU Hotline online newsletter is published weekly during the school year. The deadline to submit articles (photos encouraged) is 3 p.m. Friday. Please submit articles to jerilyn.beckman@vcsu.edu.
Call for The Forge submissions
Students, staff and faculty are invited to submit entries to The Forge, VCSU’s Literary & Arts Journal.
The deadline to submit is Sunday, February 13 at 12 a.m. midnight.
Each writing entry must be submitted as a Word document. Any images must be attached in JPEG form (at least 300 dpi). Submit entries to theforge@vcsu.edu.
Participants can submit up to 5 entries total. Please include a title page with the following for each submissions: name, title of entry, category of entry. There should be no visible signatures on artworks so they can be judged anonymously.
Submissions have been in the following categories: short fiction, poetry, drama, academic/personal essay, drawing/painting, printmaking, ceramics/sculpture, photography/digital imaging.
Spaghetti Dinners for Global Exploration Club
The VCSU Global Exploration Club will host two Spaghetti Dinner events to raise funds for their Costa Rica trip. The Spaghetti Dinners will take place Feb. 7 and 21 at the Valley City Eagles Club from 5-7 p.m. Free will donations are accepted. Donations can also be made at vcsu-ndus.nbsstore.net/costa-rica-trip for those who cannot attend the dinner events.
VCSU Foundation participating in Giving Hearts Day on Feb. 10
The VCSU Foundation is looking forward to participating in Giving Hearts Day on Thursday, Feb. 10.
In 2021, 243 donors raised $26,800. Those dollars help our students through scholarship support in addition to hosting alumni gatherings, award programs, Homecoming activities, and our alumni newsletter The Bulletin. On Thursday, Feb. 10, donate $10 or more at givingheartsday.org by choosing the VCSU Foundation and your donation will be matched up to $5,000!
Donations can be dropped off anytime between now and 4:30 p.m. on Feb. 10 at the VCSU Foundation Office. If you drop off your check before Feb. 10, please make sure the check is dated as Feb. 10 and you have referenced Giving Hearts Day in the memo section in order for the donation to be counted for the match. The matching gift is provided by Ludvigson, Braun & Co. — Matt Pedersen.
In 2021, over $1M was donated to Giving Hearts Day charities through scheduled donations. Scheduling your donation is easy!
1. Find the VCSU Foundation donation page at app.givingheartsday.org/#/charity/383
2. Choose your amount.
3. Make sure “Pay on Giving Hearts Day, February 10th, 2022” is checked in your cart.
Viking Sports Update
Men’s Basketball
Jan. 21: Mayville State 80, VCSU 76
Jan. 22: VCSU 84, Presentation College 65
The VCSU men’s basketball team went 1-1 during a pair of home games this past weekend. The Vikings are now 12-8 overall and 3-4 in the NSAA through the first half of conference games.
Women’s Basketball
Jan. 21: Mayville State 62, VCSU 33
Jan. 22: VCSU 74, Presentation College 68
The Viking women defeated Presentation College on Saturday as they split a pair of conference games. VCSU now has a 7-10 overall record and a 4-3 record in the conference.
Track & Field
Valley City State University athletes won four events and had nine Top 2 finishes Saturday at the Cobber Indoor Open hosted by Concordia College. The VCSU men’s track and field team totaled 51 points and placed third out of the five teams competing Saturday. The Viking women finished with 24 points and placed fourth. Read more: http://www.vcsuvikings.com/article/4280
Upcoming Events
Jan. 28-29: Track & Field at UND Indoor Open (Grand Forks, N.D.)
Jan. 28: WBB/MBB at Presentation College, 5:30/7:30 p.m. (Aberdeen, S.D.)
Jan. 29: WBB/MBB at Mayville State, 3/5 p.m. (Mayville, N.D.)
What's happening at VCSU and around Valley City...
Ongoing
Monday, Wednesday and Friday: 12:30 – 2:30 p.m. COVID Community Testing event, Rec Center (no testing Feb. 21 due to holiday)
Friday, Feb. 4
Community Club meetings
- Kiwanis – Wednesdays at noon, Valley City Town & Country Club
- Optimist Club – Thursdays at 7 a.m., Vicky’s Viking Room
- Rotary Club – Tuesdays at noon, VCSU
- Sheyenne Valley Friends of Animals – 2nd Tuesday at 5:30 p.m., Our Saviors Lutheran Church
- Barnes County Wildlife Federation – 2nd Wednesday of the month
- Grief Journeys for Adults Support Group – meet virtually, call Hospice at 701-845-1781 to take part
Go to https://www.valleycitynd.org/calendar.php to see more events happening in and around Valley City.