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Teaching more than music through Music Education

Pursuing a music degree requires artistic talent and skills in math, science, languages and artistic expression. Hear from alumni and future teachers how their musical education at VCSU prepared them for success in the classroom and beyond. Tedi Dimmer remembers the day her life’s trajectory changed. The clarinet player from West Fargo, N.D., was sitting …

President’s Column: Blizzards & Budgets

Greetings from Valley City State University! These past number of weeks have presented many challenges on the weather front. Road closures and a massive winter storm resulted in closing the campus and cancelling our winter commencement exercises on Dec. 15. While we were very disappointed with this, keeping our students, families, faculty and staff safe …

Dr. Anthony Dutton

Anthony Dutton was raised in Valley City and has degrees from VCSU, UND and NDSU. He started as an adjunct instructor teaching Spanish, and now teaches History. Tell us a little bit about yourself.  For all intents, I’m a Valley City native. I’ve lived here since I was 12 years old, graduated from VCHS and …

VCAB donates $500 to APOC

Viking Campus Activities Board (VCAB) donated $500 to the Abused Persons Outreach Center (APOC) on Tuesday, Nov. 9. The money was raised at Shatter the Silence events on campus. The event is coordinated every fall semester by the Valley City State University (VCSU) Student Senate. Renee Ronsberg, APOC employee, thanked the students for the time …

VCSU and Bridges Arts Council Partner for Afterschool Art

It was a Tuesday afternoon and the Bridges Arts Council space in the Straus Mall was full of life. Elementary students gathered around tables covered in plastic were prepared to color the world. Valley City State University (VCSU) student Hannah Aberle stood up in front of the excited group and demonstrated how to use pastels. …