Hotline // April 17, 2024
This week’s Hotline includes the following articles:
- Competitive trap shooting will begin Fall 2024
- Tanner Douville senior recital this Saturday
- Instrumental Concert next Tuesday
- Ozzie Johnson to speak on ‘Treasures of the Past’ at museum in Valley City
- Crocker presents SOAR project
- Faculty present at Minnesota Writing and English Conference
- Marketing students take part in Coffee & Conversation event
- Get your tickets and Get Groovy for the 29th Annual VCSU Scholarship Auction!
- Viking sports update
- What’s happening at VCSU and around Valley City…
Competitive trap shooting will begin Fall 2024
Valley City State University (VCSU) has officially added competitive shooting as a coed intercollegiate sport for students.
The VCSU Shooting Sports team will begin traveling to trap competitions Fall 2024.
“We are excited to offer this sport for students to compete in and officially represent VCSU,” President Alan LaFave said. “Clay target sports have been growing in popularity and we want to ensure every student at VCSU has the chance to participate in activities, competitions, and groups they enjoy. Adding the Shooting Sports team to our list of official sports is something that we, as a campus, are very excited to see happen this fall.”
“I encourage any student interested in joining the Shooting Sports team to come visit VCSU to tour our facilities and learn more about our team’s tuition assistance program,” team coach and professor Dr. Nick Galt said. “Members of our VCSU Trap Club have been competitive at the state level for years and I’m excited to see how the new Shooting Sports team can take that participation to the next level.”
The student-led VCSU Trap Club was established in the fall of 2020. Recent highlights include a 1st place finish by Kaden Schafer in Single Trap at the 2023 Fall Shootout with a perfect score of 100/100. The team also placed first in American Trap at the 2023 North Dakota State Collegiate Clay Target Championship. The team practices at OH Range in Valley City.
For more information about the Trap Team or to schedule an interview please contact Tammy Jo Taft by emailing tammyjo.taft@vcsu.edu or calling (701) 845-7227.
Tanner Douville senior recital this Saturday
Tanner Douville, tenor, will perform his senior recital this Saturday, April 20 in the Robinson Center for the Arts. The show will start at 3 p.m. in the Performance Hall.
Accompanied by Dr. Ozzie Johnson, piano, Douville will perform music by Handel, Brahms, Schubert, Cavali, Gordani, Paisiello, and Caldara.
The recital is open to the public and admission is free.
Instrumental Concert next Tuesday
- To a New Horizon, Naoya Wada
- The Wind Racers, Jeremy Bell
- Resting in the Peace of His Hands, John Gibson
- America the Beautiful, Samuel Ward arr. Carmen Dragon
The recital is open to the public and admission is free.
Ozzie Johnson to speak on ‘Treasures of the Past’ at museum in Valley City
Ozzie Johnson of Valley City State University will speak on “Treasures of the Past, Gifts for the Future” at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 18, at the Barnes County Museum. This program is part of the Barnes County Historical Society Lecture Series Season 23.
The museum’s 1860s Arlington Square Grand Piano (Boston) was owned by Lura Livonia Perrine and brought to Valley City in the 1890s when she came to teach at what is VCSU today. One of the first objects donated to the museum when it was founded in 1930 is a predecessor of the modern piano with a slightly different sound and feel. Due to its unique design and construction, it was deemed not tunable or properly playable. Lance Hites has worked to bring it back to playable condition after over 100 years of silence.
Johnson is from Virginia but grew up visiting extended family in eastern North Dakota. At VCSU, Johnson instructs the applied piano studio, teaches piano pedagogy and class piano sequence for music majors, coordinates collaborative piano duties, and directs the jazz ensemble. Johnson also has a deep interest in composition and music theory. His culminating doctoral project was a multi-movement work for piano that he composed, performed, recorded and mastered.
Continue reading at https://www.jamestownsun.com/community/ozzie-johnson-to-speak-on-treasures-of-the-past-at-museum-in-valley-city
Crocker presents SOAR project
Sierra Crocker, English/professional writing major and 2023-24 SOAR award recipient, presented her Student Opportunities for Academic Research project at the spring 2024 Minnesota Writing and English conference, held in Bloomington, Minn., at Normandale Community College.
Crocker’s project, titled “Tracing Morality in Literature: Critical Discovery and Application,” examines the goals and impacts of re-envisioning and applying ethical literary theory. Crocker successfully presented her project as part of the “New Visions for Teaching Literature” panel as the final component of her year-long SOAR project.
Faculty present at Minnesota Writing and English Conference
J. Gregory Brister, professor, and Emily D. Wicktor, associate professor, presented at the spring 2024 Minnesota Writing and English Conference at Normandale Community College in Bloomington, Minn.
They presented their scholarship as part of the “Theorizing and Envisioning AI’s Limits and Possibilities” panel. Brister’s paper, titled “AI, Composition Theory, and Teaching Writing,” explores how the emergence of AI technologies should be considered within the context of formal composition theory history. Wicktor’s paper, titled “‘To ask is to break the spell’: Neil Postman, the Huxleyan Warning, and Old-New Visions for College Writing in the Age of AI,” critically assesses AI technologies, especially in writing and research classrooms, in contrast to the foundational concepts and practices of education and media theorists John Dewey, Robert Scholes, and Neil Postman.
Wicktor’s scholarship and presentation was supported by the Dakota Digital Academy Professional Development Award.
Marketing students take part in Coffee & Conversation event
Ellie Rush and Emma Lucas, VCSU marketing students, conducted a mini marketing workshop during Coffee & Conversation in conjunction with the Valley City Area Chamber of Commerce on April 9. The workshop was conducted as part of the Business Incubator run by VCSU’s Department of Business and was focused on using Canva as a marketing tool for small businesses.
Get your tickets and Get Groovy for the 29th Annual VCSU Scholarship Auction!
Tickets for the 29th annual Valley City State University Scholarship Auction: Get Groovy, Vikings are now on sale!
Tickets are $70, fitting for this year’s 70’s-themed event on April 26, 2024 at the Valley City Eagles Club. Included with admission are a buffet dinner serving roast beef, bacon-wrapped chicken, potatoes, vegetables, salad and dessert as well as two drink tickets to use that evening. Tickets can be purchased here or by contacting the VCSU Foundation office at 701-845-7203.
Donations are still being collected for this year’s auction! If you have a donation for the silent or live auction, please notify the VCSU Foundation Office. Want to make a donation but don’t have an idea in mind? Help fill the Mystery Wine Table! Individuals or groups are asked to provide a minimum of $20 to go towards the purchase of a bottle of wine.
Schedule of events for the 29th Annual VCSU Scholarship Auction
Monday, April 22
Silent auction opens in the Handbid app – noon
Friday, April 26
Social and games of chance – 5 p.m.
Buffet Dinner – 6:00 – 7:30 p.m.
Live Auction begins – 7 p.m.
Silent Auction closes – 7:30 p.m.
For more information regarding the VCSU Scholarship Auction, to purchase tickets or to donate an item, call the VCSU Foundation Office at 701-845-7203.
Viking sports update
Track & Field
Emma Muggli placed third in the NSAA Heptathlon this week, scoring 3781 points in the seven-event competition and earning All-Conference honors. The full VCSU team also competed at the Al Cassell Classic in Jamestown last week, picking up four first-place finishes. Viking Track and Field will host the Viking Twilight meet on Tuesday, April 23. Events begin at 2 p.m.
Read more: https://vcsuvikings.com/news/2024/4/13/womens-track-and-field-barnes-breaks-30-year-record-at-al-cassell-classic.aspx
Baseball
The VCSU Baseball team went 1-3 during a 4-game home series against Dakota State University this past weekend. VCSU is now 14-25 overall and 6-10 in conference play. With eight conference games remaining, the Vikings are just a game back of the No. 3 spot in the NSAA standings.
Softball
Viking Softball is back home this weekend, hosting Dickinson State for a 4-game series on Saturday and Sunday. The Vikings are currently 20-17 overall and 12-3 in conference play. With eight conference games remaining, VCSU is just 1.5 games back of conference leader Bellevue University.
Golf
Sydney Carlson took third place this week as the VCSU golf teams competed at the Dickinson State Invite on Monday and Tuesday. VCSU is back in action April 22-23 with the VCSU Invite at CrossRoads Golf Course in Carrington, N.D.
Read more: https://vcsuvikings.com/news/2024/4/16/mens-golf-carlson-places-3rd-at-dsu-spring-invite.aspx
Upcoming Events
April 17: Baseball at Dickinson State, 2/4 p.m. (Dickinson, N.D.)
April 19: Baseball at Mayville State, 1/4 p.m. (Mayville, N.D.)
April 20: Baseball at Mayville State, 12/3 p.m. (Mayville, N.D.)
April 20: Softball vs. Dickinson State, 2/4 p.m. (Valley City)
April 21: Softball vs. Dickinson State, 12/2 p.m. (Valley City)
April 22-23: Golf hosting VCSU Spring Invite (Carrington, N.D.)
April 23: Track & Field hosting Viking Twilight Meet, 2 p.m. (Valley City)
What's happening at VCSU and around Valley City...
