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Download Instructions: To download a form, click on the link. A separate window will open, and you can save the document on your desktop for future use. To save files, go to "File" (on the browser menu) and then select "Save As." Choose the drive location where you would like to save the document. Once the document has been saved, you can incorporate your information into the form. Each application is an editable MS Word file.

Nomination Forms for 2025 Are Now Open

 2025 VSUAA Annual Awards Evaluation Rubric 

Annual Awards

VSU Trojan 10 Under 10 Award Program

The Virginia State University "Trojan 10 Under 10" award program recognizes the achievements of alumni who earned their first VSU degree (undergraduate or graduate) within the last 10 years.  From teachers and thinkers to entrepreneurs and creators, leaders and visionaries, risk-takers, and dreamers, our young alumni are changing lives and making an impact. To honor their accomplishments, nominate a recent graduate for the VSU "Trojan 10 Under 10."

Criteria

  1. Earned their first VSU degree (undergraduate or graduate) from VSU within the past 10 years (May 2014 – May 2025).
  2. Demonstrates commitment to maintaining a lifelong relationship with VSU
  3. Made important contributions to their community through service
  4. Made an impact and reached remarkable success in their profession

Nomination Applications for 2025 are now open from October 22, 2024, to November 22, 2024.

 

VSUAA President on the Move

VSUAA President Laurie Carpenter recently met with campus leaders representing SGA, Staff Senate, Faculty Senate, and President Abdullah. Engagement and collaboration are in the works!

 



VSU Trojan Explosion $40 for Forty Campaign

In celebration of the rich marching band history at Virginia State University and Homecoming 2024, you are encouraged to participate in the Trojan Explosion 40 for Forty Campaign. Donate a gift in support of scholarships for deserving band students. You are being asked to donate $40 or multiples thereof for the number of years that the band has been known as the Trojan Explosion, the name given to the band in 1984 by Mr. Harold "Big Whistle" Haughton, Band Director Emeritus.

If you are a former band member or VSC/VSU alumnus, love to watch and hear our marching band perform, or want to help a student attend and graduate from VSU or all of the above, we ask for your support. Any amount given will be appreciated as we seek to raise an additional $40,000 for scholarships.

The campaign will include monthly contests, challenges, recognitions, and prize drawings.

To donate online, visit www.bit.ly/vsutx40for40

Make checks payable to:

Trojan Explosion Booster Association
1726 Hungary Road
Henrico, VA 23228

Put 40 for 40 in the Memo Line
 

VSU Class of 1980

Class of 1980

The VSU Class of 1980  proudly had a float in the 2024 VSU Homecoming Parade. Classmates on the float were Gracie Quarles, Willie Elliott, Jr. Bryan Frazier., Stephanie Hicks- Willett, Larry Smith, Marcellus Dungee, Yvonne Humphries,  Debra Patrick, Sadie Strong, Linda White, Rosalind Wilder- Simpson, Carolyn Young, and Theodore Gaines. These classmates also helped pay for the float but were unable to ride. Darnell Woods,,Dr. Renee Escoffery, Lanita Thweat, Barbara Williams, Doris Heath, and Dennis Snead.

Pictures from the VSUAA Annual Meeting

Click here to check out pictures from Alumni Weekend 2024.    

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