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Award Criteria for the Young Trojan Award

Purpose:
The Young Trojan Award is the Association’s newest alumni award. This award was established to recognize younger members who have graduated from VSU less than 10 years and have demonstrated outstanding and distinguished achievements in their personal endeavors, professional careers, and/or in their community.

Criteria:
To be considered for the Young Trojans Award, a nominee must meet the following criteria:
  • Nomination must be made by a financial member in good standing with the Virginia State University Alumni Association. All nominations are confidential and must be forwarded to the Alumni Association’s Awards Committee for consideration.
  • The nominee must be a graduate of Virginia State University (10 years or less).
  • The nominee must be a member of the VSU Alumni Association in good standing (at-large member) or affiliated with an active chapter in good standing.
  • Nominee must demonstrate accomplishments in their personal endeavors, professional careers, and/or work in their community.
  • Only nomination forms distributed or posted online by the Association are acceptable for submission. In addition to the nomination form, other documentation supporting the nomination should also be submitted. A photograph -preferably head and shoulder- 300 dpi or higher must accompany the application.
Calendar:
Nomination forms and any supporting materials should be received by the Alumni Association Awards Committee no later than the third week in March of the year the person is being nominated. Nomination forms are due March 21, 2025.

 

Selection Methodology:
The Alumni Association Awards Committee will review the nominations and determine the recipient. The decision of the awards committee is final. The award recipient will be officially announced during the Alumni Association’s annual meeting on Saturday of the University’s Alumni Weekend & Commencement celebration.

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News From The VSUAA Chaplain

Thank you for Joining Our First VSUAA Prayer Call of the Year!

Dear VSU Alumni,

We extend our heartfelt gratitude to each of you who joined us for the first Virginia State University Alumni Association Prayer Call of 2025. Your presence, prayers, and unity in faith created a powerful and uplifting experience for all.

Because of your engagement and the positive feedback we received, we are excited to announce that the prayer call will continue once a month!  Beginning in March, we will gather in prayer at 9 AM on the first Saturday of each month through December. We look forward to strengthening our spiritual connection and support for one another as we lift up our alma mater and our communities in prayer.

As we embark on this journey together, we are reminded of the words in 1 Corinthians 12:12-14:  

“Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ. For we were all baptized by one Spirit so as to form one body—whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink. Even so, the body is not made up of one part but of many.”

Our collective strengths as alumni across the country make us a force for good, and through this prayer call, we continue to unite in purpose, faith, and service.  With gratitude and excitement, we invite you to mark your calendars and join us in prayer each month. A flyer with login details will be sent out soon.

Together, we are Building a Bridge to Greater!

Blessings,

Rev. Kenyana Dawson
VSUAA Chaplain

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