This week's Hotline! includes the following articles:

• LaFave selected as next VCSU president
• Faculty, staff encouraged to participate in highway cleanup on Tuesday
• VanHorn named CSTAND Scholar of the Year
• Kringlie and Scherr receive 'Difference Maker' award
• Viking sports update
• What’s happening at VCSU and around Valley City…

The VCSU Hotline! online newsletter is published every Monday. Deadline to submit articles (photos encouraged) is 3 p.m. the Friday before publication.

LaFave selected as next VCSU president

Alan LaFave, provost and vice president for academic affairs at Northern State University in Aberdeen, S.D., was selected as VCSU’s next president by the North Dakota State Board of Higher Education at its meeting on the VCSU campus on Thursday, Sept. 27. LaFave will begin his work at VCSU on Dec. 17, 2018.

Read more at www.vcsu.edu/news/10661/lafave-selected-as-new-vcsu-president.

Faculty, staff encouraged to participate in highway cleanup on Tuesday

Staff Senate will be hosting this year's highway cleanup on Tuesday, Oct. 2. The people mover will leave from the east side of the Student Center at 2:00 p.m. and will return at 3:30 p.m.

All faculty and staff are encouraged to participate. Please contact Lacey Undem at lacey.undem@vcsu.edu to sign-up for this event.

VanHorn named CSTAND Scholar of the Year

Shannon VanHorn, Ph.D., professor in the VCSU School of Education and Graduate Studies, was named 2018–19 Scholar of the Year by the Communication, Speech, and Theatre Association of North Dakota (CSTAND) at their annual conference held Sept. 14-15, in Mandan, N.D. VanHorn has published articles in such journals as “Argumentation and Advocacy,” “Communication Quarterly,” “Qualitative Research Reports,” the “Journal of the Communication, Speech, and Theatre Association of North Dakota,” and most recently, the “Journal of Communication Pedagogy.” In addition, she has written chapters in several books.

Kringlie and Scherr receive 'Difference Maker' award

Erik Kringlie, director for data centers and virtualization, and Lonney Scherr, systems administrator, received the “Difference Maker” award on Sept. 26. They were nominated by the Foundation Office, President's Office and Institutional Research.

The nomination read, “Lonney and Erik are extremely helpful setting up the various permissions and programs that we need in our office. They are very knowledgeable in how the various programs work and the interactions with different browsers. Much of what they do is behind the scenes troubleshooting before there is ever a noticeable issue. They are both difference makers at VCSU!”

Viking sports update

Football
Saturday: Presentation College 37, VCSU 30
The Viking football team lost a shootout with Presentation College on Saturday. VCSU is now 2-3 overall and 1-1 in the NSAA. The Vikings play at Dakota State on Oct. 6.

Volleyball
Friday: Waldorf University 3, VCSU 2
Saturday: Viterbo University 3, VCSU 0
Viking volleyball is now 8-10 overall and 2-3 in the NSAA after dropping a pair of road conference games this weekend. VCSU plays at Mayville State on Wednesday night.

Golf
VCSU senior Casey Julson shot a 69 (2-under) on Thursday as he won the Minnesota-Morris Cougar Invite by three shots. The Viking men and women combined for five Top 5 finishes at the 18-hole tournament, and VCSU’s men won the team title by 17 shots. View complete results at www.vcsuvikings.com/article/3128.

Upcoming Events
Oct. 1-2: Golf @ SD Mines Invite, Rapid City, S.D.
Oct. 3: Volleyball @ Mayville State, 7 p.m. (JV at 5 p.m.)
Oct. 5: Cross Country @ Jamestown Invitational, 4 p.m.
Oct. 6: Football @ Dakota State, 4 p.m., Madison, S.D.
Oct. 6: Volleyball @ Presentation College, 6 p.m., Aberdeen, S.D. (JV at 4 p.m.)
Oct. 7: Baseball @ Morningside College, 12 p.m., Sioux City, Iowa (doubleheader)
Oct. 8-9: Golf @ Dickinson Invite, Medora, N.D., Bully Pulpit Golf Course

What's happening at VCSU and around Valley City ...

Monday, October 1

Tuesday, October 2
12:05 p.m. Rotary, VFW

Wednesday, October 3
12 noon Kiwanis, Valley City Town & Country Club
5 p.m. Viking JV volleyball @ Mayville State University, Mayville, N.D.
7 p.m. Viking volleyball @ Mayville State University, Mayville, N.D.

Thursday, October 4
7 a.m. Optimists, Vicky’s Viking Room
12 noon Toastmasters, Student Center Norway Room
8:30–10:30 p.m. Vikings for Christ, Student Center Skoal Room

Friday, October 5
Viking golf at Dickinson Invitational, Bully Pulpit, Medora, N.D. (October 5-6)
Ployhar Honor Band all day event, Vangstad Auditorium
4 p.m. Viking cross country @ Jimmie Invitational, Jamestown, N.D.
7:30 p.m. Music Department faculty recital, Froemke Auditorium

Saturday, October 6
3 p.m. Ployhar Honor Band concert, Vangstad Auditorium
4 p.m. Viking football @ Dakota State University
4 p.m. Viking JV volleyball @ Presentation College, Aberdeen, S.D.
6 p.m. Viking volleyball @ Presentation College, Aberdeen, S.D.

Sunday, October 7
VCSU HOMECOMING Week begins
10:30 a.m.–1 p.m. Sodexo Sunday Brunch, Student Center cafeteria
12 noon Viking baseball @ Morningside College, Sioux City, Iowa (double header)
8 p.m. Get to know your homecoming court followed by Casino Night, Student Center cafeteria
8–10 p.m. Homecoming Casino Night, Student Center

Monday, October 8
VCSU HOMECOMING Week
4 p.m. 36th Annual Bill Osmon Fun Run, Lokken Stadium

Tuesday, October 9
12:05 p.m. Rotary, VFW
7:30 p.m. Guitar artist, Luther Enlow, Foemke Auditorium

Wednesday, October 10
12 noon Kiwanis, Valley City Town & Country Club
7 p.m. Viking volleyball @ Dickinson State University, Dickinson, N.D.
10–1 p.m. Homecoming Decades Dance, Valley City Eagles

Thursday, October 11
7 a.m. Optimists, Vicky’s Viking Room
11 a.m. VCSU Homecoming pep rally, Graichen Gymnasium
12 noon Toastmasters, Student Center Norway Room
7 p.m. Viking volleyball @ Trinity Bible College, Ellendale, N.D.
8:30–10:30 p.m. Vikings for Christ, Student Center Skoal Room

Friday, October 12
12 noon Alumni no host luncheon, Student Center cafeteria
2:30 p.m. Alumni welcome back ice cream social, Allen Pedersen Gazebo
3 p.m. Alumni campus tours
5 p.m. Hall of fame social, Student Center Skoal Room
6 p.m. Hall of fame banquet & ceremony, Student Center cafeteria
7 p.m. Choir concert, Vangstad Auditorium
8 p.m. Alumni social celebrating class reunions and all Greek reunion, Valley City Eagles

Saturday, October 13
10 a.m. VCSU baseball alumni game, Charlie Brown Field
10 a.m. VCSU softball alumni game, VCSU softball complex
10:30 a.m. Homecoming parade
11 a.m.–2 p.m. Viking Tailgating, Lokken Stadium
2 p.m. Viking football vs. Waldorf University, Shelly Ellig Field at Lokken Stadium
5 p.m. Post-game and all-alumni social, Valley City Eagles Club
9–1 p.m. Alumni and student dance, Valley City Eagles Club

Sunday, October 14

Go to https://www.valleycitynd.org/calendar.php to see more events happening in and around Valley City.