This week’s Hotline! includes the following articles:

• Students create art installation in McCarthy
• Russi participates in Cleveland Comedy Festival
• Mircsov elected to ITI board
• Da Vinha and Dutton sign book contract with Peter Lang Publishing
• 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.

Students create art installation in McCarthy

Angela Mircsov’s Intro to Art students have created temporary installations of simple, eye-catching designs using painter’s tape in McCarthy Hall. The installations can be viewed on first and second floor McCarthy through Dec. 7.

Feel free to share photos of the installation on social media using the hashtag “#VCSUart.”

Russi participates in Cleveland Comedy Festival

Jenni Lou Russi, M.F.A., associate professor of communication arts, participated in the 11th annual Cleveland Comedy Festival in Cleveland, Ohio, Nov. 15-17. The festival selects comedians for participation through a peer adjudication process; the participants are not paid for their performances. Russi performed in three comedy showcases at the festival and also participated in industry sessions, including a panel discussion for television writing. Prior to joining the VCSU faculty, she toured nationally as a professional comedian.

Mircsov elected to ITI board

Angela Mircsov, M.F.A., assistant professor of art, has been elected associate vice president of communications on the Integrative Teaching International (ITI) Board. She will serve as ITI’s representative to the Mid-America College Art Association.

Integrative Teaching International identifies innovative approaches to higher education in the arts and creative practices by linking educational theory to practice.

Da Vinha and Dutton sign book contract with Peter Lang Publishing

Associate professors Luis da Vinha, Ph.D., and Anthony Dutton, Ph.D., of the Social Science Department have signed a contract with Peter Lang Publishing to write a book titled “Three Approaches to Presidential Foreign Policy-Making in the Twenty First Century: The Director, the Magistrate, and the Maverick.”

Da Vinha and Dutton will employ the presidential management models developed by Richard Tanner Johnson and Alexander George to analyze how presidents George W. Bush, Barack Obama and Donald Trump managed their foreign policy decision-making systems. A framework of questions will be used to compare the presidencies in regard to foreign policy: 1) What is the role of the president in the advisory system? 2) What is the role and relationship amongst the advisers in the advisory system? 3) What are the procedures for managing the advisory system? 4) What is the general dynamic of the decision-making process?

The book, available in early 2020, is part of Peter Lang’s new series “The American Presidency in the 21st Century.”

Viking sports update

Women’s Basketball
Tuesday: VCSU 67, Bemidji State 61 (exhibition)
Friday: Montana State-Billings 79, VCSU 52 (exhibition)
Saturday: Carroll College 69, VCSU 58
The Viking women’s basketball team is now 3-5 overall after a weekend trip to Montana. The Vikings play an exhibition game at Minot State on Tuesday.

Men’s Basketball
Sunday: Minnesota-Morris 75, VCSU 65
The Valley City State men’s basketball team dropped a nonconference game at Minnesota-Morris 75-65 on Sunday. The Vikings are now 2-6 overall. They play an exhibition game at Minot State on Tuesday.

Upcoming Events
Nov. 27: WBB/MBB @ Minot State, 5:30/7:30 p.m.
Dec. 1: WBB/MBB @ Mayville State, 3/5 p.m.
Dec. 3: Men’s Basketball vs. Oak Hills Christian College, 7 p.m.

What’s happening at VCSU and around Valley City…

Monday, November 26
Community Tour of Snowmen Game Board (Nov. 16-29)

Tuesday, November 27
12:05 p.m. Rotary, VFW
5:30 p.m. Viking women’s basketball @ Minot State University, Minot, N.D.
7:30 p.m. Viking men’s basketball @ Minot State University

Wednesday, November 28
noon Kiwanis, Valley City Town & Country Club

Thursday, November 29
7 a.m. Optimists, Vicky’s Viking Room
noon Toastmasters, Student Center Norway Room
noon-1 p.m. Food for Thought, Alley Beans Coffee Shop
6 p.m. Christmas in the Valley Parade of Lights, Central Avenue in Valley City
8:30-10:30 p.m. Vikings for Christ, Student Center Skoal Room

Friday, November 30
Payday
North Star Classic Cattle Show, North Dakota Winter Show Event Center (Nov. 30-Dec. 2)
Cattleman's Ball & Sale, Valley City Eagles Club
7:30 p.m. VCSU Music Department Instrumental Concert, Vangstad Auditorium

Saturday, December 1
3 p.m. Viking women’s basketball @ Mayville State University, Mayville, N.D.
5 p.m. Viking men’s basketball @ Mayville State University

Sunday, December 2
Hanukkah begins at sundown

Monday, December 3
VCSU Annual Art Sale, Student Center (Dec. 3-4)

Tuesday, December 4
12:05 p.m. Rotary, VFW
3-10 p.m. Barnes County Girls Basketball Tournament, W.E. Osmon Field House

Wednesday, December 5
noon Kiwanis, Valley City Town & Country Club

Thursday, December 6
Eastern Dakota Conference Instrumental Solo Contest on VCSU campus
7 a.m. Optimists, Vicky’s Viking Room
noon Toastmasters, Student Center Norway Room
3-10 p.m. Barnes County Girls Basketball Tournament, W.E. Osmon Field House
8:30-10:30 p.m. Vikings for Christ, Student Center Skoal Room

Friday, December 7
Viking Visit Day

Saturday, December 8
noon–5 p.m. Barnes County Girls Basketball Tournament, W.E. Osmon Field House
V-500 Annual Banquet
7 p.m. EBC In the Christmas Mood Concert

Sunday, December 9

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