This week’s Hotline! includes the following articles …

• Faculty/Staff Giving Campaign: We need your help!
• VCSU and VCPS seeking donations for ‘Operation; End Hunger’
• Bremer named to Boys and Girls Club board
• VCSU contingent attends ND HEUG
• Group attends Faculty & Staff Appreciation Tailgating
• Viking sports update
• What’s happening at VCSU and around Valley City …

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

Faculty/Staff Giving Campaign: We need your help!

Our office is working hard to wrap up the Faculty/Staff Giving Campaign for this year. The campaign is very important. When we are out soliciting support for our scholarship program, we are often asked what percentage of our faculty and staff support the campaign. It is a fair question.

We have committed to provide a total of $1.723 million in scholarship support for the current academic year. Needless to say, this is a tall order. We can't do it alone. We need your help!

Please stop by the Foundation Office today and make your pledge. You have until June 30, 2020, to make payment on that pledge. There is no minimum requirement. Help us secure another record-breaking enrollment at VCSU!

VCSU and VCPS seeking donations for ‘Operation; End Hunger’

Valley City State University is partnering with the Valley City High School junior class to collect donations for “Operation; End Hunger,” Oct. 29 - Nov. 14.

This annual event is organized by Valley City Public Schools and each year grades 7-12 compete to fill a truck with nonperishable and monetary donations, which are then donated to the Barnes County Food Pantry.

VCSU students, staff, and faculty are invited to donate items at designated drop-off locations around campus. Students will also be asked to bring a donation item for admission to the Halloween Dance this week.

The junior class goal is 1,500 items with an overall school goal of 4,000 items to be donated to the food pantry.

Bremer named to Boys and Girls Club board

Abigail Bremer, assistant professor in the School of Education and Graduate Studies, has accepted a board membership position with the Boys and Girls Club of the Red River Valley.

The Boys and Girls Club of the Red River Valley is a private, nonprofit corporation serving the Fargo/Moorhead area, operating before and after school childcare programs that create a climate of warmth and acceptance for every youth.

Bremer’s scholarship, focusing on assessment methods that engage culturally and linguistically diverse students in the classroom, lends to her policy and consultation work as a Boys and Girls Club board member.

VCSU contingent attends ND HEUG

A large contingent fron Valley City State University attended ND HEUG, the North Dakota Higher Education User Group conference, sponsored by NDUS Core Technology Services at the National Energy Center of Excellence on the Bismark State College campus Oct. 23-24.

Among those attending from VCSU were Bridget Blunck, Erica Buchholz, Janet Gierke, Kerry Gregoryk, Leslie Kalmbach, Jody Klier, Jennifer Larson, Misty Lindgren, Chasity Lovell, Megan McCulloch, Cassandra Preston, Lacey Undem, Patti Rickford, Charlene Stenson, Oscar Suniga and Greg Vanney.

Group attends Faculty & Staff Appreciation Tailgating

A host of hearty revelers gathered for the Faculty & Staff Appreciation Tailgating event sponsored by Staff Senate and VCSU Athletics prior to the VCSU vs. Dickinson State football game on Saturday afternoon, Oct. 26.

Pictured under the new VCSU shelter are participants Erica Buchholz, Jerilyn Beckman, Larry Robinson, Kari LaFave, Greg Vanney, Alan LaFave, Jill DeVries, Dave Rickford, Patti Rickford, Wade Hesch, Tammy Katuin, and Turner and Kaleen Peterson.

Viking sports update

Football
Saturday: VCSU 23, Dickinson State 22
The Viking football team upset #13 Dickinson State on Saturday, 23-22. VCSU is now 6-2 overall and 4-1 in conference play. With two games remaining, the Vikings are in a three-way tie for first place in the NSAA standings with Dickinson and Waldorf University.

Volleyball
Friday: Waldorf University 3, VCSU 2
Saturday: Viterbo University 3, VCSU 0
Valley City State’s volleyball team dropped a pair of road matches this weekend, falling in five sets to Waldorf and losing in three sets to No. 6-ranked Viterbo University. The Vikings are now 5-17 overall and 1-10 in conference play.

Men’s Basketball
Thursday: VCSU 88, Minot State 80 (Exhibition)
The Viking men’s basketball team defeated Minot State in an exhibition game this week, 88-80. The Vikings play at rival University of Jamestown on Monday at 7 p.m.

Women’s Basketball
Thursday: Minot State 61, VCSU 45 (Exhibition)
The Valley City State women’s basketball team started the 2019-20 season Thursday, dropping an exhibition game to Minot State. VCSU plays Mount Marty College in Watertown, S.D., on Monday at 6 p.m.

Cross Country
Valley City State’s cross country teams traveled to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, this weekend to compete at the large Seminole Valley Stampede. Four Vikings finished in the Top 100 at the meet, which featured about 200 runners in each race.

Read more at www.vcsuvikings.com/article/3566.

Upcoming Events
Oct. 28: Women’s Basketball @ Mount Marty, 6 p.m. (Watertown, S.D.)
Oct. 28: Men’s Basketball @ Univ. of Jamestown, 7 p.m. (Jamestown)
Oct. 30: Women’s Basketball @ Dakota Wesleyan, 6 p.m. (Mitchell, S.D.)
Oct. 30: Volleyball @ Mayville State, 7 p.m. (Mayville)
Nov. 1: Men’s Basketball vs. Dordt University, 7 p.m.
Nov. 2: Volleyball @ Presentation College, 3 p.m. (Aberdeen, S.D.)
Nov. 2: Men’s Basketball vs. Northwestern College, 3 p.m.
Nov. 2: Women’s Basketball vs. Providence College, 5 p.m.
Nov. 2: Football @ Dakota State University, 4 p.m. (Madison, S.D.)
Nov. 3: Women’s Basketball vs. Providence College, 1 p.m.

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

Monday, October 28
6 p.m. Viking women’s basketball vs. Mount Marty College, Watertown, S.D.
7 p.m. Viking men’s basketball @ University of Jamestown, Jamestown, N.D.

Tuesday, October 29
12:05 p.m. Rotary, Student Center

Wednesday, October 30
noon Kiwanis, Valley City Town & Country Club
6 p.m. Viking women’s basketball @ Dakota Wesleyan University, Mitchell, S.D.
7 p.m. Viking volleyball @ Mayville State University, Mayville, N.D.

Thursday, October 31
Halloween
7 a.m. Optimists, Vicky’s Viking Room
8:30 p.m. Vikings For Christ, Student Center Skoal Room

Friday, November 1
All Saints Day
7 p.m. Viking men’s basketball vs. Dordt College, W.E. Osmon Fieldhouse

Saturday, November 2
All Souls Day
3 p.m. Viking volleyball @ Presentation College, Aberdeen, S.D.
3 p.m. Viking men’s basketball vs. Northwestern College, W.E. Osmon Fieldhouse
4 p.m. Viking football @ Dakota State University, Madison, S.D.
5 p.m. Viking women’s basketball vs. Providence College, W.E. Osmon Fieldhouse

Sunday, November 3
Standard time returns
1 p.m. Viking women’s basketball vs. Providence College, W.E. Osmon Fieldhouse

Monday, November 4

Tuesday, November 5
Election Day
12:05 p.m. Rotary, Student Center

Wednesday, November 6
noon Kiwanis, Valley City Town & Country Club

Thursday, November 7
7 a.m. Optimists, Vicky’s Viking Room
8:30 p.m. Vikings For Christ, Student Center Skoal Room

Friday, November 8

Saturday, November 9

Sunday, November 10

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