Virginia State University

Rodney Robinson, winner of the National Teacher of the Year Award 2019, said that the road to this point was littered with a number of obstacles. One of the most challenging things was the fact that he was pursuing his undergraduate degree from Virginia State University while he worked a full-time job. Everything Rodney Robinson […]

Virginia State started fast and ended strong en route to a 47-35 Homecoming victory in the Trojans’ showdown with Bowie State for first place in the CIAA North Division race. Both teams were unbeaten entering the game and sported 3-0 conference records. Virginia State (6-0, 4-0 CIAA) scored on three of its first four possessions […]

Let’s be honest here. 2016 was one of the blackest years African Americans have had in a long time. From sports to politics to music to technology, we dominated and excelled on every stage.   Even one of the least diverse stages ever. On June 5th 2016, instead of a blonde, blue-eyed beauty queen, Deshauna […]

Freshman quarterback Niko Johnson was the unlikely hero Saturday as Virginia State defeated two-time defending CIAA champion Winston-Salem State 21-17 Saturday in Durham, N.C., to win the conference championship and end the Rams’ 31-game conference winning streak. Winston-Salem (9-2) was ranked No. 10 in the AFCA Division II poll and No. 4 in NCAA Super […]

ETTRICK, Va. (AP) — Virginia State football coach Latrell Scott says there was a “rush to judgment” after a fight at last week’s CIAA championship luncheon left Winston-Salem State’s quarterback injured and caused Saturday’s game to be canceled. “I acknowledge that we had one young man who made a bad decision, as young men sometimes […]

PETERSBURG, Va. (AP) — Police arrested three men and sought a fourth Tuesday after two Virginia State University freshmen were swept away while trying to cross a swift, rain-swollen river as part of an initiation rite. The body of one freshman, identified as Marvell Edmonson, 19, of Portsmouth, was recovered Monday. The search continued Tuesday […]