Press Releases
Endowment to Support Scholarships for FSU Students
During its annual Founders Day celebration April 11, 2013 Fayetteville State University (FSU) announced one of the largest gifts in the history of the institution. The gift will be made over a five-year period and is a result of a $10 million endowment to create the Robert H. Short/Cumberland Community Foundation Scholars Program. The... »
Fayetteville State University’s Office of College Access Programs Announces Plans for National Volunteer Week
Local Volunteers Encouraged to Celebrate the Power of Volunteerism during National Volunteer Week National Volunteer Week is a time dedicated to demonstrating to the nation that by working together, we have the fortitude to meet our challenges and accomplish our goals. National Volunteer Week, April 21-27, 2013 is about taking action and encouraging individuals... »
Stringham Lectures in Vienna, Austria
Fayetteville State University economics professor Edward Stringham was this year’s first plenary speaker at the 75th International Atlantic Economic Conference on April 3-6, held at the University of Vienna, Austria – the oldest German-speaking university in the world. Stringham lectured on “Austrian Economics and the Study of Private Governance. A year and a half... »
Cast Announced for World Premiere of And Then Came Tomorrow at Fayetteville State University
The Department of Performing & Fine Arts is pleased to announce the cast list for its world premiere production of And Then Came Tomorrow by Walter Allen Bennett, Jr. The cast is comprised of stellar local actors including: Mitch Capel, Sonny Kelly, Steven Bates, Robyne Parrish, Lee Younger, and FSU Student Lydia Williamson. Mitch... »
Five Young Ladies Vie for the Title of Miss Fayetteville State University
The 22nd Annual Miss Fayetteville State University Scholarship Pageant: Royal Command Performance, will be held on Sunday, April 14, 2013, at 7:00 p.m. in the Seabrook Auditorium on the campus of FSU. This year’s competition promises to be entertaining and exciting! Miss Fayetteville State University Barbara Henry, a senior from Jacksonville, North Carolina, will... »
FSU Offers Free Viewing of Hansberry Classic A Raisin in the Sun
Fayetteville State University (FSU) will offer a viewing of the Lorraine Hansberry classic A Raisin in the Sun on April 15, at 7 p.m., in J.W. Seabrook Auditorium on the FSU campus. The event is free and open to the public. The viewing is being held in conjunction with the world premiere of Walter... »
Walmart Executive to Address Spring 2013 Graduates
Sharon Orlopp, Global Chief Diversity Officer and Senior Vice President of Walmart, will address the graduates during the 146th Spring Commencement of Fayetteville State University (FSU). The event will be held at 9 a.m. on May 4, in the Crown Coliseum. More than 500 graduates will receive degrees at the bachelor, masters, and doctoral... »
Get a Sneak Preview of Sweet Tea Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” — For Free!
Get a Sneak Preview of Sweet Tea Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” – For Free! Sweet Tea Shakespeare will be presenting a public rehearsal of “Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare at Fayetteville’s recurring Fourth Friday festival on Friday, April 26, 2013. Sweet Tea Shakespeare, Cumberland County’s premier summer theater experience, will be presenting a... »
Fayetteville State University Department of Performing & Fine Arts Presents World Premiere Play
Fayetteville State University’s Department of Performing & Fine Arts will present a world premiere play by Walter Allen Bennett, Jr. as the culmination of Bennett’s two-year long visiting professorship. And Then Came Tomorrow… will run April 20, 21, 25, 26, 27, and 28, in Butler Theater at Fayetteville State University and will feature a... »
Former Board Chair to Deliver Founders Day Address
John “Ben” Brown, former chair of the Fayetteville State University (FSU) Board of Trustees, will be the guest speaker for the 146th Founders Day on April 11, 2013. The event will be held at 2 p.m. in Seabrook Auditorium on the FSU campus. The public is invited. Brown is a retired senior Army officer... »