Brittanye Blake Named 2024 Graduate of the Last Decade at VSU

Valdosta State University recently honored Brittanye Blake of Valdosta, Georgia, with its 2024 Graduate of the Last Decade Award. She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Mass Media in 2019. She is pictured with Dr. Richard A. Carvajal, president of VSU, and Corinna Robinson, president of the VSU Alumni Association.

VALDOSTA — Valdosta State University recently honored Brittanye Blake of Valdosta, Georgia, with its 2024 Graduate of the Last Decade Award.   

“I am in awe,” she said. “As a third generation VSU graduate, with two parents who taught at VSU, one serving as dean of the college I graduated from, it’s just an honor to carry such a legacy and history, but to be recognized by the institution that gave my family such beautiful moments is an honor within itself.”

Blake earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Mass Media in 2019. 

VSU: What are some highlights from your Valdosta State experience?  

BLAKE: I have so many great experiences from Valdosta State, starting with joining Black Student League my freshman year and becoming the president my senior year. I enjoyed being a university ambassador and having the opportunity to attend all the presidential events, meet cool alumni, and make memories with other ambassadors. I joined the greatest sorority on earth, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Incorporated, Kappa Upsilon chapter. I completed countless hours of community service with my classmates, friends, sorority sisters, all to make our campus and community better.  

VSU: Tell us how you currently spend your time.

BLAKE: I am a reporter and anchor for WALB News 10 out of Albany serving as the Valdosta Bureau reporter. I love to travel. Whether it’s a big trip, small trip, weekend, or weekday I’m always on the go. But when I’m not, I’m normally doing service in the community with the Valdosta Junior Service League. I also enjoy coloring.  

VSU: What advice do you have for current Valdosta State students? What do you wish someone had told you when you were in college?  

BLAKE: The best advice I ever got was to enjoy the time that I have because I would never get it back. I never look back on my college days and say “I wish” because I did. I did everything I set my mind to do.