Southern Virginia University is a private liberal arts college in Buena Vista, Virginia. The college, though not officially affiliated with a particular faith, embraces the values of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). It was founded in 1867 as a school for girls and is now a private four-year coeducational institution. The Carnegie Classification categorizes it as a very small baccalaureate-only college with an arts and sciences focus. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
Previous names of the institution include:
- Bowling Green Female Seminary
- Southern Seminary
- Southern Virginia College for Women
- Southern Virginia College