To describe the typical Valdosta State student is actually a very difficult thing to do. This is because he is simply a normal person—not a revolutionary, not a super-(and/or pseudo-) intellectual, not an extreme liberal, and not an unyielding conservative. He is actually a combination of all those factors that are taken for granted in a person ( which is what makes him typical). He may be a future President; but more than likely, he will operate a small business, or teach thirty children to read each year, or perhaps just cook three meals...

A yearbook was published for Valdosta State College from 1925-1977, under the name The Pinecone. From 1981-1987, a yearbook was published called Milestones. Valdosta State University had three names during this period, Georgia State Womans College, 1925-1950; Valdosta State College, 1950-1993; and Valdosta State University 1993-present.