Fulbright Scholars and Global Undergraduate Exchange Students at MVSU (from left) Heidy Molina, Gardenia Homsi, Mansour Bettayeb, Yuliana Sokolenko, Olga Ponomareva, and Merey Nurgali share how MVSU has impacted them during their time in the United States.
By Donell Maxie, MVSU Communications Director
Mississippi Valley State University is pleased to announce plans to hold its Fall 2021 Commencement Exercises at 8 a.m., Tuesday, November 23, 2021.
The event will mark the second in-person Fall Commencement since Fall 2019. The in-person ceremony for undergraduate and graduate students will take place at Rice-Totten Stadium at Chuck Prophet Field.
Fall enrollment at Mississippi Public Universities remains steady when compared to Fall 2020 figures. Fall enrollment for 2021 is 76,510 for the system, compared to 77,154 students enrolled in Fall 2020, representing a .8 percent decrease.
Mississippi Valley State University showed a slight increase from Fall 2020, and President Jerryl Briggs said the university is trending in the right direction.
By: Jasalyn K. Lucas, Communications Specialist
In October, eight Mississippi Valley State University students earned the opportunity to attend the Thurgood Marshall College Fund's 21st Leadership Institute.
By Latunya Evans, Covid Communications Specialist
Mississippi Valley State University's "Smoke-free and Vape-free Campus" event was recently held at the Bennie G. Thompson Plaza.
Students, faculty, and staff were celebrated for helping to maintain a
smoke-free and vape-free campus. Attendees were offered accessible "Smoke-free and Vape-free Campus" shirts, lunch and enjoyed the music during the in-person event.
The Career Services Center at Mississippi Valley State University will welcome over 40 organizations for the Fall 2021 Career Fair from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, October 21, 2021, in the R.W. Harrison Complex.
As MVSU moves forward with making things as normal as possible on campus for students, the Career Services Center will host an in-person career fair while offering a virtual career fair and graduate school expo.
Mississippi Valley State University is excited to announce its newest partnership with Washtenaw Community College (WCC) located in Ann Arbor, Mich. Announced ahead of National Transfer Student Week (Oct. 18-22), the news marks the first comprehensive agreement – with benefits such as guaranteed admission and access to in-state tuition – between a Michigan two-year school and a Historically Black College & University (HBCU).
By Jasalyn Lucas, Communications Specialist
On Thursday, September 30, 2021, Mississippi Valley State University officials welcomed local civic leaders, faculty, staff, students, and community members to a ribbon-cutting and grand opening of the Chick-fil-A at MVSU.
The excitement surrounding the addition of such a well-respected brand has had the Valley and local community members buzzing since its announcement.
By Donell Maxie, Communications Director
Mississippi Valley State University's motto, "Live for Service," is something recent MVSU graduate Larozzo Shugart embraces as a way of life.
Shugart, 21, who finished at the institution in the Spring of 2021 in Secondary Education, recently decided to live out the school's motto by enlisting in the United States Airforce.
By Donell Maxie, Communications Director
Corterrius “DaCakeGoat” Allen started his journey and love of making and designing cakes with a $35 baking kit and two cupcake pans that his mom, Jacquelyn Allen, purchased.
He made his first cake for a friend, and while he says, "the cake was ugly," his friend loved it and told him, “It was delicious.”
Fast forward a couple of years, and the 20-year-old Mississippi Valley State University Social Work major has come a long way since that $35 baking kit.