Alex Granderson, a 16 year veteran of the Mississippi Valley State University (MVSU) Police Department, began his new duties as the unit’s police chief on January 3.

A native of Tchula, Miss., he received his undergraduate degree from Alcorn State University in industrial technology and a master’s degree in criminal justice from MVSU.

Sodam Lee, an assistant professor of art at Mississippi Valley State University (MVSU), has been awarded a mini-grant from the Mississippi Arts Commission (MAC).  This grant is a portion of the $1.5 million in grants the Commission awarded in 2016-2017 and will be used to purchase art supplies for MVSU students in S2017 Relief Printmaking class. The grants are made possible by continued funding from the Mississippi State Legislature and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Dr. Mudlagiri B. Goli, professor of Chemistry in Natural Sciences and Environmental Health at Mississippi Valley State University recently received a huge honor.
 
Dr. Goli was a speaker at the 2016 Biochem Conference on Dec. 8-9, 2016 held at the Hilton Hotel in San Antonio, Texas. 
 
His conference speech centered around his research, which investigated the role of metal enzymes in Biosynthesis of protein and fatty acids by application of trace elements.
 

In July 2016, Mississippi Valley State University was selected as one of six Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the Delta region to advance entrepreneurship among their students and grow the region’s entrepreneurial ecosystem through the inaugural HBCU Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Initiative. The first phase of the Initiative, the MVSU Entrepreneurship “SpinUP,” will be held on January 9-11, 2017, on the University’s campus.