MVSU to Host 23rd Annual Constance G. Bland Women In Science & Technology Conference

Mississippi Valley State University (MVSU) will host its 23rd celebration of the Constance G. Bland Women in Science and Technology (WIST) Conference virtually on Friday, May 7, 2021.

The theme for this year's conference is "Women in Science and Technology 2021: Virtually Navigating Teaching and Learning through a Pandemic".

MVSU students celebrate commencement with in-person ceremony

ITTA BENA, MISS — Commencements are a moment in a student's life celebrated by the entire family and that student's community.

The COVID-19 Pandemic had put a pause to many traditional in-person events. Still, now with more research and information, Mississippi Valley State University held its first in-person commencement since the Fall of 2019 on Saturday, May 1, 2021.

MVSU and the Delta Community mourns the loss of a Silenced Voice

ITTA, BENA, Miss.— Mississippi Valley State University and the Mississippi Delta lost a voice on Friday, April 23, 2021, when Darwin Cannon, 45, passed away at the Greenwood Leflore County Hospital.

For more than a decade, Cannon served the campus and the Mississippi Delta community with his larger-than-life personality and voice while working in the campus radio station, WVSD 91.7 FM, and as a communication instructor at MVSU.

Graduation Series: Grandmother, Grandson set to graduate from MVSU

By Donell Maxie, Director of Communications & Marketing 

 

On Saturday, May 1, 2021, Cynthia Ann Watson Tyler will attend the 69th commencement exercises for Mississippi Valley State University, but not as a guest. 

The 67-year-old mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother will be sitting with the other graduates on the MVSU Track awaiting her bachelor's degree in Business Administration (Organizational Management). 

Dr. Alfred Arrington: 1943-2021: Ex-Valley Administrator Hailed As Public Servant

Dr. Alfred Arrington was a tried and true university administrator who pushed both his students and faculty to succeed while serving as head of the Health, Physical Education, and Recreation Department at Mississippi Valley State University.

“He was a wonderful public servant,” said one of his daughters, Michelle Arrington. “He was well-known.”

Dr. Arrington died Tuesday in Greenwood. He was 78.

MVSU names Purnell Humanities Teacher of the Year

By Donell Maxie, Communications Director

The Division of Academic Affairs at Mississippi Valley State University is pleased to announce Deborah Purnell as its 2020-2021 Humanities Teacher of the Year recipient.

"I am honored to be named Teacher of the Year by the Mississippi Humanities Council. This award could only have happened with the support of my department chair and the wonderful administration at Mississippi Valley State University," said Purnell.