Fall 2016 Production Practice
Hosted by: Dept., of Mass Communication, PO Box #7234
Person Requesting: Barbara Baymon
Contact #: 662.254.3645
Fall 2016 Production Practice
Hosted by: Dept., of Mass Communication, PO Box #7234
Person Requesting: Barbara Baymon
Contact #: 662.254.3645
Fall 2016 Production Practice
Hosted by: Dept., of Mass Communication, PO Box #7234
Person Requesting: Barbara Baymon
Contact #: 662.254.3645
MVSU Student Recital
Fine Arts-Music Department is sponsoring student recitals for the fall semester. The event is open to the public, please contact Dr. Lawrence Goldman at 662.254.3681 for more information.
Communique August 2016
Click here to download the August 2016 issue of the Communique.
College Hall I Set for Completion by 2018
According to Terrence Hurssey, director of capital projects and interim director of facilities management, College Hall I renovations are taking a little longer than expected due to unanticipated environmental concerns.
“Asbestos was found on the brick veneers,” said Hurssey. “This caused us to extend the project because we had to abate the building of all asbestos containing material.”
The renovation process began in 2015.
Valley to Present 2nd Annual B.B. King Day
Mississippi Valley State University (MVSU) will play host to some of the South’s largest names in Blues during its B.B. King Day celebration on September 1.
The event is open to the public, and will take place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the W.A. Butts Social Science Building on the Itta Bena campus.
The event will wrap up with evening performances at the B.B. King Museum in Indianola, Miss. beginning at 7 p.m.
MVSU has the only recording studio in the nation bearing the name of the late musician B.B. King.
MVSU to Introduce Sound Recording Technology Emphasis
Music majors rejoice, the Department of Fine Arts at Mississippi Valley State University (MVSU) will offer a new concentration during Fall 2016.
Students will have the opportunity to earn a bachelor’s degree in music with an emphasis in sound recording technology.
“It will be a music degree with an emphasis on the fundamental principles of audio and audio mixing,” said Dr. Alphonso Sanders, chair of Fine Arts.
According to Sanders, the purpose of the emphasis is to add a needed technology component to the existing degree program.
Alumnus Receives NSF Fellowship
Derrick Jones, a 2015 graduate from the Department of Mathematics, Computer and Information Science was recently highlighted for receiving one of the nation’s most prestigious scholarships for his graduate studies at Mississippi State University.
Among 2,000 National Science Foundation fellows selected this year from nearly 17,000 applicants, Jones will receive three years of financial support, including a $34,000 annual stipend and $12,000 annual cost-of-education allowance.
University College Rolls Out Program to Boost Retention
Pictured from left are Latonzia Evans, SYE coordinator, and Renardo Hall, dean of University College.
It can be difficult for a freshman to adapt to a collegiate setting, and even after the first year of college, students are still in shambles about whether or not college is right for them.