The summer proved to be an exciting time for one Mississippi Valley State University Engineering Technology major.
Kayla Johnson, an Itta Bena native, first learned that she was a prestigious David L. Boren Scholar and named an alternate for the Boren Scholarship. Later, Johnson was awarded the U.S. Department of State's Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship.
Mississippi Valley State University announced Dr. Thomas J. Calhoun, Jr. as the new Vice President for Enrollment Management and Student Affairs.
Calhoun comes to MVSU after most recently being the Vice President for Enrollment Management and Strategic Matriculant Services at Edward Waters College in Jacksonville, Fla.
Mississippi Valley State University is among 11-public colleges and universities that recently received funds to help support students.
U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) announced more than $3.5 million to universities and community colleges for Student Support Services (SSS).
The Campus Violence Prevention and Intervention Program (CVPIP) at Mississippi Valley State University is working hard to bring awareness to domestic violence
October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, which began in 1981 by the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence as a Day of Unity to connect battered women's advocates across the country.
Mississippi Valley State University alumna Maxine R. Greenleaf has earned an appointment to the Strategic Communications Executive Committee for the Association of Public and Land Grant Universities (APLU). It’s the oldest higher education association in the country and aims to strengthen and advance public universities' work in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico.
After months of planning and COVID-19 delays, the Fannie Lou Hamer Marker, spearheaded by Mississippi Valley State University Students, honoring the 1965 Voting Rights Act, is finally ready to be revealed.
On Tuesday, Oct. 6, at 1 p.m., a ceremony will be held in front of the Sunflower County Courthouse located at 200 Second Street, Indianola, Mississippi.
ITTA BENA, Miss.—The Division of Academic Affairs has launched a new, centralized tutoring program to support students academically during their matriculation at Mississippi Valley State University.
The University’s Writing Center, the Early Monitoring Alert Program and several other previously distinct tutoring units across departments and disciplines have been consolidated under the new MVSU Tutorial Services program.
ITTA BENA, Miss.—From two performances in the Indy 500 (1963 & 1964) and being the first Historically Black College & University (HBCU) extended an invitation to the Rose Bowl Parade in 1965 and again in 1968, to performances during the 1968 Mississippi Governor’s inaugural parade and the 1969 inaugural parade for the United States President—Mississippi Valley State University’s band has had quite the storied history.
ITTA BENA, Miss.—A Mississippi Valley State University administrator was recently appointed to the board of an organization designed to preserve Mississippi history.
Dr. La Shon F. Brooks, MVSU’s chief of staff and legislative liaison, has been selected to serve on the Mississippi Historical Society Board of Directors.