Special to MVSU/Written by Melissa Schneider
Remeya Ganesh has taken a lot of science classes at Mississippi Valley State University. Still, she never studied coastal science until she participated in the Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium Coastal Science Fellowship for Minority Undergraduates.
"I never had the opportunity to learn about marine science, which is why I was interested in this fellowship," she said.
ITTA BENA, Miss. — Mississippi Valley State University is among 24 U.S. colleges and universities to be awarded the 2020 Increase and Diversify Education Abroad for U.S. Students Grants (IDEAS Grants), the USA Study Abroad recently announced.
As part of the Capacity Building Program for U.S. Study Abroad, the award will help MVSU support U.S. foreign policy goals by developing and expanding their study abroad programs around the world.
ITTA BENA, Miss.—As part of its continued efforts to prioritize safety while monitoring the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on the university and surrounding communities, Mississippi Valley State University has announced plans to implement a phased approach to instructional methods and the returning of MVSU students to campus.
ITTA BENA, Miss.—Mississippi Valley State University has released its “Safety in Motion” MVSU Fall 2020 Health and Safety Plan as a resource for students, faculty and staff as they prepare to begin the Fall 2020 semester.
ITTA BENA, Miss.— Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) play a huge role in the stability and sustained growth of the world’s economy and is a critical component of today’s educational system.
ITTA BENA, Miss.—Three Mississippi Valley State University students recently joined forces to secure a $500 microgrant during the 2020 Virtual HBCU Student Leadership Conference.
Hosted July 16-18, the three-day virtual conference was designed for student leaders currently enrolled at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) across the country.
ITTA BENA, Miss.— A Mississippi Valley State University faculty member is the recent recipient of two distinguished honors.
Shannon Bowden, an instructor of Speech Communication and vice president of the MVSU’s Faculty Senate, was recently awarded a $24,500 grant award from the Mississippi Delta National Heritage Area (MDNHA) to fund her research project, "Breaking Bread: Itta Bena, MS in the Civil Rights Movement."
ITTA BENA, Miss.—Students attending Mississippi Valley State University (MVSU) will benefit from a five-year $200,000 grant commitment from the Woodward Hines Education Foundation (WHEF) to support college retention, persistence, and completion through the Improving Mississippi’s Persistence and Completion Together (IMPACT) initiative.
