ITTA BENA, Miss.—Mississippi Valley State University students, faculty & staff, alumni and community members came together virtually Wednesday evening to honor the memory of student Jy’Quavious Williams.
Williams passed away unexpectedly June 17. He was 21.
A virtual candlelight vigil for Williams was hosted by the MVSU Student Government Association (SGA), Inc. at 7 p.m. using the videoconferencing platform Zoom.
Dr. Rachel Beecham
Professor of Biology, Department of Natural Sciences
ITTA BENA, Miss.—Two Mississippi Valley State University students were among 44 scholars from 33 historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) announced by the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities as 2020 HBCU Competitiveness Scholars— the initiative's highest student recognition.
ITTA BENA, Miss.—Mississippi Valley State University administration recently announced adjustments to its Fall 2020 Academic Calendar as part of the institution’s continued efforts to mitigate the effects of COVID-19.
MVSU will now commence its Fall 2020 semester on Monday, Aug. 10—two weeks earlier than its original start date of Aug. 24. The semester will now conclude with the Fall 2020 Commencement Exercise, slated for Saturday, Nov. 21.
ITTA BENA, Miss.— New York Governor Andrew Cuomo recently announced the development of an Interfaith Advisory Council developed to help implement safety measures for religious gatherings involving groups.
Among those named to the council are Mississippi Valley State University alumnus Greg Merriweather (’06), senior pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in New York.
ITTA BENA, Miss.—Two local community organizations are now planning to purchase much-needed supplies thanks to a generous donation from Mississippi Valley State University (MVSU) and American Honda through its Honda Campus All-Star Challenge (HCASC).
ITTA BENA, Miss.—A Mississippi Valley State University student has been named as a prestigious David L. Boren Scholar, earning the opportunity to study abroad in world regions critical to U.S interests.
Junior Engineering Technology major Kayla Johnson was recently named as an alternate for the Boren Scholarship and has been extended the opportunity to study in Kazakhstan during the 2020 academic year.
ITTA BENA, Miss.—Residents of Leflore and Humphreys counties can receive free masks from Mississippi Valley State University (MVSU) through a continued partnership with the Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) to curtail transmission of the coronavirus (COVID-19).
MVSU has partnered with MSDH to coordinate the distribution sites. The date, times and locations to receive the free masks are as follows:
ITTA BENA, Miss.—Three Mississippi Valley State University students joined students from three other Mississippi colleges to participate in a virtual Commissioning and Bar Pinning Ceremony on Thursday, April 30.