ITTA BENA, Miss.— Mississippi Valley State University alumnus Rickey Lewis experienced a positive “self-directed shift” in his life, and now he has made it his mission to help others do the same.
The former MVSU student-athlete and professional baseball player recently released a book entitled, “The Self-Directed Shift”, which has been adopted by MVSU’s Freshmen Year Experience (FYE) program as this semester’s common read.
ITTA BENA, Miss.—Residents of Leflore County and surrounding communities can be tested for COVID-19 next week at Mississippi Valley State University as the University of Mississippi Medical Center and the Mississippi State Department of Health continue efforts to stem virus transmission by setting up one-day, drive-through collection sites.
Testing at MVSU will be held Monday, August 31, 2020, at the Rice-Totten Football Stadium from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
ITTA BENA, Miss.—Members of Mississippi Valley State University’s Office of Communications and Marketing team were bestowed six awards recently during the College Public Relations Association of Mississippi's (CPRAM's) Virtual Awards Ceremony.
ITTA BENA, Miss.—The American Political Science Association (APSA) recently announced a total of $140,000 in Special Projects Fund grants awarded to six teams of political scientists made up of 33 established and early career scholars representing 29 academic institutions, including Mississippi Valley State University.
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.
