ITTA BENA, Miss.— The Department of Fine Arts at Mississippi Valley State University will present its 25th Annual MVSU Piano Festival on Saturday, April 18, on MVSU’s main campus in Itta Bena. 

The festival is once again being held for the purpose of bringing an increased awareness to the Mississippi Delta and surrounding areas of the value and importance of piano study throughout childhood and beyond.

ITTA BENA, Miss.—Mississippi Valley State University will hit the highway once again, this time taking its “Valley on the Road” tour down Highway 82 to Greenville.

University officials will be hosting its next event at the Washington County Convention Center on Tuesday, Jan. 28, from 8:30 a.m. to noon. 

ITTA BENA, Miss.— Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. once said, “Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?’” This inquiry is one that fueled King’s work to make justice and equality accessible for all. 

After months of intense planning, a group from Mississippi Valley State University has received approval to proceed with a project that will erect the first historical marker commemorating the historic stance taken by Fannie Lou Hamer to ensure voting rights for all Americans.

ITTA BENA, Miss.— “Complicated” is how Shaniqwa Barber of Greenville describes the first few years of her collegiate journey.