ITTA BENA, Miss.—A commercial produced by Mississippi Valley State University Office of Communications and Marketing has received a 2019 Southeast Regional EMMY® Awards nomination.

ITTA BENA, Miss.— Mississippi Valley State University strongly encourages students to pursue internship opportunities to get their feet wet, and Mubarak Ibrahim will be diving in head first this summer with an internship with American Express.

Ibrahim, a junior Computer Science major from Abuja, Nigeria, will be joining the multinational financial service corporation’s Software Engineering internship program as a software developer.

ITTA BENA, Miss.— Miracles happen all around us, and on Saturday, Attorney Victor McTeer told 480 graduates of Mississippi Valley State University that’s precisely what they are.

“You are a miracle. I don’t know what you did that was so miraculous, but you’re here…you got this far. You’re about to get your paper, and your future has endless promise. That is a miracle,” said McTeer during the 8 a.m. and 11 a.m. ceremonies held in MVSU’s R.W. Harrison Sports Complex.

ITTA BENA, Miss.— Tim Lampkin is a bonafide entrepreneur who works tirelessly to positively impact his community.

His love for entrepreneurship, his gift for community-building and his passion for Mississippi (particularly the Delta) were recently highlighted when the Clarksdale native received the Mississippi Business Journal’s Top Entrepreneur Award.

ITTA BENA, Miss.—A Mississippi Valley State University student experienced the opportunity of a lifetime when she was selected as one of 50 students from more than 500 applicants for a competitive tech program.

MVSU freshman Roseline Shapi was recently extended the opportunity to attend Bank of America’s Ignite with Tech Program in North Carolina.

ITTA BENA, Miss.— The votes are in and Mississippi Valley State University is pleased to announce that it is a recipient of a $50,000 grant awarded by the 2019 Home Depot “Retool Your School” program.

ITTA BENA, Miss.— Mississippi Valley State University President Dr. Jerryl Briggs was recognized Monday as a Patriotic Employer by the Office of the Secretary of Defense.

Briggs received the distinction as part of the Department of Defense’s Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) program for contributing to national security and protecting liberty and freedom by supporting employee participation in America’s National Guard and Reserve Force.

ITTA BENA, Miss.—Mississippi Valley State University is pleased to announce Civil Rights Attorney and Activist Victor McTeer as the speaker for its 67^th Commencement Exercise.

McTeer will address the MVSU’s graduating Class of 2019 at 8 a.m. and 11 a.m. Saturday, May 4, in the R.W. Harrison Sports Complex.