MVSU’s Sharkey selected as White House Initiative’s 2019 HBCU Competitiveness Scholar

ITTA BENA, Miss.— Mississippi Valley State University’s Destiney Sharkey has been selected by the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) as a 2019 HBCU Competitiveness Scholar– the Initiative's highest student recognition.​

Sharkey, a rising senior English major at MVSU, is among 44 students from 34 HBCUs across the nation selected for the distinction based on their academic achievement, campus,...