ITTA BENA, Miss.—Mississippi Valley State University’s Walter Roberts Auditorium has received a facelift.
The auditorium recently underwent a $400,000 seating upgrade project. After seven months, the upgrades to the former H.G. Carpenter Auditorium, which was first constructed in 1959 and renamed in April of 2017, are now complete.
ITTA BENA, Miss.— Brandon Lionelle Hawkins, III. will be the first to tell you that his time at Mississippi Valley State University was filled with highs and lows.
However, during one of those low points— rehabbing from an injury he suffered as a member of the MVSU Baseball team, the DeValls Bluff, Ark., native discovered the path to his future.
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.
