See it through: MVSU grad earns degree with help from C2C initiative

ITTA BENA, Miss.— It’s never too late to start again, and Serena Mouncil-Body is proof.

After years of only being a few credits shy of a college degree, the 47-year-old wife and mother of three will be receiving a bachelor's degree from Mississippi Valley State University on Dec. 14 through the Complete to Compete initiative, also known as the C2C.

Gasby keynotes symposium on Alzheimer’s at MVSU

ITTA BENA, Miss.—Mississippi Valley State University welcomed author and Alzheimer’s advocate Dan Gasby last night during its Graduate Read-in Symposium, hosted at 6 p.m. in MVSU’s Science and Technology Center.

Gasby’s wife, the iconic model and restaurateur B. Smith, was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s in 2013. Since then, the couple has been open and transparent about their experiences grappling with the disease.