The Children's Literature Workshop presented by Dr. Ying Wang scheduled to be online from October 8-12, 2018 has been rescheduled for October 13, 2018 in the O.P. Lowe Education Building Room 180A beginning at 9:00 a.m.
Criminal Justice Department New Student Orientation will be held at the Social Science Auditorium at 11:00am on 20th September 2018.
[Read More]ITTA BENA, Miss. —Mississippi Valley State University Junior Keshona Young of Greenville, Miss., recently had the opportunity to put her skills to the test during an internship at the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Gatlinburg, Tenn.
ITTA BENA, Miss.— The Career Services Center at Mississippi Valley State University will host its Annual Graduate and Professional Schools Day Fair from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 18, on the Concourse Level of the R.W. Harrison Sports Complex.
The event will offer participants the opportunity to interact and gain information in their pursuit to further their education with graduate studies.
ITTA BENA, Miss.—Local servicemen and women are invited to the campus of Mississippi Valley State University Friday, Sept. 14, for the inaugural Military Appreciation Day.
The event, hosted from 8 a.m. to noon in MVSU’s Business Education Building, is designed to show gratitude to military personnel as well as share information about the array of educational opportunities MVSU offers.
ITTA BENA, Miss.—Dr. Cassandra Hawkins may be new Mississippi Valley State University (MVSU) faculty, but she is already making an impact on campus.
Hawkins, who is an assistant professor of public administration /rural public policy and planning, has been nominated to serve as the chair-elect of the Rural Sociological Society’s Rural Poverty Research Interest Group (RIG) for 2018-2019. She will serve as chair of the Rural Poverty RIG in 2019-2020.
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ITTA BENA, Miss. — Do you know the mixed ethnicity of Charlie Patton, who is called the “Father of Delta blues?” Do you know much about Jimi Hendrix’s Cherokee heritage? The 4th Annual B.B. King Day at MVSU Symposium, slated for Thursday, Sept. 6, will explore how the making of American music, like the making of America itself, is filled with legends of mixed races.
MVSU History Professor Kathryn Green co-taught a college course this summer to women inmates at Central Mississippi Correctional Facility.
Green received the opportunity as part of the Prison to College Pipeline program, which offers inmates the opportunity to receive college credit for courses they take.
Green worked with Dr. Robby Luckett, a professor at Jackson State University, to teach the course Modern U.S. History.
ITTA BENA, Miss. — “I think the future is bright here at Mississippi Valley State University. The university is financially sound and has the capacity to do some great things.”
That was the message of optimism echoed by Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL) Commissioner Dr. Alfred Rankins during his visit to Mississippi Valley State University Friday, Aug. 24, as part of his listening tour.