ITTA BENA, Miss— As the theme “Keeping Valley in Motion: Connecting Our Founding to Our Future” suggests, Mississippi Valley State University is gearing up to commemorate its legacy while celebrating its promising future during its 2018 Founder’s Week, April 16-20.

Observed annually each spring, this year’s Founder’s Week festivities will include the inauguration of the University’s eighth president, Dr. Jerryl Briggs, Sr.

ITTA BENA, Miss— Cybersecurity is now a vital part of homeland security, and two Mississippi Valley State University faculty members have been performing research to show how.

ITTA BENA, Miss.— Mississippi Valley State University alum Tim Lampkin (’08) has been named to the 2018 cohort of the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE) Local Economy Fellowship.

The Clarksdale, Miss. native joins 25 leaders recognized as representing some of the most innovative local economic and community development solutions in the U.S. and Canada.