ITTA BENA, Miss— Mississippi Valley State University joined students, professors, business people, religious leaders and other groups from across the state to pray for the governor as well as state, municipal and county elected officials during the 2018 Governor’s Leadership Prayer and Luncheon Summit.

MVSU’s Office of Student Leadership and Engagement traveled with 17 MVSU students to Jackson for the unique event, sponsored by Mission Mississippi.

ITTA BENA, Miss.— As Mississippi Valley State University pauses to highlight its outstanding academic scholars, the campus will also receive gems of knowledge from activist, author and entrepreneur James Meredith during the 2018 Honors Convocation Thursday, March 22.

Meredith will give the keynote address during the annual convocation, which will be hosted at 11 a.m. in the Walter Roberts Auditorium of the H.G. Carpenter Building.

ITTA BENA, Miss— When Laderka Coats decided to vie for the title of Miss. Mississippi Valley State University 2017-18, she did so out of a desire to serve.

Little did she know, the opportunity would also land her photo in the pages of Ebony Magazine as one of the featured Top 10 HBCU Campus Queens.

ITTA BENA, Miss.— Two Mississippi Valley State University students recently presented research that explores the relationship between cybersecurity and homeland security during the Mississippi Academy of Sciences (MAS) Meeting.