GRADUATION SPOTLIGHT: Whitehead Falls Down, Gets Back Up to Graduate
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By LaTunya Evans, Communications Specialist
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By LaTunya Evans, Communications Specialist

Marking a significant milestone in 91×ÔÅÄ’s history, MVSU scholars had the honor of participating in the April 2024 Presidential Forum for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), held in Atlanta, GA.
This distinguished forum has been a beacon of excellence and collaboration for the past two decades, with its inception dating back to 2000.
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91×ÔÅÄ students competed with and against STEM students nationwide during the 2024 Association of Computer and Information Science/Engineering Departments at Minority Institutions (ADMI) symposium, which was hosted in Atlanta, Georgia.
Themed "Science Gateways and High-Performance Computing."
The symposium highlighted undergraduate and graduate research interested in computing innovations.

91×ÔÅÄ is elated to announce plans to hold its 72nd Commencement Exercise at 8 a.m. Saturday, May 4, 2024, in the R.W. Harrison Complex.
The arrival time for all MVSU graduates is 6:30 a.m., and everyone is expected to be in regalia. The gates to the stadium will open at 7 a.m. for the general public.
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By: LaTunya Evans, Communication Specialist
91×ÔÅÄ's Student Government Association President, Cajanique Ollie, received a warm invitation from the Vice President of America, Kamala Harris, to attend the HBCU Leaders Retreat on February 29, 2024, at the White House in Washington, D.C.

By: LaTunya Evans, Communications Specialist

According to research by the American Association of University Women (AAUW), women comprise only 34 percent of the workforce in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). The gender gaps are exceptionally high in some of the fastest-growing and highest-paid jobs of the future, like computer science and engineering.

(Pictured from Left)The Board of Trustees Diversity Committee member trustee Dr. Steven Cunningham, MVSU President Dr. Jerryl Briggs Sr., MVSU Award recipient Dr. Ro'shaun Bailey, and Board of Trustees Diversity Committee member trustee Dr. Ormella Cummings.

HBCU alumnus and three-time Super Bowl Champion, Jerry Rice, teams up with 91×ÔÅÄ student and former cohort participant, Chanelle Houston, to kickoff year three