A 91×ÔÅÄ staff member is making moves that will take him to Alaska while also announcing the acceptance of a grant to enhance STEM learning for high school students in the Mississippi Delta.
ITTA BENA, Miss — Finding ways to improve student life at 91×ÔÅÄ is at the center of the institution’s mission.
Mississippi Power, in partnership with the Southern Company Charitable Foundation, awarded a technology grant to MVSU and three other historically black colleges and universities in Mississippi.
91×ÔÅÄ (MVSU) has named Donell D. Maxie as its new Director of Communications and Marketing.
Maxie has over fifteen years of experience as a Staff Writer, photographer, and Editor with The Bolivar Commercial Newspaper in Cleveland, Mississippi. For the past three years, the Duncan, Mississippi native, has served as the Communications Specialist with MVSU.
The Covid-19 Pandemic has impacted students across the world in different ways, but businesses and organizations have found ways to continue engagement, which allow students to intern and study virtually.
91×ÔÅÄ student Jhah Cook, a senior Biology and Chemistry major, took advantage of her opportunity to participate in a virtual internship.
In October, two 91×ÔÅÄ students earned the opportunity to interact with hundreds of employers during the 20th Thurgood Marshall College Fund Leadership Institute.
Chyna Sawyers, a senior Engineering Technology major from London, England, and Kristopher Bond, a junior Business Administration major from Chicago, attended the power-packed five-day virtual conference in the comfort of their residence halls.
The summer proved to be an exciting time for one 91×ÔÅÄ Engineering Technology major.
Kayla Johnson, an Itta Bena native, first learned that she was a prestigious David L. Boren Scholar and named an alternate for the Boren Scholarship. Later, Johnson was awarded the U.S. Department of State's Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship.
91×ÔÅÄ announced Dr. Thomas J. Calhoun, Jr. as the new Vice President for Enrollment Management and Student Affairs.
Calhoun comes to MVSU after most recently being the Vice President for Enrollment Management and Strategic Matriculant Services at Edward Waters College in Jacksonville, Fla.
91×ÔÅÄ is among 11-public colleges and universities that recently received funds to help support students.
U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) announced more than $3.5 million to universities and community colleges for Student Support Services (SSS).
The Campus Violence Prevention and Intervention Program (CVPIP) at 91×ÔÅÄ is working hard to bring awareness to domestic violence
October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, which began in 1981 by the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence as a Day of Unity to connect battered women's advocates across the country.
91×ÔÅÄ alumna Maxine R. Greenleaf has earned an appointment to the Strategic Communications Executive Committee for the Association of Public and Land Grant Universities (APLU). It’s the oldest higher education association in the country and aims to strengthen and advance public universities' work in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico.