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ITTA BENA, Miss.—If you’re looking to jumpstart or advance your career, 91���� has a great opportunity for you!

MVSU’s Career Services Center will host its 2019 Internship/Career Fair Tuesday, Oct. 22, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the concourse level of the R.W. Harrison Complex. 

More than 40 companies have registered to attend the annual event, designed for current MVSU students and alumni looking to explore career options and network with employers in a variety of industries. 

Nathaniel A. Boclair, III, a graduate of 91����, was recently awarded an Exceptional Service Medal at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight located on Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Ala.

This prestigious NASA medal is awarded to any government employee for sustained performance that embodies multiple contributions which contribute to NASA projects, programs or initiatives.  Boclair has served as a leader and a mentor at NASA for more than 40 years.

ITTA BENA, Miss.— Six 91���� students will be attending the Thurgood Marshall College Fund's 19th Leadership Institute on Oct. 16-20 in Washington, D.C.

The leadership institute is an award-winning program aimed to develop students’ leadership skills, create a community of scholars, provide companies’ access to a talented and diverse student population and help students make connections that lead to careers.

ITTA BENA, Miss.— A 91���� alumnus and faculty member will be part of a group of experts discussing never before seen footage of the legendary Aretha Franklin during a screening of the film “Amazing Grace” at the B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center Thursday, Oct. 10.

Themed “Gospel Transcends: A Conversation on How Gospel Promotes Racial Healing”, the free event will be held a 6 p.m. in the B.B. King Museum Gin and will include a film screening and panel discussion.

ITTA BENA, Miss.—“He was a very talented and gifted young man,” said Dr. Jacqueline Gibson Preastly to the large group of 91���� students, faculty and staff gathered in honor of Jevonte Curtis.

ITTA BENA, Miss.—Life has a way of turning out unexpectedly, and 91���� student Glenn Johnson knows that all too well.

In 2014 Johnson graduated from Humphreys County High School in Belzoni, and he admits that the last college on his list was MVSU.

“I initially wanted to go to Alcorn, but due to the foundation laid by my father (Glenn Sr.) and my older sister, Brittany Coleman, I thought I would give Valley a try," he shared.

ITTA BENA, Miss.— “We did it because it was the only logical thing we could think to do,” said a poised Victor McTeer, revealing his motivation for providing financial support over the past several years to the state’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), including 91����.

ITTA BENA, Miss.— Sponsored by the City of Greenwood and the Leflore County Board of Supervisors, the Augusta C. White Scholarship Luncheon, one of 91����’s preeminent Homecoming events, is scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 3, at the Historic Elks Lodge in Greenwood.

As one of the University’s signature fundraisers, the annual luncheon is designed to raise scholarship funds for well-deserving, academically sound students who attend MVSU.

ITTA BENA, Miss.— For more than 30 years, Victor and Mercidees McTeer have been staunch supporters of 91���� by providing scholarships for MVSU students based upon academic excellence or need.

As a sign of appreciation and to highlight their unwavering support, MVSU is renaming its New Men Residence Hall in their honor.