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ITTA BENA, Miss.—The Mississippi Court of Appeals will convene on the campus of 91�첥 in Itta Bena at 1 p.m. Feb. 13. A three-judge panel will hear oral arguments in a criminal appeal at the W.A. Butts Social Science Building Auditorium.

ITTA BENA, Miss.—  91�첥's History degree program will host a sit-down with Mississippi Today Managing Editor Harvey Parson to discuss media and journalism literacy as well as careers in the media industry at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 26.

ITTA BENA, Miss.—Dr. Cassandra Hawkins may be new 91�첥 (MVSU) faculty, but she is already making an impact on campus.

Hawkins, who is an assistant professor of public administration /rural public policy and planning, has been nominated to serve as the chair-elect of the Rural Sociological Society’s Rural Poverty Research Interest Group (RIG) for 2018-2019. She will serve as chair of the Rural Poverty RIG in 2019-2020.

ITTA BENA, Miss.— This summer, 91�첥 history professor Dr. Kathryn Green participated in a national project to explore how philosophy and history faculty members at historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) can improve the work of scholarly societies, and how the scholarly societies can improve access to the resources, professional, and academic networks they provide. 

Oleta Garett Fitzgerald stood before the 91�첥 family Thursday morning and told the honorees of the 2017 Honors Convocation that, “we need your help.”

Fitzgerald was the speaker for the annual event, which celebrated 689 students for their outstanding academic achievements for the 2016-17 school year.

Dr. Cassie Sade Turnipseed has worked diligently to bring, highlight and educate in the realm of diversity during her time at Mississippi Valley State.

Turnipseed’s hard work was recently recognized as the Mississippi Board of Trustees State Institutions of Higher Learning’s Diversity Committee named her as the Diversity Educator of the Year for the state of Mississippi.