Mississippi Valley State University
Mississippi Valley State University is a public, historically black university in Mississippi Valley State, Mississippi. MVSU is a member-school of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund.
The institution, which opened in 1950, was created by the Mississippi Legislature as Mississippi Vocational College. The legislation to form the institution was signed into law by Governor Thomas L. Bailey on April 5, 1946. On February 10, 1950, Governor Fielding L. Wright served as the main speaker at the opening ceremony
Current President: Jerryl Briggs
Official website: www.mvsu.edu
