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Alcorn State’s Dexter Wakefield named Food Systems Leadership Institute Fellow

Dexter B. Wakefield, Ph.D., dean of the College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences and director of Land Grant Programs at Alcorn State University, has been Read More

Alcorn State senior is first to win Mississippi Poultry Association scholarship

Donovan Shoemaker is the first Alcorn State University student to receive a Mississippi Poultry Association scholarship. The senior animal science major from Walnut Grove, Mississippi, Read More

Drax Foundation and Alcorn State University partner to connect students to agricultural sciences

Renewable energy company Drax, a leading provider of sustainable energy solutions, today announced a commitment of $50,000 to establish scholarship opportunities for incoming freshmen enrolled Read More

Alcorn State University partners with Getty Images to preserve the legacy of America’s first public land-grant HBCU

Alcorn State University is making a bold move to bring its story as America’s first public land-grant historically Black college and university (HBCU) to a Read More

Alcorn State University celebrates graduates across two ceremonies, honors Golden Class of 1976

Alcorn State University conferred degrees upon 472 graduates Saturday during its 2026 Spring Commencement. There were 370 undergraduates and 102 graduate students. Ceremonies were held Read More

Dae’Brion Wade secures full-time position with USDA after Alcorn graduation

A lifelong agriculture lover is preparing to embark on two milestones: earn an Alcorn State University education and begin a dream career. Ebenezer, Mississippi, native Read More

Alcorn State appoints Gregory as dean of the School of Education and Psychology

Alcorn State University has appointed Dr. Tracey Gregory as dean of the School of Education & Psychology. Gregory, a Jackson, Miss. native, joins Alcorn after Read More

Alcorn State mass communications department honors students, welcomes industry leaders at annual Media Day

Mass Communication faculty at Alcorn State University brought together Mississippi's broadcast media community and honored the program's most promising students during the annual Media Day. Read More

Panicker receives India’s 2026 Global Ratna Award for agricultural science

Dr. Girish Kumar Panicker honored among 16 scholars at inaugural Global Malayalee Festival in Kochi, India An Alcorn State University professor whose conservation research reaches Read More

Alcorn State’s Roy joins national panel on Capitol Hill to address HBCU grant competitiveness

An Alcorn State University associate professor joined a national panel of university leaders to address one of the most pressing issues facing historically Black colleges Read More

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