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

Commencement Series: Patterson’s road to advocacy ran through loss and purpose

Shantwana Patterson has spent the better part of eight years making other people feel better. Room by room, shift by shift, in the long and Read More

Chester Charter Academy Scholars commit to Alcorn during HBCU tour

Alcorn State University recently welcomed 30 students from Chester Charter Scholars Academy in Chester, Pa. as part of an Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Read More

2026 Student Leadership Conference prepares future professionals

Alcorn State University Career Services hosted its annual Student Leadership Conference in the Rudolph E. Waters Sr. Classroom Building, designed to support student leadership development 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

Commencement Series: Aaliyah Myles’s furthers her pursuit to help others with graduate school acceptance

For Flora, Mississippi native Aaliyah Myles, graduating from Alcorn State University with a bachelor’s degree in human development and family science is the first step Read More

Alcorn State alumna and attorney Pelicia Hall to deliver spring commencement address

Alcorn State University will hold its Spring 2026 Commencement ceremonies on Saturday, May 9 in the Davey L. Whitney HPER Complex on the Lorman campus. Read More

Alcorn State Office of Land-Grant Communications wins 1890 ARD Symposium logo competition

Out of the small operation that is Alcorn State University’s Office of Land-Grant Communications come big ideas, with the latest one earning them recognition for Read More

Alcorn Career Services announces MyCareerCloset partnership

LORMAN, Miss. — Getting dressed for a job interview shouldn’t be a barrier to getting the job. Alcorn State University’s Office of Career Services and Read More

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