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From Alcorn to the Idol stage: Alumnus Daniel Stallworth competes on American Idol

Daniel Stallworth spent four years on the campus of Alcorn State University learning how to survive, strive and thrive. Today, the 2021 music graduate is 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 University honors academic excellence at 87th Honors Convocation

Alcorn State University hosted its 87th Honors Convocation on March 26. A total of 459 President's Scholars and 1,033 Dean's Scholars were recognized across the 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

Tony Gordon named 2026 Mississippi Humanities Council Teacher Award recipient

The Mississippi Humanities Council will honor Tony Gordon, assistant professor of music and university organist at Alcorn State University, as the institution’s 2026 Humanities Teacher Read More

Alcorn State, Hope Credit Union unite for free financial empowerment forum

Three institutions with a shared goal of economic equity are coming together on Alcorn State University’s campus in April. The university’s School of Business, the Read More

Alcorn State director of religious life nominated for MLK Jr. Board of Preachers induction

The Rev. Dr. C. Edward “CJ” Rhodes II, director of religious and spiritual life at Alcorn State University, has been nominated for induction into the Read More

Alcorn alumnus Corey Wiggins named president of Tougaloo College

Dr. Corey Wiggins, a Hazlehurst, Mississippi native and Alcorn State University alumnus, has been named the 15th president of Tougaloo College. He will begin July Read More

Greenleaf selected as finalist for Pinnacle Award in statewide celebration

Maxine Greenleaf, vice president for marketing and communication, has been selected as a statewide finalist for the 2026 Mississippi Pinnacle Awards, presented by Sales & Read More

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