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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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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