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Nursing Lorman, Miss., May 03, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Alcorn State University announces Grammy Award-winning artist Montell Jordan as its Spring 2024 Commencement speaker.
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- Lorman, Miss., May 03, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Alcorn State University announces Grammy Award-winning artist Montell Jordan as its Spring 2024 Commencement speaker.
- “Montell Jordan’s remarkable journey as a musical artist and now pastor is a testament of perseverance and commitment,” said Dr. Tracy M. Cook, president.
- We look forward to welcoming Mr. Jordan back to the Alcorn campus as he provides words of encouragement to our graduates.”
Montell Jordan is an author, pastor, Grammy Award-winning artist, and recipient of the 2023 Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award.
- Montell is a Champion Ambassador for Special Olympics North America and a public speaker on topics related to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
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Agriculture Dr. Girish Panicker, director of the USDA Conservation Research Program and a tenured professor, is the recipient of the 2023 International Conservation Research Award from the Soil and Water Conservation Society (SWCS).
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- Dr. Girish Panicker, director of the USDA Conservation Research Program and a tenured professor, is the recipient of the 2023 International Conservation Research Award from the Soil and Water Conservation Society (SWCS).
- The SWCS, a leading nonprofit scientific and educational organization advocating for conservation professionals and science-based practices, programs, and policies, recognizes Panicker’s outstanding contributions to conservation research.
- Our research goes to so many countries around the world.”
Panicker’s achievement has earned him international recognition for his decades-long dedication to the conservation research field in the United States.
- “It is an extreme honor to acknowledge Dr. Panicker for recently receiving the 2023 International Conservation Research Award,” said Dr. Dexter Wakefield, interim dean of the School of Agriculture and Applied Sciences.
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Agriculture Lorman, Mississippi, June 29, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The School of Agriculture and Applied Sciences (SAAS) at Alcorn State University has been awarded a grant from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to foster a diverse agricultural workforce.
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- Lorman, Mississippi, June 29, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The School of Agriculture and Applied Sciences (SAAS) at Alcorn State University has been awarded a grant from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to foster a diverse agricultural workforce.
- As part of a collaboration grant with Tennessee State University, SAAS received $1.5 million for the “From Learning to Leading: Cultivating the Next Generation of Diverse Food and Agriculture Professionals Program” (NextGen).
- “We are immensely proud of the work that our School of Agriculture and Applied Sciences continues to do to prepare our students for today’s agricultural workforce,” said Dr. Ontario Wooden, interim president of Alcorn State.
- Of the 33 awarded projects across 24 states, only five were awarded in Tier 3 projects up to $20 million, including at least three institutions across two states.
Lorman, Mississippi, June 29, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Bernard Osher Foundation recently awarded Alcorn State University a $50,000 grant and $1,000,000 endowment gift to support the Osher Reentry Scholarship Program.
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- Lorman, Mississippi, June 29, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Bernard Osher Foundation recently awarded Alcorn State University a $50,000 grant and $1,000,000 endowment gift to support the Osher Reentry Scholarship Program.
- The funding will support reentry to the university for individuals between 25 – 50 years old and expand scholarship offerings from 10 to 20 per year.
- “We are appreciative to the Bernard Osher Foundation for its generous gift to Alcorn State,” said Dr. Ontario Wooden, interim president.
- The Foundation seeks to improve quality of life through support for higher education and the arts.
Lorman, Mississippi, June 23, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Alcorn State University, the nations oldest public historically Black land-grant institution, celebrates 150 years in 2021.
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- Lorman, Mississippi, June 23, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Alcorn State University, the nations oldest public historically Black land-grant institution, celebrates 150 years in 2021.
- Alcorn is a place where you can be the first college graduate in your family and then go off and be the change we need.
- For more information about upcoming events throughout the 150th celebration year, visit www.alcorn.edu/150
Alcorn State University is the nations first public, historically Black, Morrill land-grant university.
- Located on 1700 acres in Lorman, Mississippi, with branches in Vicksburg and Natchez, the University is celebrating 150 years of academic excellence.
Despite those hurdles, she has already made significant strides that make an enormous impact on the university\xe2\x80\x99s vitality and sustainability.
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- Despite those hurdles, she has already made significant strides that make an enormous impact on the university\xe2\x80\x99s vitality and sustainability.
- "The incredible impact she has already made is just the beginning of her solidifying Alcorn\xe2\x80\x99s place as a premier institution.
- "\nAlcorn is an institution that greatly outperforms what the research dollars and operations associated with the university\xe2\x80\x99s name might suggest.
- Here\xe2\x80\x99s to the next 150 years of shattered glass, academic excellence, purposeful impact, and lifelong membership into the Alcorn family,\xe2\x80\x9d Nave said.\n'
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Lorman, MS, Dec. 22, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Alcorn State University has received a $25 million gift from American philanthropist and author MacKenzie Scott.
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- Lorman, MS, Dec. 22, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Alcorn State University has received a $25 million gift from American philanthropist and author MacKenzie Scott.
- This gift marks the largest gift from a single donor in the universitys 150-year history.
- This gift is truly transformational, and we are humbled by Ms. Scotts overwhelming generosity, said Alcorn President Felecia M. Nave.
- Founded in 1871, Alcorn State University is the nations first public, historically Black, Morrill land-grant university.
