except for those named for white supremacist politicians Walter Sillers, Jr., Fielding Wright, and J. H. White.
== Campus ==
The campus is on a 450-acre (180 ha) tract of land adjacent to U.S. Highway 82.
It is in Mississippi Valley State census-designated place, in unincorporated Leflore County, in the Mississippi Delta region. It is 1 mile (1.6 km) northwest of Itta Bena. The university is about 5 miles (8.0 km) from Greenwood, about 50 miles (80 km) from Greenville, about 100-mile (160 km) north of Jackson, and about 120-mile (190 km) south of Memphis, Tennessee.
MVSU includes faculty and staff apartments and other residential apartments. Dependent children living in these units are within the Greenwood-Leflore School District. These apartments were formerly served by the Leflore County School District. Effective July 1, 2019 this district consolidated into the Greenwood-Leflore School District.
== Academics ==
Mississippi Valley State University offers undergraduate and graduate degrees through the following …
