Mississippi Valley State University - Delvian Yearbook (Itta Bena, MS)

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; however, none compare to Valley’s Academic Skills Parlor. Lee The ASP There are beauty parlors, ice cream parlors and many other parlors across Mississippi that offer specialized personal services; The patrons of our Academic Skills Parlor — about 150 students a day — although looking for special services, do not visit the two-story former library for ice-cream treats or fancy hair styles. Yet, visits to the skills parlor offer students results that are probably as sweet as ice cream and as satisfying as a pretty hair style. The parlor, staffed by several persons specializing in reading, speech, math and other basic skills and many volunteers from the MVSU general faculty and student body, provides an outlet for students to increase their reading abilities and strengthen their academic skills. The parlor not only focuses on students whose academic potentials are underdeveloped, but also on the average and excelled students. Overall, the purpose of the ASP is to motivate and prepare students for their highest level of achievement in marketable skills, social and civic effectiveness and in realizing their individual potentials. After looking at our parlor, the State Board of Higher Education this year mandated some other state universities to develop similar programs.

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