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Historically black public college in Lorman, Mississippi, US

Alcorn State University (Alcorn State, ASU or Alcorn) is a public historically black land grant university adjacent to Lorman, Mississippi. It was founded in 1871 and was the first black land grant college established in the United States. The university is a member school of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund. Alcorn State's athletic teams known as the Braves and compete in the NCAA's Division I. All teams compete as members of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC).

Alcorn State University was the first black land grant college in the country. Mississippi's Reconstructionist legislature, dominated by Republicans sympathetic to the cause of educating the formerly enslaved, was established on the site of Oakland College, a college that had gone defunct due to the Civil War. Alcorn University started with what is recognized as three historic buildings. United States Senator Hiram R. Revels resigned his seat when he accepted the position as Alcorn's first president. The state legislature provided $50,000 in cash for ten successive years for the establishment and overall operations of the college. The state also granted Alcorn three fifths of the proceeds earned from the sale of of land scrip for agricultural or land grant colleges under federal legislation. The land was sold for $188,928 with Alcorn receiving a share of $113,400. This money was to be used solely to support the agricultural and mechanical components of the college, which Congress wanted to develop nationally. From its beginning, Alcorn State University was a land grant college. Alcorn began with eight faculty members in 1871. Today the faculty and staff number more than 500. The student body has grown from 179 mostly local male students to more than 2,933 students from all over the world. In 2020, MacKenzie Scott donated $25 million to Alcorn State. Her donation is the largest single gift in Alcorn State's history. Alcorn State is accredited, with seven schools and degree programs in more than 50 areas, including a nursing and a Master of Business Administration program. The facilities number approximately 80 modern structures with an approximate value of $71 million.

NameYearsInterimHiram Rhodes Revels1871–1882NoJohn Houston Burrus1882–1893NoWilson H. Reynolds1893–1894NoThomas J. Calloway1894–1896NoEdward H. Triplett1896–1899NoWilliam H. Lanier1899–1905NoLevi John Rowan1905–1911NoJohn Adams Martin1911–1915NoLevi John Rowan1915–1934NoIsiah S. Sanders, Acting President1934–1934NoWilliam Harrison Bell1934–1944NoPreston Sewell Bowles1944–1945NoWilliam Harrison Pipes1945–1949NoJesse R. Otis1949–1957NoJohn Dewey Boyd1957–1969NoWalter Washington1969–1994NoRudolph E. Waters Sr.1994–1995YesClinton Bristow Jr.1995–2006NoMalvin A. Williams Sr.2006–2008YesGeorge E. Ross2008–2010NoNorris Allen Edney2010–2011 YesM. Christopher Brown II2011–2013NoNorris Edney2013–2014YesAlfred Rankins, Jr.2014–2017NoDonzell Lee2017 2019YesFelecia M. Nave2019–PresentNo

Alcorn State University offers a Master of Business Administration (MBA) program through its Natchez campus. Classes are conducted in the evening. Students may join the live lecture classes via a live internet feed. The program is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP), a global accrediting body for business degree programs. The MBA program has been popular with international and out of state students.

Besides coordinating study abroad opportunities, Global Programs brings worldwide perspectives to campus through exchange programs and special events.

Alcorn offers pre professional programs to better prepare students for a transition to specialized studies in the fields of law, engineering, nursing, physical therapy, medicine, pharmacy and dentistry.

Alcorn State University is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award the Associate, Bachelor's, Master's, Specialist's, and Doctorate degrees. Alcorn's teacher education program is accredited by the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education. The Bachelor of Science in Nutrition and Dietetics is accredited by the American Dietetics Association. The Associate of Science in Nursing degree, the Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree, and the Master of Science in Nursing degree programs are accredited by the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission. Alcorn State University is an accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Music, the National Association of Industrial Technology, and the American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences.

The main campus is located in Alcorn State University census designated place, an unincorporated area in Claiborne County, Mississippi. It is 45 mile (72 km) south of Vicksburg, It is near Lorman. The Nursing School and the Business School's Master of Business Administration (MBA) program are located in Natchez, Mississippi. The university also has a class center in Vicksburg.

Alcorn State is a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) and participates in NCAA Division I FCS. Alcorn sponsors 15 athletic programs.

Alcorn State University's marching band was founded in the 1960s; the band is known as the "Sounds of Dyn O mite" (SOD). Led by four or five drum majors, SOD has more than 190+ members. The "World Renowned Golden Girls" (GGs) is the danceline that has been featured with SOD since its inception. Founded in 1968, they are the first danceline (no twirling batons) featured with a HBCU marching band hence why they often refer to themselves as "The Mother of HBCU dancelines."

Melerson Guy Dunham – an educator, lay minister, civil rights activist, and history taught at Alcorn until her retirement in 1970 and wrote the book entitled Centennial History of Alcorn College.