Contact: Margaret Kovar
STARKVILLE, Miss.--Mississippi State students, employees and families throughout the community have a week of fun-filled opportunities beginning Monday [Oct. 30] as the university heads to its 2011 Homecoming celebration Friday and Saturday [Nov. 4 and 5].
"With Praise Our Voices Ring" is the theme for this year's activities. Official homecoming posters and T-shirts are on sale at the Barnes & Noble at Mississippi State Bookstore, with artwork designed by senior art major Anne Katherine Phipps of Saltillo.
For a list of MSU Student Association-organized pre-weekend events--which are open to all--click here. Specific weekend activities--also open to all--include:
Friday, Nov. 4
--5 p.m., Homecoming parade through campus, launching on College View Street adjacent to Aiken Village campus housing. (Little Bully's Walk participants to meet at Hunter Henry Center at 4:30 p.m.)
--5:30, Dawg Rally at the Junction, to begin as the parade concludes.
--6 p.m., Bulldog Family Frenzy, at the MSU Amphitheater.
--7:30 p.m., Homecoming Choral Concert featuring the Men of State, Women's and University Chorales, and the State Singers, Starkville First Baptist Church, Lampkin Street downtown.
Saturday, Nov. 5
--9 a.m., MSU Libraries book sale, Mitchell Memorial Library.
--6:30 p.m., MSU-University of Tennessee-Martin football game, Scott Field at Davis Wade Stadium.
For more information on the SA-sponsored events, contact Rhett Hobart or Brittany White at 662-325-3917.