Ray Smith of Renasant Bank in Tupelo, left, and April Pittman of Stark Aerospace, right, speak with MBA students Alexander Harris of Tupelo and Lauren McKee of Philadelphia this week after "pitching" themselves to future candidates in the business world. Graduate students in Mississippi State's College of Business MBA program showed their skills to the business world during the third annual corporate recruiting event. New this year to the event, the college's Graduate Studies and Outreach program organized "The Pitch," which features graduate business students placed in small groups who pitch themselves to professionals and receive written and oral feedback. Representatives from 14 companies from a variety of industries participated.