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MSU senior named Truman scholarship finalist

A senior English and sociology double major from Flowood is a finalist for the nation’s most prestigious scholarship for students dedicated to public…

Image Alternative Text: MSU Music Maker Productions and the Alumni Association are featuring Eric Roberson in concert March 4 at historic Lee Hall’s Bettersworth Auditorium. The event is among those scheduled for the first formally organized MSU Black Alumni Weekend [March 3-6]. (Photo submitted)

MSU Black Alumni Weekend concert to feature Eric Roberson

Image Alternative Text: Kathy Kosins (Photo by Laurie Tennent)

Award-winning vocalist, painter brings her many talents to MSU
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Overcoming abusive relationships topic of Tuesday MSU program

Domestic abuse may often happen behind closed doors, but the problem never is bound by age, ethnicity, gender, income, race or other factors. During…

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Annual party marks 138th birthday of Mississippi State
Image Alternative Text: An author of fiction, essays and poetry, Dorothy Allison will join Mississippi State as this year’s guest for the College of Arts and Sciences Institute for the Humanities’ third annual Writer-in-Residence February 29 – March 4. (Photo submitted)

Acclaimed author to serve as MSU writer-in-residence
Image Alternative Text: U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves encouraged Mississippi State students to vote and fulfill their civic duty to serve on jury. The Yazoo City native and university’s 2016 Distinguished Jurist Award recipient also advised his audience to seek additional opportunities to make a positive impact on the university, state and country. (Photo by Megan Bean)

District Judge Carlton Reeves to MSU students: ‘Be citizen soldiers.’
Image Alternative Text: Kellie Mitchell, a Mississippi State biochemistry major from Chelsea, Alabama, is conducting research she hopes will one day help save lives. Her studies of the heart cells of swine with metabolic syndrome aim to unlock clues to help detect heart disease in humans. (Photo by Russ Houston)

MSU undergrad takes cardiovascular research to heart
Image Alternative Text: MSU students (l-r) Savana Davis, Michael Plumblee, Chase Samples and Lucas X. Franca recently were honored at the 2016 Beltwide Cotton Conference in Louisiana. (Photo submitted)

MSU students and faculty honored at Beltwide Cotton Conference
Image Alternative Text: MSU’s 2015-16 Maroon Edition Essay Contest winners include (l-r) Emma D. Wheeler of Huntsville, Alabama; Emily K. Wright of Tupelo; Noah F. Van Hartesveldt of Grand Rapids, Michigan; and Anika H. Eidson of White House, Tennessee. Not pictured are Kallie N. Maddox of Southaven and Courtney S. Peagler of Brandon. (Photo by Russ Houston)

Essay winners announced for MSU Maroon Edition contest
Image Alternative Text: “Fragile” by sophomore Anna K. “Katie” Erickson of Madison is one of five MSU-student produced works of art that received a 2016 Mississippi Collegiate Arts Competition Juror’s Award. A total of 46 creations by 24 current Mississippi State art majors and one alumna are on display through March 18 at The Arts Center of Mississippi in Jackson. (Photo by Katie Erickson)

MSU students, alumna take home five awards in statewide art competition
Image Alternative Text: Theatre MSU continues its 52nd season Wednesday-Saturday [Feb. 24-27] at 7:30 p.m. with “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) [revised]” on the university’s McComas Hall mainstage. (Submitted photo)

Laugh Out Loud: Theatre MSU presents ‘The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) [revised]’