Community Engagement & Outreach News

Image Alternative Text: Participants of all ages are invited Thursday [Aug. 18] to the second Great Chalk Walk organized by Mississippi State’s Department of Art. (Photo by Megan Bean)

MSU art department hosts second ‘Great Chalk Walk’

For the second year, Mississippi State’s art department is hosting a Great Chalk Walk event.

Image Alternative Text: Painter Tom Cowsert is the 2016 Mississippi State University-Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge Artist-in-Residence. A Jackson native, he has been working as an artist for two decades in Spain. In addition to interacting with members of the campus and local communities, he is showcasing his work through Aug. 29 at the Colvard Student Union. (Artwork by Tom Cowsert)

Jackson native now serving as MSU-Noxubee Refuge resident artist
Image Alternative Text: MSU and Starkville Area Habitat for Humanity officials broke ground Friday [Aug. 5] on the eighth annual Maroon Edition Habitat for Humanity home, which is being built for Lena and Lashay Evans. Pictured, from left to right: Starkville Area Habitat for Humanity Board Vice President Barbara Coats, MSU Vice President for Student Affairs Regina Hyatt, MSU President Mark E. Keenum, Lashay Evans and Lena Evans. (Photo by Megan Bean)

MSU, Habitat break ground on eighth Maroon Edition home
Image Alternative Text: Attendees enjoy the 2014 Mid-South Forestry Equipment Show, the biennial event that is the longest-running live, in-wood demonstration of forestry equipment in the South. (Photo by Karen Brasher)

Longest-running, live, in-wood equipment show set for Aug. 26-27

The newest technology and machinery used to advance the South’s timber industry will be demonstrated August 26-27 at the Mid-South Forestry Equipment…

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Computer science pilot program set to help Mississippi students

Image Alternative Text: Sara Frederic (Photo by Russ Houston)

Frederic named MSU arts and sciences fundraiser
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MSU launches online seed research data file, updated training
Image Alternative Text: David Wise, coordinator of MSU’s Thad Cochran National Warmwater Aquaculture Center in Washington County, will travel to Kansas City, Missouri, in August to formally accept a major award from the American Fisheries Society at their 146th annual meeting. (Photo by David Ammon)

MSU catfish vaccine report gets national spotlight
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MSU Greeks raise funds for ‘Backpack Meals’ hunger relief efforts
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MSU summit shows businesses how to ‘Make it in America’
Image Alternative Text: Area teachers get hands-on experience weighing alginate to make a gel during the two-week Research Experience for Teachers program put on by faculty in MSU’s Dave C. Swalm School of Chemical Engineering. Pictured, from left to right, are teachers Heather Yoder (Virgil Jones Jr. Elementary, Brooksville), Jettie Ware (Belle Shivers Middle School, Aberdeen), Michael Adam (Starkville High School) and Heather Henry (New Hope Middle School). (Photo by Megan Bean)

MSU program helps broaden perspective of local teachers
Image Alternative Text: Michael Keating, an MSU master’s landscape architecture student, explains his site plan to SCS Principal Randy Witbeck. (Photo by Allison Matthews)

MSU landscape architecture students help local school leaders brainstorm ideas for growth