Faculty & Staff News

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‘Oklahoma!’ to come ‘sweepin’ down the plain’ at MSU next week

To conclude the 52nd season of its theater program, Mississippi State’s communication department is presenting the ever-popular musical “Oklahoma!”

Image Alternative Text: Mark Ford (Photo submitted/University of North Texas)

Acclaimed marimba soloist, educator performs April 19 with MSU Percussion Ensemble
Image Alternative Text: Melanie S. Pittman of Carver Middle School is a 2016 selection for the National Association for Alternative Certification’s Teacher Intern of the Year award. She is an MSU College of Education graduate student planning to earn her master’s degree in May. (Photo submitted.)

MSU graduate student receives national teaching honor
Image Alternative Text: Elin de Jong, a contemporary textiles and crafts artist from the Netherlands, is the newest Mississippi State University-Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge Artist-in-Residence. She is spending her month-long stay documenting colors of the landscape and wildlife, as well as experimenting with plants to come up with natural dyes native to Northeast Mississippi. (Submitted photo by Lori Neuenfeldt)

Dutch artist named new MSU-Noxubee Refuge artist-in-residence

Mississippi State’s newest artist-in-residence has begun her month-long exploration of the Sam D. Hamilton Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge.

Image Alternative Text: The College of Business at Mississippi State is preparing for the grand opening Tuesday [April 19] of its new Entrepreneurship Center on the first floor of McCool Hall. The 2,000 square-foot center, built with $750,000 in private funding, has workstations, meeting space and technology to accommodate student, staff and faculty startups. The College of Business currently supports about 100 active startups that include students from 39 majors. (Photo by Megan Bean)

New E-Center grand opening at MSU set for April 19
Image Alternative Text: John Cherry, an internationally recognized archaeologist, will discuss his technology-based explorations on the Caribbean island of Montserrat during a Thursday [April 21] program at Mississippi State. (photo submitted)

Archaeologist to describe ‘race’ with active Caribbean volcano
Image Alternative Text: First-place recipient Kellie Mitchell of Chelsea, Alabama, with symposium keynote speaker Jennifer Sasser of the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson.

MSU student researchers honored during biology symposium
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MSU to host annual legal issues conference April 27-29
Image Alternative Text: Mississippi State University is showcasing its “Car of the Future” this week in Detroit, Michigan, at the Society of Automotive Engineers World Congress. The lighter, greener hybrid vehicle offers over 100 miles of driving using the equivalent of a single gallon of gas. (Photo by Hunter Hart)

Mississippi State’s ‘Car of the Future’ revealed in Detroit

Image Alternative Text: Mississippi State has begun its Autism Speaks campaign in conjunction with Autism Awareness Month in April. As part of the effort, Light It Up Blue stickers will be displayed across campus and the Starkville community. The effort is being led by MSU’s current and former autism liaisons – including (front L-R) Molly Butts of Natchez, Hailey Ripple of Jacksonville, Illinois, and Hallie Smith of Lutz, Florida, all of whom are pursuing doctorates of philosophy in school psychology – as well as (back L-R) Julie

Autism liaisons lead MSU awareness efforts
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MSU announces 2016 Outstanding Women Award selections

Image Alternative Text: Madison A. Sully of Charlotte, North Carolina, an education/school psychology graduate student, discusses her project during MSU’s recent 2015-16 Graduate Student Research Symposium. (Photo by Mitch Phillips)

MSU honors newest Graduate Student Research Symposium winners