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MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY ississippi State is a compre- culture of integrity and personal POINTS OF PRIDE AT MSU hensive land-grant institution responsibility in academic studies. ✔ and the largest university in Through the Global Leadership Mississippi State ranks among the top 100 M institutions across the country in the number MMississippi, with a statewide enrollment Program, students may experience sig- of bachelor’s degrees awarded to African- of more than 17,000 students. nificantly expanded study-abroad Americans. Established in 1878 as the opportunities Agricultural and Mechanical College of ✔ Mississippi State’s undergraduate pro- Mississippi, the university has tradition- RESEARCH gram in landscape architecture in 2005 was al strengths in engineering and scientif- listed among the nation’s top 15 programs Mississippi State faculty researchers ic agriculture but has evolved into a by a national publication that promotes attracted $186.5 million in external comprehensive institution with a quality design education. funding for 2006-07, up from about diverse array of programs in teaching, $155 million during the previous year. ✔ Ten Mississippi State University students research, and service. This funding supported 1,691 spon- have been named Barry M. Goldwater sored projects in 2007. Scholars since 1999. The national scholar- ACADEMICS AND STUDENT LIFEIFE Based on the latest rankings avail- ship recognizes academic excellence in the Mississippi State students consis- able from the National Science sciences, mathematics and engineering. tently earn honors such as the presti- Foundation, MSU ranks seventh in the ✔ In the September 2005 issue of Washing- nation in agricultural sciences research gious Harry S. Truman Scholarship, ton Monthly’s college rankings, MSU was awarded for those who will enter public expenditures and 44th in engineering. ranked No. 95 nationally among 245 major service, and, with 16 Truman Scholars to Last year MSU faculty and staff dis- public and private institutions based on date, the university has been recog- closed 80 new technologies resulting in “what colleges are doing for the country.” nized as a Truman Honor Institution. In three new start-up companies, nine ✔ the past year, a student team competed licenses, and 22 patent applications. Over the last decade, five Mississippi for and won first place in a national The university now holds 77 patents. State University professors have been Challenge X In recent named Mississippi Professor of the Year by years, MSU has the national Council for Advancement and competition to Support of Education and the Carnegie established the re-design a fuel- Foundation for the Advancement of efficient and Thad Cochran Teaching. environmental- Endowment for ly-friendly SUV. Entrepreneur- ✔ Recently cited for its service in the after- Recently initi- ship, as well as math of Hurricane Katrina, MSU’s student ated programs collaborating chapter of the American Society of Civil are providing with federal Engineers is nationally ranked for overall opportunities to agencies and excellence. develop leader- industries to ✔ The Mississippi State Promise is a new ship potential help increase program designed to help entering fresh- and global study technology-ori- men and entering community college trans- options. The ented start-up fer students from low-income Mississippi university’s Global Leadership companies. Among the collaborators families attend MSU by ensuring that their Continuum provides “cradle-to-CEO” and sponsors are the U.S. departments tuition and required fees will be paid with programming designed to develop of Defense and Energy, NASA, General gift/grant student aid. Electric, Northrop Grumman, leadership across a “global” spectrum ✔ Mississippi State’s Raspet Flight Research that begins with high school and con- EADS/American Eurocopter, Boeing, Laboratory is building its own version of Raytheon, General Dynamics, Israeli tinues through the university experi- unmanned aerial vehicles that will strength- ence and into professional life. Aerospace Industry, and the Mississippi en U.S. battlefield surveillance capabilities. Included are the Young Guns Technology Alliance. Leadership Camp for rising high school In a key area of economic interest to ✔ The Appalachian Leadership Honors seniors; the Day One Leadership Mississippi, MSU’s Center for Advanced Program is providing opportunities to culti- Community for incoming freshmen, Vehicular Systems, established in 2001, vate leadership potential. Mississippi State focusing on shared academic and serv- continues research and development wants to grow the “whole person,” and the ice experiences; and the highly com- supporting a goal of attracting automo- university’s second-year president -- Dr. Robert H. “Doc” Foglesong -- has commit- petitive Appalachian Leadership tive industries to the state. The center is ted himself to that. Honors Program for sophomores and conducting research in areas that juniors. include materials processing, human ✔ In 2007, Kiplinger’s Personal Finance mag- To complement these efforts, the and systems engineering, alternative azine named Mississippi State one of its university has launched a minor in lead- power systems, computational manu- “100 Best Values in Public Colleges.” The ership studies open to students in all facturing and design, and advanced list recognizes institutions that are “notewor- majors. A university honor code adopt- learning technologies. thy for their combination of top-flight aca- ed in 2007 institutionalizes a campus demics and affordable costs.” 180 MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY OUTREACH AND SERVICE DISTINGUISHED MISSISSIPPI STATE ALUMNI From its academic programs to the ◆ RICHARD ADKERSON ◆ MICKEY HOLLIMAN work of countless individuals, President and CEO of Freeport-McMoRan Chairman of the board and CEO of Furniture Mississippi State has “extended far- Copper & Gold Brands International ther” and gone “beyond the limit” to ◆ JAMES BAGLEY ◆ BAILEY HOWELL make a difference in the lives of citizens Executive chairman of Lam Research Corp. 1997 National Basketball Hall of Fame around the state. In 2006, the universi- inductee and former Boston Celtics great ty formed the Mississippi State ◆ JOHN H. BRYAN JR. ◆ Community Action Team to organize Retired chairman and CEO of Sara Lee Corp. DR. MARK KEENUM university resources and expertise for ◆ FRED CARL Under Secretary for the USDA’s Farm and Foreign Agricultural Service quick response to local issues around Founder and president of Viking Range Corp. ◆ DR. JAMES E. NEWSOME the state. MSU’s Extension Service is ◆ WILL CLARK President of New York Mercantile Exchange the first in the nation to have an inter- Retired six-time Major League Baseball All-Star active videoconferencing system in ◆ RAFAEL PALMEIRO ◆ EARNEST DEAVENPORT every county Extension office. Through Retired two-time Major League Baseball All-Star the Freedom Calls program, the system Former chairman and CEO of Eastman Chemical Company ◆ HARTLEY PEAVEY is being used to connect Mississippians ◆ Founder and CEO of Peavey Electronics with family members in the U.S. military DR. JAMES FLANAGAN serving our country in Iraq. Winner of National Medal of Science; Member ◆ CAROLYN SHANKS of Natl. Academies of Science and Engineering The MSU Extension Service main- President and CEO of Entergy Mississippi ◆ DR. RICHARD GILBRECH tains offices in almost every county of ◆ JANET MARIE SMITH Director of NASA‘s John C. Stennis Space the state, and the Mississippi Senior vice president for planning and devel- Center Agricultural and Forestry Experiment opment for the Boston Red Sox ◆ JOHN GRISHAM Station operates 10 branch stations ◆ LT. GEN. CARL A. STROCK throughout Mississippi. Four strategi- Author of numerous best-selling novels, including A Time to Kill and The Pelican Brief Commander and Chief of Engineers with the cally located research and extension United States Army Corps of Engineers centers coordinate the delivery of serv- ◆ QUINCY HILLIARD ices statewide. Internationally known composer who wrote a composition for the 1996 Summer Olympics SWALM ENGINEERING BUILDING CHAPEL OF MEMORIES TOWER MONTGOMERY HALL DRILL FIELD & LEE HALL CULLIS WADE DEPOT HUNTER HENRY CENTER 181 MISSISSIPPI STATE CAMPUS MAP 182 MISSISSIPPI STATE CAMPUSMAP MISSISSIPPI STATE MSU Campus Index Center for Educ. Partnerships. L9 Forest Products Lab . L2 Int. Security/Strategic Studies . M7 Miss. Horse Park & Agricenter . Q10 RecPlex . P6 Tennis Courts, Recreational . L7 Academic Advising Center . M7 Center for Historical Studies . M7 Foresty Operations. O11 Intramural Fields. M6 Mississippi State Golf Course. P10 Regulatory Compliance . M7 Thompson Hall . L6 Aiken Village . E4 Chadwick Lake. E8 Franklin Center. L3 Intramural Soccer Fields . P5 Mississippi Technology Center . B8 Research and Curriculum Unit . F1 TimTek Building . M2 Ag and Bio Engineering . K7 Chapel of Memories. J8 Freeman Equine Reproduction Ctr . P5 Japanese Pavilion . H5 Mitchell Memorial Library . K9 Research and Technology Park . B7 Transportation Office . M7 Agricenter . Q10 Chi Omega . K5 Freeman Hall . H7 Kappa Alpha . J5 Montgomery Hall . K8 Residential Laundry . M7 Turman Field House . J7 Allen Hall . L8 Child Development Center . F5 Garner Hall . H8 Kappa Delta . K5 Moore Hall . H8 Rice Hall . M8 TVA Service Center . B8 Alpha Gamma Rho . J5 Cobb Curation Lab . O6 Gast Boll Weevil Lab . K4 Kappa Sigma. J5 Music Bldgs A, B and C . L9 Roberts Parking Services. J10 TVA Solar Power . K5 Alpha