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Mississippi State University MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY Mississippi State is a comprehensive land-grant MSU’S ACADEMICS & DEGREES institution and the largest university in Mississippi, • COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND LIFE SCIENCES with a statewide enrollment of more than 16,000 - Agribusiness, Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Engineering Technology and Business, Agricultural Information students. Science and Education, Agricultural Pest Management, Agricultural Science, Agronomy, Animal and Dairy Science, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Biological Engineering, Established in 1878 as the Agricultural and Food Science and Technology, Horticulture, Human Sciences, Mechanical College of Mississippi, the univer- Landscape Architecture, Landscaping Contracting and Management, Poultry Science sity has traditional strengths in engineering and • COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE scientific agriculture but has evolved into a - Architecture comprehensive institution with a diverse array of • COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES - Anthropology, Art, Biological Sciences, Chemistry, programs in teaching, research, and service. Communication, Economics, English, Foreign Languages, General Liberal Arts, General Science, Geosciences, History, Interdisciplinary Studies, International Business (with Business ACADEMICS AND STUDENT LIFE and Industry), Mathematics, Medical Technology, Microbiology, Philosophy, Physics, Political Science, Psychology, Social Work, Sociology Mississippi State students consistently earn hon- • COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY - Accounting, Banking and Finance, Business Information ors such as the prestigious Harry S. Truman Systems, Economics, General Business Administration, Insurance, Scholarship, awarded for those who will enter International Business (with Arts and Sciences), Management, Management of Construction and Land Development, public service, and, with 16 Truman Scholars to Marketing, Real Estate and Mortgage Appraisal Financing date, the university has been recognized as a • COLLEGE OF EDUCATION - Educational Psychology, Elementary Education, Industrial Truman Honor Institution. In the past year, a stu- Technology, Music Education, Office Systems and Technologies, dent team competed for and won first place in a Physical Education, Secondary Education, Special Education, national Challenge X competition to redesign a Technology Teacher Education, Trade and Technical Studies • COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING fuel-efficient and environmentally-friendly SUV. - Aerospace Engineering, Biological Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Recently initiated programs are providing oppor- Mechanical Engineering, Software Engineering tunities to develop leadership potential and • COLLEGE OF FOREST PRODUCTS - Forest Products, Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries global study options. The university’s Global • COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE Leadership Continuum provides “cradle-to-CEO” - Veterinary Medicine (graduate and professional degrees only) programming designed to develop leadership • PRE-PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMS across a “global” spectrum that begins with - Pre-Dentistry, Pre-Health Information Management, Pre- Law, Pre-Medicine, Pre-Ministry, Pre-Nursing, Pre-Occupational high school and continues through the university Therapy, Pre-Optometry, Pre-Pharmacy, Pre-Physical Therapy, experience and into professional life. Included Pre-Veterinary Medicine are the Young Guns Leadership Camp for rising high school seniors; the Day one Leadership Community for incoming freshmen, focusing on Based on the latest rankings available from the shared academic and service experiences; and National Science Foundation, MSU ranks 7th the highly competitive Appalachian Leadership in the nation in agricultural sciences research Honors Program for sophomores and juniors. expenditures and 44th in engineering. Last year MSU faculty and staff disclosed 80 To complement these efforts, the new technologies resulting in three university has launched a minor new start-up companies, nine in leadership studies open to licenses, and 22 patent applica- students in all majors. A uni- tions. The university now holds versity honor code adopted in 77 patents. 2007 institutionalizes a cam- pus culture of integrity and In recent years, MSU personal responsibility in aca- has established the Thad demic studies. Through the Cochran Endowment for Global Leadership Program, Entrepreneurship, as well as col- students may experience sig- laborating with federal agencies nificantly expanded study-abroad and industries to help increase tech- opportunities nology-oriented start-up companies. Among the collaborators and sponsors are RESEARCH the U.S. departments of Defense and Energy, NASA, General Electric, Northrop Grumman, Mississippi State faculty researchers attracted EADS/American Eurocopter, Boeing, Raytheon, $186.5 million in external funding for 2006-07, General Dynamics, Israeli Aerospace Industry, up from about $155 million during the previous and the Mississippi Technology Alliance. year. This funding supported 1,691 sponsored projects in 2007. In a key area of economic interest to Mississippi, MSU’s Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems, established in 2001, continues research and 66 MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY bers in the U.S. military serving our country in Iraq. The MSU Extension Service maintains offices in almost every county of the state, and the Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station operates 10 branch stations throughout Mississippi. Four strategically located research and extension centers coordi- nate the delivery of services statewide. ‘Dawgs Day Out,’ an interactive get together for student-athletes at Davis Wade Stadium, is a very popular annual event. development supporting a goal of attracting automotive industries to the state. The center is conducting research in areas that include materi- als processing, human and systems engineering, alternative power systems, computational manu- facturing and design, and advanced learning technologies. OUTREACH AND SERVICE From its academic programs to the work of countless individuals, Mississippi State has “extended farther” and gone “beyond the limit” to make a difference in the lives of citizens around the state. In 2006, the university formed the Mississippi State Community Action Team to organize university resources and expertise for quick response to local issues around the state. MSU’s Extension Service is the first in the nation to have an interactive videoconferencing system in every county Extension office. Through the Freedom Calls program, the system is being used to connect Mississippians with family mem- STUDENTS RANKINGS • We average nearly 1,900 new freshmen each year. • MSU’s undergraduate program in landscape architec- • New transfer students typically number 1,500. ture is listed among the top 15 programs in the country by • Around 16,000 students enrolled. DesignIntelligence, a national publication that promotes • African-Americans make up nearly 20 percent of the quality design education. university’s enrollment. • MSU ranks among the top 15 in the nation in awarding • Students from 70 countries attend MSU. bachelor’s degrees in both engineering and education to • Out-of-state students number more than 3,200. African-Americans. • MSU ranks 24th in engineering expenditures according to FACULTY the National Science Foundation. • More than 1,000 faculty members. • MSU’s dairy products judging team placed first in the 2004 • Approximately 85 percent of our faculty hold terminal International Collegiate Dairy Products Judging competition. degrees. • The student-faculty ratio is 17-to-1. ACADEMICS • Two MSU researchers have invented and are seeking a • Some 3,000 degrees are awarded each year, bachelor’s- patent on a device that can test for diabetes by analyzing a doctorate. person’s breath. • Comprised of eight colleges. • Aerospace engineering professors are working to help • First university in the country to offer a degree program in design and build the next generation of unmanned aerial land-scape contracting and management. vehicles - airplanes flown by remote control during military • Our cooperative education program is one of the largest operations too dangerous for human operators. in the Southeast • Since 2000, five professors have been recognized by the • Our Professional Golf Management program is the National Academic Advising Association for their academic second-oldest sanctioned by the Professional Golfers’ counseling of students. Association of America. • Mitchell Memorial Library is the largest library facility in the state. 67 UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT ROBERT H. „DOC‰ FOGLESONG THE FOGLESONG FILE PERSONAL Birthdate: July 13, 1945 obert H. 2007-08 OFFICERS OF Birthplace: Williamson, WV Foglesong is the Hometown: Williamson, WV R18th president THE UNIVERSITY Family: Wife (former Mary Thrasher); fo Mississippi State Children (sons David and Mark; three University, a land-grant JOHN RUSH grandchildren) university committed to Vice President for excellence in learning, research and service. His vision Development and Alumni is for MSU to become the most respected land-grant EDUCATION school in the Southeast. As president, he is responsi- Bachelor’s: West Virginia, 1968 ble for planning, budgeting, and executionfor the larg- WILLIAM L. KIBLER Master’s: West Virginia, 1969 est university in the state of Mississippi. He is also the Vice President for Ph.D.: West Virginia, 1971 president and executive
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