by Robert Scott African American undergraduate students Diane Hardy, Barbara Turner and Laverne Greene, and graduate students Jacqueline Edwards, Mary Flowers and Eula Houser, stepped foot on the campus of Mississippi University for Women in 1966, facing all manner of...
by Devna Bose, Mississippi Today October 19, 2023 Baptist Memorial Health Care, one of the state’s largest health systems, and Meridian-based Anderson Regional Health System will merge in January. The two faith-based health systems announced the move in a press...
Mississippi State University Extension has a new leader with a long history of connecting Mississippians with information they need through research, education and outreach. Angus L. Catchot Jr. is the new MSU Extension director, effective Nov. 1. “Dr. Catchot...
Mississippi State’s Department of Music is hosting its annual Music Discovery Day for current high school juniors, seniors and community college students Nov. 6 in the Kent Sills Band Hall, 72 Hardy Road, in Starkville. Registration is free for attendees, who...
Steel Dynamics, Inc. is beginning to hire workers as part of the largest economic development project in state history. The project represents a $2.5 billion investment that will create approximately 1,000 jobs with an average salary of almost $100,000. “I was...
A university-wide commitment to innovative academic programming, memorable campus experiences and student well-being is signifying Mississippi State’s latest national recognition—the Higher Education Excellence in Diversity Award. The HEED honor, awarded by...