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The university began as The Agricultural and Mechanical College of the State of Mississippi (or Mississippi A&M), one of the national land-grant colleges established after Congress passed the Morrill Act in 1862. It was created by the Mississippi Legislature on February 28, 1878, to fulfill the mission of offering training in "agriculture ...
Humphrey Coliseum. Humphrey Coliseum is a 9,100-seat multi-purpose arena located on the campus of Mississippi State University, just outside Starkville, Mississippi, that opened for the 1975-76 basketball season. Nicknamed The Hump, it is home to the Mississippi State Bulldogs men's and women's basketball teams.
State Location Species Date planted Ref. Salem Oregon: Private Residence: 2 Douglas Firs 1973 ‡ Wiggins Mississippi: Girl Scouts Camp Iti Kana Sycamore 1974 ‡ Starkville Mississippi: Dorman Hall, Mississippi State University: Sycamore 1975 ‡ [11] Philadelphia Pennsylvania: Washington Square Park: Sycamore † May 6, 1975 [12] Bethesda ...
Benjamin F. Hilbun. Benjamin Franklin Hilbun (November 14, 1890 – December 13, 1963) [1] was the President of the Mississippi State College during its name change to Mississippi State University from 1953–1960. [2] Dr. Hilbun was a long time employee of Mississippi State having served on the faculty at MSU from 1925 until his retirement as ...
Dudy Noble Field at Polk-Dement Stadium is a baseball park on the campus of Mississippi State University, just outside the city limits of Starkville, Mississippi, which serves as the home venue of the Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team. DNF-PDS has been the setting of Southeastern Conference tournaments and NCAA Regional and Super ...
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Prior to WMSV, Mississippi State had a student-run radio station, WMSB, which went off the air permanently at the end of the spring semester of 1986. WMSB was a low-power FM station with studios on the top floor of Lee Hall. Marketed as "The Radio," the station's 10-watt, FM signal barely extended past the boundaries of the campus.
The Lyceum–The Circle Historic District is a historic district within the University of Mississippi campus in Oxford, Mississippi. It includes eight buildings and several monuments lining University Circle, and surrounds "The Circle" on the campus. The university was established as the flagship public institution of the state, and generations ...