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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 ...
Suffragist, writer, librarian. Relatives. Arthur F. Hopkins (great-grandfather) Nannie Herndon Rice (November 30, 1886 – March 6, 1963) was an American suffragist, writer, and college librarian, based in Mississippi. She worked at the Mississippi State University library from 1916 to 1957, and was president of the Mississippi Library ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 18 September 2024. American football player (born 1962) American football player Jerry Rice Rice in 2010 No. 80 Position: Wide receiver Personal information Born: (1962-10-13) October 13, 1962 (age 61) Starkville, Mississippi, U.S. Height: 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Weight: 200 lb (91 kg) Career information High ...
This is a list of universities in the United States classified as research universities in the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. Research institutions are a subset of doctoral degree -granting institutions and conduct research. These institutions "conferred at least 20 research/scholarship doctorates in 2019-20 and ...
The Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils are the college football team representing the Mississippi Valley State University.The Delta Devils play in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC).
It was the state of Mississippi's black vocational college before educational segregation ended. [10] Jerry Rice, widely considered one of the greatest American football receivers of all time, spent his college days playing for the university's team. The university's Delta Devils play at Itta Bena's 10,000-seat Rice–Totten Stadium.
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.
December 27, 1972. Designated USMS. June 7, 1991 [3] The Riley Center, also known as the Grand Opera House and formally as the Mississippi State University Riley Center for Education and Performing Arts, is a performing arts and conference center in Meridian, Mississippi. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.