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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 ...
Donald W. Zacharias (September 28, 1935 – March 3, 2013) [1] was the 15th President of Mississippi State University from 1985 to 1997. [2] Previously he served as the 6th president of Western Kentucky University from 1979 until 1985. [3]
The National Association of College and University Residence Halls Incorporated ( NACURH) is an international organization made up of eight regions. The eight regions cover the entire United States and parts of Canada. Previously it has also covered parts of Mexico and The Bahamas. NACURH brings together students who live in residence halls on ...
Alcorn State University entrance sign. The main campus is located in Alcorn State University census-designated place, [24] an unincorporated area in Claiborne County, Mississippi. It is 45 miles (72 km) south of Vicksburg, [14] 40 miles (64 km) north of Natchez, and 80 miles (130 km) southwest of Jackson. [25] It is near Lorman.
Richard E. Holmes. Richard E. Holmes (born February 17, 1944) is an American medical doctor who specialized in emergency department medicine. As a third-year college student, in 1965 he enrolled in the previously segregated Mississippi State University. He was one of five black Mississippians who pioneered the effort to desegregate the major ...
Mississippi State Penitentiary is in an unincorporated area in Sunflower County, Mississippi. 50. The prison which occupies 18,000 acres (7,300 ha) of land, has 53 buildings with a total of 922,966 square feet (85,746.3 m 2) of space. As of 2010 the institution can house 4,536 inmates. 1,109 people, as of 2010, work at MSP.
The United Campus Workers of Mississippi at Mississippi State University on Wednesday held a day of awareness and rally in support of a living wage for faculty, staff, graduate assistants and ...
Delta State University is located on 332 acres (1.34 km 2) at 1003 W Sunflower Rd (Highway 8 West), in the northwest area of Cleveland, MS, 38733. [12] About 30 percent of students reside in on-campus housing. [13] Delta State provides both men's dormitories and women's dormitories, as well as apartments for married students. [14]