Construction workers add bricks to the right field entrance plaza for Mississippi State's Dudy Noble Field, the new state-of-the-art home for MSU baseball. The Bulldogs will play in the stadium during the 2018 season, with work expected to be complete by the 2019 season. PHOTO: Russ Houston | Public Affairs
21 graduate from Leadership Excellence for Accomplished Professionals program
Twenty-one Mississippi State staff members are new graduates of the university’s Leadership Excellence for Accomplished Professionals program for 2017. “The LEAP program is designed to help participants maximize their leadership potential and hone communication skills,” said Darrell Easley, learning and development manager for MSU’s human resources management department. “We look forward to seeing this group’s collective accomplishments and the benefits their leadership skills will bring to Mississippi State.”
Mississippi State reflects on another year of growth and rising prominence as research leader
Building on its legacy as a world-class research institution where students are driven to make a difference, Mississippi State University made headlines in 2017 for its dynamic achievements in areas such as agriculture and forestry, computer science, engineering, social sciences, and the arts and humanities. "We have tremendous momentum right now," said MSU President Mark E. Keenum. "Our university teams are leading more than 50 percent of all funded research in our state, contributing greatly to Mississippi’s $8 billion agricultural and forestry industries, and working with major companies to bring new investments and new high-skill, high-paying jobs to our region."
DAFVM Spotlight Employee: Donna Bland
Donna Bland is not averse to change, which is good, because her title has changed four times during her MSU career, and the department’s name has changed three times, even though she’s worked in the same place for 27 years. As an administrative assistant in the MSU Department of Food Science, Nutrition and Health Promotion, she loves that no two work days are ever alike. “My responsibilities vary from day-to-day, sometimes moment-to-moment,” she said.
DAFVM Spotlight Employee: Loretta Derett-Smith
Loretta Derett-Smith taught herself shorthand from an encyclopedia when she was in the seventh grade in Madison, Illinois, and she has never veered from her career plan. For 22 years, she has served MSU Extension Service clients in Tippah County as an office associate. While she manages all of the usual office duties, such as managing schedules, writing letters, scheduling meetings, setting up for programs, planning, budgeting and helping with all of the local specialty groups including 4-H, the Forestry Association, the Cattlemen’s Association, and Master Gardeners, she knows her role requires much more.
Architecture educator releases latest book, ‘Jimi Hendrix and Philosophy’
Theodore “Ted” G. Ammon’s recent book, “Jimi Hendrix and Philosophy: Experience Required,” was released in mid-December. Ammon, an associate professor of philosophy at Millsaps College, also teaches the Philosophy of Architecture course at the Mississippi State University School of Architecture’s Jackson Center. Jassen Callender, associate professor and director of the Jackson Center, contributed to the chapter “Facing Up to the Realities.”
Policy reminders from University Health Services
University Health Services at Mississippi State reminds the campus community of several important policies for its patients to keep in mind when seeking treatment, parking, refilling a prescription, privacy and more.
This Week in Mississippi State Sports, 01/08/18
Men's Basketball visits Gainesville for a game against Florida on Wednesday at 6 p.m. (SEC Network), and then hosts Auburn at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday (SEC Network) ... Women's Basketball hosts Ole Miss at 8 p.m. on Thursday (SEC Network) and Alabama on Sunday at 3 p.m. (ESPNU) ... Track & Field competes Friday at the UAB Blazer Invite and the UAB Vulcan Invite on Saturday in Birmingham ... Starting Friday, Women's Tennis competes at the Indiana Winter Invite in Bloomington ... Men's Tennis hosts UAB at 1 p.m. on Sunday.
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