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Bennett Evans
Development Director for the BCoE
(662) 325-0386
bevans@bagley.msstate.edu

Bennett Evans, a third generation Mississippi State University alumnus, feels very much at home raising funds for his alma mater. A Columbus native who holds a bachelor’s degree in political science and a master’s degree in public policy and administration, Evans has spent much of the last five years as director of development for the university’s College of Architecture, Art and Design. Now, Evans looks forward to securing meaningful gifts for the Bagley College of Engineering as its development director.  

After working eight years with the Boy Scouts organization, Evans decided to return to the Golden Triangle area to be closer to his extended family. He was serving as district director of the metropolitan Atlanta area at the time.  

“When I was with the Boy Scouts organization I spent about 25 percent of my time fundraising, but with MSU I’m doing something I enjoy 100 percent of the time,” he says. 

One of the most rewarding aspects of Evans’s job as a college development director, he says, is to be able to identify a need in the college and have that need met by a gift from a donor.

During his time with the College of Architecture, Art and Design, Evans was able to secure a significant commitment from Fred Carl, CEO of Viking Range Corp., for the creation of an endowment for the Carl Small Town Center in the School of Architecture. The gift increased the scope of the center which became the college’s first named academic unit.   

Besides working with MSU, Evans enjoys spending time with his family – wife Heather and two daughters, Adaline Evans, age 6, and Caitlin Harter, 17, who plans to enroll as an MSU freshman in fall 2008.  He also dabbles in photography.

P.K. Thomas
Asisstant Director of Development for the BCoE
(662) 325-2462
pkthomas@bagley.msstate.edu

Thomas serves as assistant director of development for the James Worth Bagley College of Engineering. He assists Bennett Evans, the college's development director, with fundraising activities.

A Tupelo native, Thomas holds a 2003 communication degree from MSU and earned a master's in physical education and sport administration in 2008. For the past two years, he resided in Corinth and worked as a district executive for Yocona Area Council of Boy Scouts of America. Prior to that, he served for two years as an admissions counselor for Mississippi State.

Box 9544
Mississippi State, MS 39762
(662) 325-8573 (fax)

Mary Beth Langston
Administrative Assistant
(662) 325-7184
langston@bagley.msstate.edu

Mary Beth Langston, a MSU alum of '74, has been a part of the development team since 1999. She and her husband, Charles - also a MSU alum of '73, live in Starkville. They have two children and are proud of both of their MSU grads - Kelly, MS '06 and Jay, BBA '04.

Being a Bulldog is part of being associated with MSU, as well as being in the Langston family.

Mary Beth enjoys collecting antiques and working on crossword puzzles when she isn't working with other MSU alumni here at the BCoE.