Media - Part 214
Ergon-DTI scholarships recognize four MSU engineering majors
A leading industrial and commercial computer corporation is awarding scholarships to four freshman engineering majors at Mississippi State. Ridgeland-based Ergon-Diversified Technology Inc. annually recognizes academically talented students for hard work and determination through endowed scholarships that the company established in the university’s James Worth Bagley College of Engineering. The Ergon/DTI scholarships vary in dollar value…
James C. Forbes donates to College
James C. Forbes, a 1941 electrical engineering alumnus from Mississippi State University, wanted to give back to his alma mater, and in doing so he has become one of the College of Engineering’s largest individual donors. Born in Tomnolen, Miss., Jim Forbes moved around the northern part of the state with his family during his…
MSU civil engineering students receive MDOT support
Two Mississippi State civil engineering majors are the latest participants in a pilot education program that provides $10,000 awards to qualified students who agree to work as interns for the Mississippi Department of Transportation. Senior Jordan S. Whittington of Columbia and junior Gregory T. Geno of Booneville recently were selected to participate in the Pilot…
Viking donates grill for ASME student Drill Field cookouts
Future Drill Field cookouts by mechanical engineering majors at Mississippi State will feature a new state-of-the-art grill provided by the Viking Range Corp. The Greenwood company has donated a 41-inch stainless steel Viking Professional Series grill to the university’s student chapter of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, which holds campus cookouts each year to…
MSU flight research lab to be designated national soaring landmark
University Relations News Bureau (662) 325-3442 Contact: Phil Hearn Oct. 10, 2003 STARKVILLE, Miss.–Mississippi State’s Raspet Flight Research Laboratory will be designated as a National Landmark of Soaring Nov. 1 to recognize a half-century of motorless flight history and some of the gliding pioneers who made it possible. Glider pilots and builders from MSU and…
Alumni visit campus to share their experience
Marion Harris and Will Bunker became friends while students at Mississippi State University. After graduation, they decided to partner in some business ventures in Russia. While the ventures did not result in financial success, they gained invaluable experience and knowledge that shaped and molded their successful careers. Bunker graduated in 1992 with a degree in…
MSU engineering majors recognized for academic achievement
Ten Mississippi State seniors are being singled out for outstanding academic achievement within their respective departments of the university’s Bagley College of Engineering. Majors ranking in the top 15 percent of their individual academic disciplines recently were honored at the college’s seventh annual Outstanding Senior Recognition Banquet. The program coincided with the university’s fall semester…
MSU helping meet demand for computer software engineers
Computer software engineering jobs are expected to nearly double during the first decade of the 21st century and Mississippi State’s nationally accredited program in the field already is filling the employment demand. With the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projecting that two out of the top three fastest-growing jobs for 2000-10 will be in the…
Piece of ‘poppin’ military history unearthed on MSU campus
Construction workers exposed a bit of post-World War I military history on the Mississippi State campus this summer when they dug up an old communication cable once used by ROTC cadets in simulated artillery drills. The strange looking strand—steel-wire jacketed with telephone-type internal conductors—drew puzzled stares when it recently was unearthed by a back-hoe in…
MSU chemical engineering student wins national scholarship
A Mississippi State chemical engineering student from Clinton is among 15 winners of a national honor recognizing both academic achievement and involvement in profession-related student activities. Senior John Curtis Reed, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Randolph Reed, will receive the $1,000 Donald F. and Mildred Topp Othmer National Scholarship Award in November during the…