Alumni Spotlight | Bagley College of Engineering - Part 3
Alumni Spotlight: Steve Creech
For NASA engineer and Mississippi State alum Steve Creech, where you begin is just as important as where you end up. He believes you can start your journey before knowing your destination, especially in your career. “I didn’t know I would end up doing what I do. I don’t think you have to know. Just…
BCoE Alumni Spotlight: Mike Collum
Growing up, Bagley College of Engineering alumnus Mike Collum never saw himself as an engineer. He had other plans, but his mother encouraged him to think about careers that might suit him best. “My mother was the person who suggested I go to Mississippi State. She said, ‘You like electrical stuff. Maybe you should consider…
SHINING BRIGHT: MSU alumni-led company launches partnership with Sesame Workshop
For more than four years, Starkville-based Glo has been making a splash in the world of entrepreneurship with its innovative bath toys known as Glo Pals. Now, through a partnership with Sesame Workshop, the company’s newest Pals will resemble residents of a popular street.
Our People: Rebecca Mathis
Two-time Bagley alumna Rebecca Mathis doesn’t necessarily consider herself a leader in her field, but as rehabilitation engineer with Mississippi State’s T.K. Martin Center for Technology and Disability, she is one of only a few such professionals in the country.
Our People: Rob Wolz
After more than 35 years in the aerospace industry, a return to Mississippi State has been a rewarding change of pace for Rob Wolz.
Don Saget: The Embodiment Of The Flying M
The former MSU quarterback and wide receiver in the era of the Flying M went on to work on the Apollo missions.
Link: Doctor with Starkville ties will lead NFL’s comeback
A Mississippi State graduate will be on the front lines as NFL teams can begin reopening their facilities this week.
Link: From the Deep South to Deep Space: Kossuth, Mississippi, Native Reggie Alexander Says Partnership is Key to Exploration
Growing up in tiny Kossuth, Mississippi — a farming village of some 200 people — Reggie Alexander recalls afternoons with his brother, exploring the galaxy on TV with the Starship Enterprise crew on “Star Trek.”
Link: At 82, professor emeritus Bill Jones still helping MSU crank out engineers
From The Commercial Dispatch: A stack of papers sits on a desk beside Bill Jones’ laptop in his Greensboro Street home in Starkville. The final exams for his 70 mechanical engineering students at Mississippi State University represent, by Jones’ estimate, about 15 hours of meticulous grading work he knocked out between Friday afternoon and Sunday…