Donations | Bagley College of Engineering - Part 2

Engineering alumnus donates $25,000 to support online education

With college and universities across the country moving to online classes in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, one Mississippi State engineering alumnus has stepped up to create a fund to support distance learning. The alumnus and his wife, who wish to remain anonymous, have donated $25,000 to create the Bagley Online Advancement Fund to…

March 30, 2020


N95 masks arrive at area medical centers courtesy of MSU’s aerospace engineering department

To help area medical personnel who are combating the spread of the coronavirus, Mississippi State’s Department of Aerospace Engineering this week donated more than 1,000 N95 respirator face masks to two area medical centers.

March 26, 2020


Scottish engineering firm renews multi-million-dollar software donation

For the third time since 2016, Scotland-based engineering firm Petroleum Experts (Petex) has donated software to the Swalm School of Chemical Engineering at Mississippi State University. Petroleum Experts made their first software donation to Mississippi State in the fall of 2016 before adding a second donation in 2018. In addition to supporting the Bagley College…

December 18, 2019


Chevron, Mississippi State team up to support STEM education

Chevron and Mississippi State University’s Bagley College of Engineering have partnered in a new educational program designed to help increase students who pursue Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (S.T.E.M.) educational opportunities. Known as CREATE, which stands for Chevron’s Reaching Excellence, Accelerating and Transforming Engineers, the innovative and comprehensive program will also help develop a pathway…

November 18, 2019


Mechanical engineering unveils new student leadership suite

Mississippi State University’s department of mechanical engineering officially unveiled its new student leadership suite on Monday, September 16. Created thanks to a $250,000 donation from GTI, the new Edward “Eddie” Johnston Student Leadership Suite provides meeting and presentation space for mechanical engineering student leaders from groups such as the ME Ambassadors, the American Society of…

September 16, 2019


Mechanical Engineering receives gift from GTI

A gift from GTI, a leading independent research, development, and training organization addressing global energy and environmental challenges, will soon support student leaders and an undergraduate seminar series in Mississippi State University’s mechanical engineering department. The $250,000 donation is in memory of former Bagley College of Engineering student Eddie Johnston and will support the Edward…

March 18, 2019


Collective support enhances high voltage lab at MSU

Electric Cooperatives of Mississippi, headquartered in Ridgeland, is benefitting Mississippi State’s James Worth Bagley College of Engineering through a $300,000 lead gift for updates to the Paul B. Jacob High Voltage Laboratory.

January 10, 2019


High voltage laboratory gains Entergy Mississippi support

Generous support from Entergy Mississippi of Jackson will enhance the Paul B. Jacob High Voltage Laboratory in the James Worth Bagley College of Engineering at Mississippi State University.

December 12, 2018


MSU breaks ground on Richard A. Rula Engineering and Science Complex

Construction on the Richard A. Rula Engineering and Science Complex at Mississippi State University is officially underway after today’s [Dec. 7] groundbreaking ceremony on the MSU campus.

December 7, 2018


We’re competing against our fellow conference members in the SEC Engineering Challenge, and we need your help.

November 21, 2018