Category: Back Story

This 1981 photo from the University Archives shows an Orientation Leader in action helping new Bulldogs navigate their first steps as members of the Maroon and White family. Do you remember your Orientation? Let us know about your first introduction to MSU’s Starkville campus. Share...

Jennifer Brown Beasley (’84) – I moved into Cresswell in fall 1980 to begin my education at MSU. My parents drove me up from Hattiesburg which was about a three-and-a-half-hour drive back then on mostly two-lane roads. They helped me lug all my dorm furnishings...

In the fall of 2002, I walked out of Lee Hall with an envelope in my hand, hesitant to open it. Inside was the answer to a question that felt bigger than I could fully articulate at the time: Would I be a 2003 Orientation...

There’s an old saying: “You can’t go home again.” But when home is Mississippi State University, you can. In my case, it’s happened not once but twice. When I transferred from Duke to join Jeff—my high school sweetheart and now husband—at State in 1996, I...

This undated photo from the University Archives shows Mississippi State students registering for classes inside Humphrey Coliseum. At the time, signing up for courses meant long lines, paper forms and a little patience. Do you have memories of registering for classes? Maybe you were racing...

Found in the Office of Public Affairs photo archive, this image from 1998 shows a College of Business computer lab inside McCool Hall. Were you one of the students who studied here? Share your memories at alumnus.msstate.edu or by emailing alumnus@msstate.edu. Include your name, major(s)...

Alumnus career, gift, enable students to find their paths Bill Hudnall has made changing lives his life’s work. As a school counselor, he helped hundreds of young men and women land scholarships, locate jobs and navigate challenges. His work has made an impact every day....

When nepotism policies prevented my return to the Starkville Police Department, where my uncle was a captain, that could have been the end of my law enforcement career—and it did pause it for a year. During that time I sold cars at Premier Ford, Lincoln,...

Found in the University Archive, this photo captures a packed day at Mississippi State’s Left Field Lounge, a one-of-a-kind tradition where fans cheered on Bulldog baseball from tailgates, trucks and homemade seating just beyond the outfield fence. What began in the 1960s as fans pulling...

I recently attended a ceremony at Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, where MSU President Mark E. Keenum, Gov. Tate Reeves and officials from the U.S. Air Force celebrated the signing of an enhanced use lease to pave the way for construction of the 100,000-square-foot...