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by Rebekah Goolsby
Mississippi State administrators recently approved the addition of a minor in leadership to the university's curriculum. The minor will be available to freshmen and transfer students and is part of a larger leadership continuum established by Mississippi State President Robert "Doc" Foglesong. (0) comments
Voters elect Johnson SA president
Voter turnout improves as Johnson wins election by 348 votes
by Landon Bryant
Jeremy Johnson won the race for Student Association president Tuesday with 1,020 votes out of a total of 1,692. "I don't know what to say, it's overwhelming," said Johnson, a senior chemical engineering major. "It was a long, long campaigning process. I told myself I was just going to stick to promoting myself and what I wanted to get done for the university and tried to get people out to vote, and they came out." (2) comments
by Dan Malone
A Mississippi State University student died Feb. 16 after being hospitalized for a strep throat infection. Freshman Ariel Brown Brasher, 19, of Charleston died at Grenada Lake Medical Center from complications of pneumonia. (0) comments
Rupp makes secretary run official
Administrative officer, former Columbus mayor prepares for state election
by Erin Kourkounis
Jeffrey Rupp, former Columbus mayor and director of community and government relations at Mississippi State, announced Wednesday at the state Republican party headquarters in Jackson that he is running for secretary of state in Mississippi's Aug. 7 primary elections. (0) comments
by Mallory Webb
Two Mississippi State doctoral students were recently honored with diversity awards at the annual Martin Luther King Jr. breakfast on campus. Terrance West of Meridian and Lokesh Shivakumaraiah of Bangalore, India, were selected for the awards due to their efforts in undergraduate, graduate and extracurricular activities and leadership roles. (0) comments
