Mississippi State University Instructor II Amy Fountain is being recognized by the Lambda Sigma Honor Society with its Jane Price Harmon Gift of Honor for more than 25 years of service and leadership within the organization.

“Both of my parents, several aunts and uncles, and even my grandfathers attended MSU, so it was predestined that I was going to attend there,” said Bowie, who not only continued the family legacy at MSU, she now is the mother of two Mississippi State graduates.

Mississippi State University historian James C. “Jim” Giesen’s latest book explores the cultural, environmental and economic influence of cotton on the American South and its people. Released this month by University of Georgia Press, “The Land of Cotton: Culture, Landscape, and the Fabric of Southern History,” examines approximately 150 years of history and shows how cotton became more than simply the South’s signature crop.

The Mississippi State University Alumni Association honors a new group of distinguished Bulldogs as 2026 Alumni Fellows visit campus during the MSU-Oklahoma football game weekend, Oct. 22–24. Congratulations to Michelle Barlow Richardson, the Alumni Fellow for the College of Arts and Sciences!

Andrew Wilson’s love of weather has taken him from a Mississippi State classroom to a TV station and now into a hurricane. Wilson, a 2nd lieutenant with the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, is part of the U.S. Air Force’s Hurricane Hunters currently flying specialized Super Hercules Weatherbirds from Biloxi’s Keesler Air Force Base into Hurricane Isaias as it approaches the Gulf Coast.

When Mississippi State launched its 3+3 Accelerated Law program in 2024, the goal was straightforward: give qualified students a faster path from undergraduate study to a career in law. Now, that pathway has produced its first graduate. Caroline Griffith is the first Mississippi State student to earn a bachelor’s degree through the university’s 3+3 Accelerated Law program, marking an important milestone for a partnership designed to help students save both time and money while pursuing a legal career.

Brett Hanley, an instructor in Mississippi State’s Department of English, will read from her debut poetry collection “I Was Your Bird” Oct. 27, 5 p.m., in Old Main Academic Center, Room 1030.

Three Bulldog instructors are the latest Mississippi State Institute for the Humanities Faculty Fellows, and their scholarship explores communication across languages, ancient literature’s influence on sources and quotations, and the contributions of Greek and Roman women philosophers.

Mississippi State’s College of Arts and Sciences communication team came home from the Southern Public Relations Federation (SPRF) Annual Conference with new hardware and top honors. The team earned two Lantern Awards and an Award of Merit at this year’s conference in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, recognizing everything from its Vision magazine to student recruitment branding and a popular cookie event for research week.

Rhonda Hannah, Mississippi State’s business manager in the Department of Biological Sciences, initially envisioned a career in nursing as a way to help people. Her mother and both grandmothers were nurses, and she grew up expecting to follow in their footsteps. For the native of Moss Point on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, Hurricane Katrina changed her path in 2005 as it did for so many.

A Mississippi State chemistry doctoral student spent nearly a month this fall training at two U.S. Department of Energy national laboratories, gaining experience with advanced scientific techniques that can help researchers better understand materials and answer complex scientific questions.

Mississippi State is celebrating the researchers, innovators and professionals advancing knowledge and addressing real-world challenges with its annual Research Awards Celebration this week. College of Arts and Sciences faculty receiving acknowledgment include Michael Nadorff, Amy Dapper, Nick Fitzkee and Dongmao Zhang. Congratulations!!