Mississippi State’s Executive Director of the Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library Anne E. Marshall has received a Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters Award for her book “Cassius Marcellus Clay: The Life of an Antislavery Slaveholder and the Paradox of American Reform,” adding to a growing list of accolades for the acclaimed work.

Mississippi State University’s Department of Sociology will celebrate Social Work Month with a student-focused event Wednesday, March 18, 2026, from 9:30-11:30 a.m. in Bowen Hall 260. The celebration will include the induction of the 2025–2026 Phi Alpha Honor Society members followed by a networking and celebration reception.

“I have always been career-focused through my academic career, so choosing an institution that was highly reputable for broadcast meteorologists was a must,” said Jacob Woods, a 2024 Mississippi State University graduate. “MSU holds that reputation better than any school in the country, so I knew from a young age MSU was meant for me. Once I attended a College of Arts & Sciences Academic Insight Day in high school, I saw how interactive the meteorology program was and immediately fell in love.”