“Maroon and white runs in my blood. My father attended Mississippi State University in the 90’s. I grew up attending football and basketball games on campus. There was never another thought in my mind of another school that I would attend,” said Ava Rutherford, a 2021 Mississippi State graduate.

Mississippi State University Professor Robert M. West has been named interim associate dean for academic affairs in the College of Arts and Sciences, bringing nearly three decades of teaching, scholarship and leadership experience to the role.

From genetics lessons to environmental education, Mississippi State researcher Lourdes Cardozo Gaibisso is working to make science more accessible for multilingual students. An assistant professor of TESOL and linguistics in MSU’s Department of English, Cardozo Gaibisso studies how multilingual students learn science and how educators can create more effective learning experiences. Through a Design-Based Research and Implementation (DBRI) approach, she develops, tests and refines instructional strategies that help connect science concepts to students’ languages, cultures and communities.