“I realized there are so many types of writing—you can write for a magazine, for essays, for news stories,” said Portia Agyapong, reflecting on her internship in Mississippi State’s College of Arts and Sciences Dean’s Office last summer. “Even though I initially struggled because I was stuck with an academic writing mindset, it was an amazing experience to learn different ways of writing during my internship. I really learned a lot from it.”

Mississippi State University welcomed its first Black graduate back to campus this week, almost 60 years after becoming a university alumnus.

Three Mississippi State seniors are among this year’s recipients of the National Science Foundation’s prestigious Graduate Research Fellowship.