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

Mississippi State University has signed an Educational Partnership Agreement with Keesler Air Force Base, paving the way for a Bachelor of Applied Science in Weather and Environment––an MSU Department of Geosciences program that will provide Keesler Air Force members a streamlined pathway to complete a four-year degree.

The successes of past scholarship recipients Haley Meier, Mark Kimoto and Sadie Morris are demonstrative of the strength of the FOX Weather-MSU scholarship program.