MSU prepares celebration of university’s 135th birthday
On Thursday, Feb. 28, the Alumni Association will host a party celebrating the 135th anniversary of the founding of Mississippi State University.
The event will take place in the Junction beginning at 11 a.m. Complimentary hamburgers, chips, drinks, ice cream and birthday cake will be served, while supplies last. Free birthday t-shirts will also be tossed from the stage.
Live entertainment will be provided by local band Big Poppa Strang and is sponsored by Music Maker Productions.
The legislation creating the Agricultural and Mechanical College of the State of Mississippi, or Mississippi A&M, was signed on February 28, 1878. Please join us in February as we celebrate our birthday!