Mississippi State's Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion is encouraging interested members of the campus and surrounding communities to begin registering for the 2015 Men and Women of Color Summit.

Registration for the Aug. 27 and 28 event is free to all and may be completed at https://www.oidi.msstate.edu/summit.

Now in its fourth year, the summit is designed to engage minority students with faculty, staff, administrators, alumni and others interested in dialogue about critical issues related to academic and professional success.

"Reframing the Dialogue around Men and Women of Color: Academic Success in Higher Education" is this year's theme for the program taking place just off campus in The Mill at MSU conference center on Russell Street, opening soon.