Mississippi State welcomes British Consul General to campus
![MSU President Mark E. Keenum presents a cowbell to British Consul General to the Southeast U.S. Rachel Galloway during her visit to Mississippi State Wednesday [Feb. 25].](/sites/www.msstate.edu/files/styles/msstatedrupal_large/public/2026-02/Galloway_Rachel_Dr_Keenum_20260225_GC8_7886%20%281%29.jpg?itok=pBzp3QWF)
Contact: Harriet Laird
STARKVILLE, Miss.—British Consul General to the Southeast U.S. Rachel Galloway visited Mississippi State today [Feb. 25] for a discussion with university President Mark E. Keenum on leadership and shared U.K.-American cultural and education connections, including the highly coveted Marshall Scholarship.
![British Consul General to the Southeast U.S. Rachel Galloway speaks to Judy and Bobby Shackouls Honors College students about the Marshall Scholarship program during her visit to Mississippi State Wednesday [Feb. 25].](/sites/www.msstate.edu/files/styles/msstatedrupal_large/public/2026-02/Galloway_Rachel_Marshall_Scholarship_20260225_GC8_7657_HALF.jpg?itok=glSPBIJ4)
Their meeting followed a day of tours and talks across campus for the Consulate who viewed MSU’s Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library, Raspet Flight Research Laboratory and the Advanced Composites Institute, ending the day in talks with several of the state’s aerospace and defense company leaders.
Galloway also took part in a Shackouls Honors College Lunch and Learn where she reminded students and faculty of her country’s Marshall Scholarship opportunity. The prestigious program pays for up to 50 select American graduate students to study at a U.K. university each year. MSU 2024 biological sciences graduate Madison Brode of Memphis, Tennessee, was the university’s first Marshall recipient in 2023. The honors college annually provides pathways for students to excel in global study, leadership and service, and the university’s Office of Prestigious External Scholarships supports MSU students applying for nationally and internationally competitive scholarships and fellowships.
A former ambassador to the Republic of North Macedonia, Galloway began serving as Consul General in Atlanta, Georgia, in 2022. She is one of seven U.K. consuls general in the U.S., not including the country’s embassy in Washington, D.C.
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