Celebrating a ribbon cutting to mark the completion of MSU’s renovation project at the Joe Frank Sanderson Center are, first row, from left: University Recreation Associate Director Jason Townsend; Vice President for Student Affairs Regina Hyatt; MSU President Mark E. Keenum; Student Association President Carson McFatridge; Associate Vice President for Student Affairs Jeremy Baham; University Recreation Director Patrik Nordin; Wier Boerner Allin Architecture Principal and Senior Project Architect Jule Markle; second row, from left: Ethos Contracting Group Superintendent Wesley Howell ; Ethos Vice President and Director of Engineering Matthew Forrester; Ethos President Jacob Forrester; University Recreation marketing graduate assistant Gianna Esposito; Wier Boerner Allin Architecture Principal Jamie Wier; and, back, additional University Recreation staff supporting the milestone.

Mississippi State’s landscape architecture department marks a new era with a name change, now known as the Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Design.