College Board Gives Keenum Pay Raise

(MSU) WCBI- Mississippi State University President Mark Keenum is getting a pay hike. Minutes from the state college board show Keenum’s salary is rising from $429,000 each year to $454,700 annually. The board also voted to give Keenum a four year contract extension. The cost of the increase is being split evenly between the state and the private MSU Foundation. This is Keenum’s first pay raise since taking over the job in 2009.