Video: MSU Hits $106 Million in Private Donations, Pledges

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STARKVILLE, Miss. (WCBI) — Mississippi State University alumni open their wallets in a big way.

The university closed out June 30 with a record $106 million in private donations and pledges this year.

That’s $20 million more than the previous record set in 2012.

This year’s donations include everything from money to build a golf headquarters at Old Waverly to money for a seventh and eighth grade demonstration school partnership with the consolidated Starkville-Oktibbeha County school district.

Donations came from more than 1,800 alumni, almost 20 percent of the total graduates.