MSU Celebrates Its 140th Birthday

STARKVILLE, Miss. (WCBI) – Mississippi State University celebrates its 140th birthday on Wednesday.

Alumni, students, faculty and staff came out to the campus party hosted by the MSU Alumni Association that was presented by Renasant Bank.

The milestone was celebrated with a giant cake made by Aramark, ice cream, a photo booth, and even Bully the mascot made an appearance.

“Anytime we can get together and celebrate our university is a special day and then the anniversary of the founding of our university on the birthday, 140 years, you know, 1878, it’s just something that’s really neat and so we get together with other Bulldogs and we eat cake, and MSU ice cream to celebrate,” says MSU Alumni Association Executive Director, Jeff Davis.

The celebration also marked the start of the annual online philanthropy event known as Hail State Giving Days.