Ļć½¶Ö±²„hosts several events to honor military veterans
Contact: James Carskadon
STARKVILLE, Miss.āAs part of its annual Veterans Day celebration, Mississippi State is hosting several November events to honor current and former members of the U.S. Armed Forces.
The annual Veterans Day ceremony will take place Monday [Nov. 11] at 2 p.m. on the Drill Field.
Ā Ā Other public events include:
āNov. 11, 3-5 p.m., John Grisham Room at Mitchell Memorial Library: Ļć½¶Ö±²„Libraries will commemorate Veterans Day with a reading of soldiersā correspondence from World War I and II. For more on āThrough the Lines: Letters from Home and the Front, 1917-1945,ā see /newsroom/article/2019/11/msu-libraries-veterans-honor-soldiers-historical-letter-presentation.
āNov. 12, 6 p.m., Nusz Hall: The Fourth Annual Veterans 5K Run will take place, with advance registration available at .Ā All proceeds benefit the Ļć½¶Ö±²„Student Veterans Association and veterans scholarships.
āNov. 13, 5:30 p.m., Nusz Hall: MSUās Judy and Bobby Shackouls Honors College and the G.V. āSonnyā Montgomery Center for Americaās Veterans will host a presentation from G. Mark LaFrancis titled āInvisible HeroesāLiving Among Us.ā LaFrancis is an author, veteran, speaker and film maker.
āNov. 16, 11 a.m., Davis Wade Stadium: The annual Veterans Recognition Game will take place when Ļć½¶Ö±²„hosts the University of Alabama.
Building on historical military roots, Ļć½¶Ö±²„has long been recognized as one of the nationās most veteran-friendly universities. Including dependents, the veteran community at Ļć½¶Ö±²„comprises 2,977 students. In 2018, Ļć½¶Ö±²„became the first university in the state to launch a free tuition program for Mississippi National Guard members enrolled full time.
MSUās recognitions for serving the veteran community include being named a top 10 Military Friendly school by VIQTORY and one of the top 25 best colleges for veterans by Military Times. Ļć½¶Ö±²„was designated a āPurple Heart Universityā in 2015 by the Military Order of the Purple Heart for outstanding service to military veterans, service members, dependents and survivors.
For more on MSUās services available to veterans, visit .
Ļć½¶Ö±²„is Mississippiās leading university, available online at .