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49-753: SSRC may refer to: Social Science Research Center (MSU) , a research institution at Mississippi State University Social Science Research Council , an independent research organization based in New York City Social Science Research Council, former name of the Economic and Social Research Council , one of the United Kingdom's eight Research Councils Scientific Studies and Research Center in Damascus, Syria Synchronization source identifier,

98-510: A playoff series (with the first two being best-of-five while the rest were a best-of-three series). Since the formation of the SEC Tournament in 1977, the Bulldogs have won it seven times, in 1979 , 1985 , 1987 , 1990 , 2001 , 2005 , and 2012 . The seven tournament championships and six playoff championships are a total of 13 SEC postseason championships, the most of any school. Prior to

147-510: A 3-game series of 40,140. More than 5 million spectators have attended games at the venue since the university started tracking attendance numbers in 1976. Mississippi State holds all of the top 10 and 23 of the top 25 on-campus crowds in college baseball history, including 14 crowds of over 12,000 and 42 crowds of over 10,000. Shown below are the 10 largest home crowds in Mississippi State history. Note that nine of these crowds are among

196-666: A graduate of Henderson High School in Starkville, became the first African-American student to enroll. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed by Congress the year before, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was being debated, and the United States Supreme Court had ruled in Brown v. Board of Education (1954) that segregation of public schools was unconstitutional. The School of Architecture admitted its first students in 1973,

245-655: A header field in the Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP) Scottish Squash Rackets Club, based at 10 Malloch Street, Maryhill, Glasgow G20 8TP, Scotland Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title SSRC . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=SSRC&oldid=1204951323 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

294-622: A separate college. This was made possible by funding by Bobby Shackouls, an MSU alumnus and retired CEO, who donated US$ 10 million to found the Judy and Bobby Shackouls Honors College in April 2006. MSU also started a joint Ph.D. program in engineering with San Jose State University in California , allowing an increase in research for both universities, as well as enhancing the stature of both engineering colleges. In March 2009, Mississippi State announced

343-522: A student-run AM station. The student newspaper is The Reflector , published twice per week on Tuesday and Friday. The publication was named the #1 college newspaper in the South in 2007 by the Southeast Journalism Conference. In recent years, The Reflector has remained in the top 10 college newspapers in the South. Mississippi State is home to WMSV, the campus radio station. During

392-564: A total research and development budget of $ 239.4 million, the largest in Mississippi. The university was chartered as Mississippi Agricultural & Mechanical College on February 28, 1878, and admitted its first students in 1880. Organized into 12 colleges and schools, the university offers over 180 baccalaureate , graduate , and professional degree programs, and is home to Mississippi's only accredited programs in architecture and veterinary medicine . Mississippi State participates in

441-443: Is also based at MSU. Mississippi State's local radio station is WMSV . Prior to WMSV, Mississippi State had a student-run radio station, WMSB, which went off the air permanently at the end of the spring semester of 1986. WMSB was a low-power FM station with studios on the top floor of Lee Hall. WMSB was begun in the fall semester of 1971 in a freshman dorm room on the third floor of Critz Hall, utilizing an FM stereo transmitter that

490-514: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Social Science Research Center (MSU) Mississippi State University for Agriculture and Applied Science , commonly known as Mississippi State University ( MSU ), is a public land-grant research university in Mississippi State, Mississippi . It is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very High Research Activity" and has

539-661: Is the Left Field Lounge , an outfield area where spectators can gather and enjoy the games in a tailgate setting, including stands built on top of old pick-up trucks and trailers. In 2005, the Palmeiro Center, a 68,000-square-foot (6,300 m ) indoor practice facility, was built next to Dudy Noble. The facility, made possible by a gift from program alumnus Rafael Palmeiro and his wife Lynne, features an infield practice area, additional training area, and three batting cages. A baseball coaches' office complex located between

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588-654: The Humphrey Coliseum , or The Hump . Beyond the main campus (and the series of commuter parking lots ringing the main campus) are the North and South Farms. While still used for their original purpose of agricultural research, the Farms are also host to newer facilities, such as the astronomical observatory and Veterinary College (South Farm) and the High Performance Computing Collaboratory (North Farm). At

637-742: The National Sea Grant College Program and National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program . The university's main campus in Starkville is supplemented by auxiliary campuses in Meridian , Gautier , and Biloxi . Mississippi State's intercollegiate sports teams, the Mississippi State Bulldogs , compete in NCAA Division I athletics as members of the Southeastern Conference 's western division. Mississippi State

686-651: The Ulysses S. Grant Association, Mississippi State University was selected as the permanent location for Ulysses S. Grant's Presidential Library . President Grant's artifacts are to remain permanently at the Mitchell Memorial Library on the MSU campus. These include Grant's letters and photographs during his presidency, from 1869 to 1877. The MSU library catalogued and cross-referenced 15,000 linear feet of material. Grant's letters have been edited and published in 32 volumes by

735-749: The Baptist Student Union, the Engineering Student Council, Arnold Air Society , the Stennis-Montgomery Association and ChallengeX. The University Recreation department oversees the intramural sports program. There are many international student organizations active on campus, including the Nepalese Student Association and ISA, which organize various programs to educate students about their culture and traditions. The national literary magazine Jabberwock Review

784-773: The Bulldogs. Previous nicknames included the Aggies and the Maroons. They compete in Division I of the NCAA , in the 16-member Southeastern Conference (SEC). Bulldogs athletic teams have won a total of 28 conference championships (14 SEC). Mississippi State's most successful sport is baseball . The Diamond Dogs have won 17 conference championships (11 SEC) and 6 SEC tournament championships, while making 28 NCAA Tournament appearances and 12 College World Series appearances. The Diamond Dogs play home games at Dudy Noble Field, Polk-DeMent Stadium , which holds

833-489: The COVID-19 virus. † Does not include SEC Tourney Record †† Division Champ In baseball, MSU has two main rivals, LSU and Ole Miss . Against LSU, the Bulldogs hold a 216–185 all-time series lead over LSU in a series that got its start in 1907. Against Ole Miss, Mississippi State leads the series 259–208–5. Retired Mississippi State head baseball coach, Ron Polk, was 85–49 against Ole Miss. John Cohen, MSU's former coach,

882-607: The Charles H. Templeton Collection, which includes over 200 nineteenth- and twentieth-century music instruments, 22,000 pieces of sheet music, and 13,000 records, was transferred to the Libraries. According to author and musicologist David A. Jasen , the Templeton Collection contains the most complete collection of Victor Talking Machines from their debut in 1897 to 1930. This collection was valued at over $ 495,000 in 1989. Items from

931-511: The College World Series (2018, 2019, 2021). A Bulldogs pitcher was selected in the first round of the MLB draft 6 times. The Bulldogs play their home games at Dudy Noble Field, Polk-DeMent Stadium. Dubbed the "Carnegie Hall of College Baseball" by Nelle Cohen, wife of former MSU skipper and current Auburn Athletic Director John Cohen, it was the host site of the first SEC tournament and holds

980-594: The College of Veterinary Medicine admitted its first class in 1977. The MSU Vet school (commonly referred to as the CVM) is the largest veterinary school under one roof in the nation. The School of Accountancy was established in 1979. The University Honors Program was founded in 1968 to provide more rigorous course curricula for academically talented students and support guest lecture series, forums, and distinguished external scholarships. The program has been vastly expanded and has

1029-669: The Legislature renamed the university Mississippi State University in recognition of its academic development and addition of graduate programs. The Graduate School had been organized (1936), doctoral degree programs had begun (1951), the School of Forest Resources had been established (1954), and the College of Arts and Sciences had replaced the General Science School (1956). The university was desegregated in July 1965, when Richard E. Holmes ,

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1078-583: The MSU Police Department and the Faculty Senate, was designed by architect Emmett J. Hull . The Mitchell Memorial Library is in the heart of the campus, on the eastern side of the Drill Field. The library has a collection of 2,124,341 volumes and 70,331 journals. Mississippi State is one of the few universities to house presidential papers. In May 2012, on the 50th anniversary of the founding of

1127-529: The NCAA baseball on-campus attendance record of 16,423 spectators, set in a game against the University of Mississippi on April 15, 2023. The stadium has hosted 23 of the top 25 largest crowds to attend an on-campus college baseball game, which the top 10 belong solely to Mississippi State. In 2013, Paul Swaney of Stadium Journey ranked it as the number one collegiate ballpark. One of the venue's most prominent features

1176-588: The NCAA record for the largest single-game on-campus baseball attendance at 16,423 fans (April 15, 2023, vs. Ole Miss ). After finishing runner-up in 2013, the Diamond Dogs won their first Men's College World Series in 2021, the university's first national championship in any sport. U.S. News & World Report National Rankings Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball Mississippi State has won 11 SEC Championships in 1948, 1949, 1965, 1966, 1970, 1971, 1979, 1985, 1987, 1989, and 2016. The first six were won in

1225-642: The NCAA's 10 largest ever on-campus crowds. * 1st round of the 2007 MLB Supplemental Draft ** Taken in the Competitive Balance 1st round of the 2017 MLB Draft *** Taken in the Competitive Balance 1st round in the 2022 MLB Draft ABCA: American Baseball Coaches Association BA: Baseball America CB: Collegiate Baseball NCBWA: National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association † Denotes consensus All-American 2019 Class 2020 Class 2021 Class 2022 Class 2023 Class 2024 Class Only those who coached 3 or more seasons and 30 or more games. † There

1274-460: The Palmeiro Center and Dudy Noble Field was also built in 2005. The complex, which includes a baseball heritage room, was made possible by contributions from former Bulldog players Jeff Brantley , Will Clark , Eric DuBose , Paul Maholm , Jay Powell and Bobby Thigpen , along with sports agent and former Bulldog manager Bo McKinnis . The program has set many attendance records at Dudy Noble Field. SEC and Super Regional weekend games usually draw

1323-629: The State of Mississippi (or Mississippi A&M ), one of the national land-grant colleges established after Congress passed the Morrill Act in 1862. It was created by the Mississippi Legislature on February 28, 1878, to fulfill the mission of offering training in "agriculture, horticulture and the mechanical arts ... without excluding other scientific and classical studies, including military tactics." The university received its first students in

1372-659: The U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, the College of Engineering offers the Master of Science degree to students in Vicksburg . Mississippi State's campus is centered on the main quadrangle, called the Drill Field (pictured) due to its heavy use by the Corps of Cadets prior to the end of World War II. The Drill Field is defined at its north and south ends by the mirror-image buildings, Lee Hall (the original University building, now

1421-588: The UCLA Bruins in 2013, the Mississippi State Bulldogs returned to the national championship series when on June 30, 2021, the club defeated the Vanderbilt Commodores with a score of 9–0 to finally secure its first National Championship title, which serves as the first national championship in a team-sport in school history. This 2021 National Championship was earned in a third consecutive trip to

1470-724: The US Congress, and politics at all levels of government. Among the library's premier collections is that of internationally known author John Grisham , an MSU alumnus who donated his papers to the university in 1989. Grisham's collection, now consisting of over 42 cubic feet, has also attracted national attention to the library. Materials from the Grisham papers are on display in Mitchell Memorial Library's John Grisham Room (3rd floor), which opened in May 1998. The libraries also receive his published works, including foreign-language translations. In 2000,

1519-759: The Ulysses S. Grant Association and the Southern Illinois University Press. The library is also home to the Congressional and Political Research Center, which is on the first floor. This center, established in November 1999, houses the collections of US Senator John C. Stennis and Congressman G. V. Montgomery , nicknamed "Sonny". Their careers spanned a total of 72 years of service as Congressional leaders. The center also provides research materials and information on individual US Senators and Representatives,

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1568-469: The campus radiates in all directions. The College of Engineering can be found mostly to the east side of the Drill Field; to the north are the Arts and Sciences, including Computer Science, and the College of Architecture, Art, and Design (CAAD). Humanities are found to the south, while Agriculture dominates the west section. To the west and northwest are also found the athletic facilities, including Scott Field and

1617-693: The collection are on display at the Templeton Music Museum on the 4th floor of Mitchell Memorial Library. In 2001, a digitization project was established to digitize and provide access to the entire sheet music collection. The project has digitized, archived, and cataloged over 6,000 pieces of music. The library hosts the Charles Templeton Ragtime Jazz Festival, an annual event including lectures and live performance of historic and contemporary ragtime. The festival debuted in March 2007,

1666-490: The conclusion of the university's seven-year capital campaign, with more than $ 462 million received in private gifts and pledges. On March 24, 2012, a 21-year-old student at the university named John Sanderson was shot twice in the torso and killed inside the Evans Hall Dormitory on campus by a small caliber handgun. Three men, Mason Perry Jones, Trent DeUndra Crump, and Duntae Harvey, were captured in connection with

1715-511: The division of languages building, far left in picture below) and Swalm Hall (home to the Dave C. Swalm School of Chemical Engineering, far right in picture below). Old Main was the original dormitory, west of Lee Hall; it burned in a tragic fire, and was replaced by the Colvard Student Union. The largest building fronting the Drill Field is Mitchell Memorial Library. From the Drill Field,

1764-635: The fall of 1880 in the presidency of General Stephen D. Lee . In 1887 Congress passed the Hatch Act , which provided for the establishment of the Agricultural Experiment Station in 1888. The Cooperative Extension Service was established in 1914 by the Smith-Lever Act . The university has since had its mission expanded and redefined by the Legislature. In 1932, the Legislature renamed the university as Mississippi State College . In 1958

1813-635: The far west of campus, one finds first the fraternity and sorority houses, and beyond them the Cotton District and downtown Starkville, Mississippi. The university is also home to the Thad Cochran Research, Technology and Economic Development Park, which host many of the university's research centers, such as the Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems (CAVS) and the nationally recognized Social Science Research Center . The Williams Building, which houses

1862-426: The first of its kind in Mississippi. The multi-day event features seminars, tours of the Templeton Music Museum, and concerts by ragtime and jazz musicians. Formerly the poorly-conceived convergence of five often-congested roadways and, earlier, a rail line, this student-inspired concept got its name from the term "Malfunction Junction", the informal name of the crossroads prior to the vacation and rerouting of some of

1911-637: The formation of the SEC, the program won the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association championship in 1909, 1911, 1918, 1921, and 1922 as well as the Southern Conference title in 1924. The program has also appeared in 34 NCAA Regionals and 12 College World Series . Out of its 12 College World Series trips, the program has appeared in two national championship series (2013 and 2021). Eight years after finishing as runner-up to

1960-406: The largest crowds to Dudy Noble Field. Mississippi State currently holds the NCAA record for the largest single game on-campus baseball attendance at 15,586 and the largest regular season crowd for a 3-game weekend series at 39,181. In 2021, in a Super Regional against Notre Dame , Mississippi State set NCAA attendance records for Super Regional games with 14,385 and 13,971 fans and a record total for

2009-553: The roadways. This resulted in improved traffic flow and ample new green space for leisure activities and events, including football tailgating. Anchored by Davis Wade Stadium, Barnes & Noble Bookstore and the University Welcome Center, the Junction is the focal point of a pedestrian-friendly central campus and a significant gathering place for students, alumni and visitors. It is linked by paved walkways and green space to

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2058-565: The slaying. Mason Perry Jones later pled guilty to murder and was sentenced to life with the possibility of parole. Mississippi State University is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award baccalaureate , master's , specialist , and doctoral degrees . The main campus is partially in Starkville and partially in the Mississippi State census-designated place . Today,

2107-1553: The spring semester the Old Main Music Festival takes place, it is also free to the public, and is held on the Mississippi State Campus. The city of Starkville and the Mississippi State campus have been a tour stop for many artists, including a visit in 1965 by Johnny Cash. After Cash's performance he was arrested, which led him to write the song "Starkville City Jail". Every semester Mississippi State has several distinguished speakers; these have included best selling authors Greg Mortenson and Mississippi State alumnus John Grisham , former United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice , Academy Award -nominated Spike Lee , television science show hosts Jeff Lieberman and Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson . Nobel laureates including Sir Harry Kroto (1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry ), J. M. G. Le Clézio (2008 Nobel Prize in Literature ) and Joseph Stiglitz (2001 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences ) have also appeared. Mississippi State's Greek system comprises 20 fraternities (IFC and NPHC) and 14 sororities (Panhellenic and NPHC). In 2019, 24% of undergraduate men and 18% of undergraduate women were active in MSU's Greek system. Mississippi State University's sixteen athletic teams are known as

2156-523: The university has the following colleges and schools: As of Fall 2021, Mississippi State's enrollment was 23,086. The university has 160 buildings, and the grounds comprise about 4,200 acres (17 km ), including farms, pastures, and woodlands of the Experiment Station. The university also owns an additional 80,000 acres (320 km ) across the state. Mississippi State University operates an off-campus, degree-granting center in Meridian that offers undergraduate and graduate programs. In cooperation with

2205-451: The university's other manicured "lawn", the historic Drill Field. MSU has over 300 student organizations. Prominent groups include the Student Association, Famous Maroon Band, MSU Road Runners, Alumni Delegates, Maroon VIP, Lambda Sigma , Orientation Leaders, 18 fraternities and 11 sororities, the Residence Hall Association, the Black Student Alliance, the Mississippi State University College Democrats and Republicans, Music Maker Productions,

2254-441: Was 8–11 in SEC Conference games and 11–17 overall against Ole Miss. Andy Cannizaro was 4–0 against Ole Miss in 2017. Gary Henderson was 3–1 against Mississippi in 2018, while MSU's current coach Chris Lemonis has a 6–1 mark. The two teams play a 3-game series each year that counts in the SEC standings and one non-conference game in Jackson, MS. The game in Jackson was called the Mayor's Trophy from 1980 to 2006, and from 2007 to present

2303-528: Was a founding member of the SEC in 1932. In their more-than 120-year history, the Bulldogs have won 21 individual national championships, 30 regular season conference championships, and 1 national championship title. The school is noted for a pervasive baseball fan culture, with Dudy Noble Field holding 22 of the top 25 all-time NCAA attendance records and the school's Left Field Lounge being described as an epicenter of college baseball . The university began as The Agricultural and Mechanical College of

2352-410: Was designed and built as a high school science fair project by one of the station's founders. The station's original call letters were RHOM. Later, funding was solicited from the Student Association. Funding was approved, the low-power RCA FM transmitter was ordered and the call letters WMSB were issued by the FCC. The station was moved to studios on the top floor of Lee Hall that were formerly occupied by

2401-796: Was no SEC Baseball Tournament before 1977. Records are for the two team playoff that determined the SEC champion.        National champion          Postseason invitational champion          Conference regular season champion          Conference regular season and conference tournament champion        Division regular season champion        Division regular season and conference tournament champion        Conference tournament champion †NCAA canceled all postseason activities for all college sports due to

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