Friday, October 22, 2021

MSU president gets extension

STARKVILLE, Miss.- Mississippi State University President Mark Keenum was approved Oct. 21 by the state college board for a contract extension through June 30, 2025. Keenum is being paid $400,000 a year from the state and $400,000 a year from the private Mississippi State University Foundation. Board President Dr. J. Walt Starr said Keenum is not getting a pay raise, but the board OK'd the foundation to pay Keenum up to $800,000 if he remains for whole the contract. Keenum said he wants some of that to go to scholarships. (Source: The AP 1021/21)

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