MSU selected for ASF pprogram

STARKVILLE, Miss. - Mississippi State University junior and senior students are now eligible for the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation’s merit-based scholarship that provides $10,000. MSU is joining 35 other U.S. research universities, and is one of five recently added to the ASF program. Selected universities must have undergraduate and graduate research programs with histories of producing significant numbers of professional and academic scientists, engineers, and researchers. MSU is the only university in Mississippi taking part in the ASF program. MSU will host astronauts Charlie Duke and Fred Haise, a Biloxi native, for an Oct. 11 presentation about their space experiences and the new ASF partnership. The event will be held at 5:30 p.m. at Lee Hall’s Bettersworth Auditorium. (Source: MSU 09/08/17)