Educator commands Kuwait unit

STARKVILLE, Miss. - Mississippi State University associate professor Kenneth V. Anthony is taking on a new responsibility in his role as a Mississippi Army National Guard officer. On Jan. 1, Lt. Col. Anthony took command of the Mississippi National Guard 2nd Battalion’s 198th Armored Regiment - based in Senatobia, Miss. - but nearing the end of a 12-month deployment to Kuwait. Anthony, an associate professor in MSU’s College of Education, has served in the Army since 1991. He also has served as an intelligence officer in a peacekeeping mission in Bosnia. Now, he commands the armored battalion in Kuwait. That unit has conducted operations in eight different countries in the Middle East. In his position at MSU, Anthony teaches social studies methods courses for elementary education majors and in research as the principal investigator for a Library of Congress grant. He also serves as the undergraduate coordinator for elementary education. (Source: Starkville Daily News 01/07/19)