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Jack McCarty, a proud alumnus and executive director of development for the MSU Foundation, enjoys sharing more than just investment advice with alumni and friends. His passion extends to sparking people’s interest in a range of topics from entertainment to news. Here’s a sundry of Jack’s latest “top picks” that he hopes all Bulldogs will pass along to others.
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MSU’s STATEwide Impacts | Reservoirs of Hope A team of agricultural and biological engineering researchers at MSU has found that on-farm water storage systems not only retain significant volumes of recycled surface water for irrigating crops, but also substantially reduce farm runoff of nitrogen, phosphorus, and other potential environmental pollutants. By advancing the use of these innovative systems in the Mississippi Delta region, where nearly all the row-crop acres are irrigated with water extracted from the Mississippi Delta Shallow Alluvial Aquifer, the team is helping to improve water quality, protect our natural resources, and enable the state’s largest industry to be more sustainable.
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FOUNDATIONS | Fall 2020
Forever Maroon and White | The Legacy of Louis A. Hurst Jr. (1925-2020) A Poplarville native and 1949 MSU accounting graduate, Louis was a proud Bulldog who generously invested his time and resources to benefit his alma mater, namely supporting scholarships. He gave numerous students the opportunity to pursue their educational goals through a Presidential Endowed Scholarship he created in the Judy and Bobby Shackouls Honors College and another scholarship in the College of Business. Kind, loyal, interesting, engaging— bearing all these qualities, Louis was a great philanthropist and an even better friend whose legacy will continue at MSU.
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