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Loftin, Wise — From South Farm to the Classroom Freshmen enter college to receive a degree that will enable them to tace the brave new challenges of the hard, cruel world. But some students believe they haven ' t gotten all the education that they wanted in four years. These students enroll in the graduate stud- ies program at Mississippi State, under the direction of Dr. Marion T. Loftin, vice president. Students that wish for another degree enroll in the graduate program, Loftin said. This department clo- ses out the puzzle. According to Loftin, the department of graduate studies counsels students on job opportunities, fellow- ships, financial aid and scholarships. The graduates receive academic counseling by committees when pur- suing a master s or doctoral degree. Along with graduate studies, research goes hand in hand. The department sponsors faculty research in all the colleges. More than 230 students are involved in the teaching program while half of those are engaged in research. When you think of Mississippi State, you think of the agriculture and forestry, the two elements that caused the Llniversity to be founded in the first place, ' Dr. Louis Wise, vice president of agriculture, forestry and veterinary medicine, said. Dr. Wise explained that all three departments are intertwined. The veterinary medicine department keeps the animals free from dis- ease for the agriculture majors. Then the agriculture department, in turn, worries about the plants and for- ests which are the major concern of the forestry department. One of Wise ' s favorite parts of his department is the management of the Mississippi State cheese, and wine facilities. There are a wide variety of majors within Dr. Wise s departments. When students don ' t receive all the education in tour years that they wanted, they enroll in the graduate program, Dr. Loftin said. |f Dr. Wise believes that the three depart- ments he oversees, agriculture, forestry and veterinary medicine, are all intertwined, each one helping the others. Jones, Davis, Lottin, Wise 135
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Jones and Davis — Helping Students and Alumni Funds While the Department of Student Affairs helps provide a healthy environment and service needed to help students succeed in school, the Development Foundation helps provide the material atmosphere for the students. To put it another way, the Student Affairs depart- ment handles the students and the Development Foundation handles those that used to be students — the alumni. The Development Foundation is the fundraising arm of the University. Arthur Davis, director of the Development Foundation, explains that the Founda- tion encompasses alumni and friends of the University to lend their support to the institution in the form of private gifts. One of the major concerns ot the Foundation at present is the Creative Arts Complex. Many projects that deal with the arts are covered by the Foundation. Buildings and offices that have been built in part with the help of the Foundation mclude the Chapel of Memories, McArthur Hall, McCool Hall, and Allen Hall. We oversee a large unit of the University, Jones said This includes 20 departments with a budget ot more than $20 million and a staff of 50 professionals We are concerned about the students, not just in the classroom but also outside the classroom, Jones continued. We usually work through student leaders Dr. Robert Jones keeps rnformed about the concerns ot the stu- dents and the program of the students, by overseeing the areas ot Student Life and Services, Admissions and Aid and Student Devel- opment R Bell but this does not mean that we can ' t get one-to-on with students. Jones oversees the bookstore, the financial aij office and works closely with Dr. Robert WolvertoJ vice president of academic affairs. Whether in class or out, the students are taken caij of by the Student Affairs office and when the profe; sors get through with them the Development Found tion and the Alumni Association will then take theii into the fold. | L.Iv Arthur Davis explains that the ma|or pro|ect of the toundatioij at present is the Creative Arts Complex, 1 .74 Learning
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136 Graduate students work toward tlieir MBA ' s. These students meet weekly tor a finance class taught by Professor Kohers in Allen Hall. Learning Graduate Students Get More Than an Education Skinning catfish, artificially inseminating cows, and fermenting grapes may not seem like admirable or rewarding professions, but to the MSU graduate assistants, they represent a good job and preparatory experience for their occupations after college. The graduate student is open to a world of possibilities for profitable and unusual jobs, such as winemaking, and butchering cattle. Assistantships are not simply oppor- tunities for students to enjoy farm chores or to savor home-made wine. Dr. Marion Loftin, vice-president for graduate studies and research, explains that the pay-off for the student is that he ' s learning the regi- mens and the routine that a good researcher has to develop in his efforts to discover new knowledge, and to apply knowledge to the solution of problems. Therefore, when a typical assistant works diligently to process pork, it is clear to see that his benefits are not all baloney. Computer science ma|ors spend much time in the lab writing and running programs. This graduate class is taught by Dr. Williams.
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