Keenum discusses budget with faculty - STEVEN NALLEY, Starkville Daily News

Mississippi State University President Mark Keenum discussed the need for more funding from the state government and his work with state officials to make that funding possible at a meeting of the MSU Faculty Senate Friday at Mitchell Memorial Library. Keenum said he was recently in Jackson to reveal a new scholarship for student winners of the Mississippi Economic Council’s Student Teacher Achievement Recognition (STAR) program, and he made a point of discussing the issue with Gov. Phil Bryant and state congressmen. In September, he said, he and other public university leaders approached the Mississippi House-Senate Joint Budget Committee and requested a 12.6 percent increase in support for all state institutions of higher learning. http://www.starkvilledailynews.com/node/12721