Driving the First Nail

President Keenum using a hammer to drive the first nail on the new Habitat for Humanity house.
Photo by Beth Wynn

August 11, 2017

Mississippi State University President Mark E. Keenum drives the first nail of the ninth Maroon Edition Habitat for Humanity home as Starkville Area Habitat for Humanity Construction Supervisor John Breazeale looks on. The Maroon Edition home will be built by MSU and Habitat for Humanity volunteers this fall for Habitat partner Kareema Gillon and her two children.