McCool Magnolias

A partially open Southern Magnolia blossom is in focus on the left foreground; in the back background a student walks into McCool Hall's exterior doors at Taylor Auditorium
Photo by Megan Bean

June 16, 2023

A magnolia begins to blossom in front of McCool Hall. Magnolia trees, the official state tree of Mississippi since 1952, dot the MSU campus and often bloom in late spring and early summer.