Make your annual gift
via the Internet

Alumni and friends of Mississippi State now can make contributions to the university in complete confidentiality over the Internet.

A new secure server at the Alumni Association's World Wide Web site is enabling Mississippi State to be among the first universities in the country with such a capability.

J. Mark Hutchins, director of annual giving, said the electronic connection allows supporters to use their credit cards to make gifts. Persons visiting the web site can quickly complete a form indicating the amount and the designation of the contribution, along with credit card information allowing their gift to be charged.

"The secure server then will conduct an encrypted transaction," Hutchins said. "The user has no fear of an intermediary obtaining the credit card information."

The Alumni Association will acknowledge the gift when it is received and the transaction will be indicated on the donor's credit card billing statement.

Alumni and friends can continue to make annual gifts through traditional methods as well, Hutchins said.

The web site server is accessed at http://msuinfo.ur.msstate.edu/alumni/. Users then may link to "Annual Fund."

Contributors to the university's Annual Giving Program automatically become active members in the Alumni Association.