STARKVILLE, Miss.--Dawg Daze, Mississippi State's annual kick-off festivities for fall semester, will welcome students on Wednesday [Aug. 11] and conclude on Sept. 3 with a Midnight Dawg Rally at the MSU Amphitheater to usher in the 2010 football season.
The complete Dawg Daze schedule of activities now is available at www.dawgdaze.msstate.edu.
The 23-day program for incoming university freshmen and transfer students begins Aug. 11, with the 8 a.m.-5 p.m. move-in day, MVNU2MSU, for new campus residence hall occupants. Classes get under way Aug. 18.
In addition to the Division of Student Affairs and its Office of Admissions and Scholarships, program co-sponsors include Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, ARAMARK Campus Dining, Baptist Student Union, Barnes & Noble at MSU, Campus Activities Board, Generation 6:20 Campus Ministries, and the Richard Holmes Cultural Diversity Center. Other sponsors are Inter-Fraternity and Panhellenic councils, MSU Police Department, Office of Recreational Sports, Residence Hall Association, Shackouls Honors College, and the MSU Student Association.
For additional information, contact Lisa Harris, associate vice president for student affairs, at 662-325-2279 or lharris@saffairs.msstate.edu.
For more information about Mississippi State University, see http://www.msstate.edu/.
