Welcome

Jerome Gilbert

Welcome to the Office of the Provost and Executive Vice President. We are committed to maintaining the highest standard of academic integrity and quality of our academic programs. Our goal is to facilitate the success of our students and faculty in all endeavors. Our students are engaged in learning in the classroom and in countless co-curricular activities. Similarly, our faculty members engage in all three facets of our land-grant mission: learning, research, and service. Our overriding commitment is excellence in all that we do.

Mississippi State University is emerging as one of the nation's premier public universities, one with both a local and global focus. The Carnegie Foundation has classified MSU as a Research University with Very High Research Activity and a university that is committed to Community Engagement. Our faculty and students are addressing the intellectual issues and research challenges of the twenty-first century.

We are proud that our academic programs prepare our students to be our nation's future global leaders.

Jerome A. Gilbert
Provost and Executive Vice President




Message from the Provost

  • April 2012
    Dear Faculty and Staff:

    April will be a month of many activities as we prepare for the end of the semester and for Commencement. On Monday, April 9, Dr. Keenum unveiled the Maroon Edition book for 2012, "Unbowed" by the late Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai. In the summer and fall, we will be planning many activities associated with the themes of the memoir which include personal determination
    and environmental responsibility. I hope all in the university community will obtain a copy of this inspirational book and join with our freshmen in reading
    it.

    I am pleased to announce that Dr. Keith Coble has been selected as the MSU recipient of the 2012 SEC Faculty Achievement Award. One outstanding faculty scholar from each SEC university has been selected to be honored. A process was established at each university to select faculty members with a "record of extraordinary teaching; and have a record of scholarship that is recognized nationally and/or internationally." As a Giles Distinguished Professor, Dr. Coble continues to bring honor and recognition to MSU. More information on the award can be found at:
    http://www.secdigitalnetwork.com/NEWS/tabid/473/Article/233718/2012-sec-faculty-achievement-award-recipients.aspx

    I have been encouraged by the activities of the recently created university Committee on Work-Life Balance. The committee members are working with university personnel to better define and expand opportunities for our employees to manage their work responsibilities with various aspects of their personal lives. I would like to take this opportunity to ask department heads to be
    flexible in accommodating such life events as the birth of a child. I would encourage department heads to consult with me or others in my office if you have
    questions with regard to how to manage such events in the context of your department workload.

    Dean Gary Myers of the College of Arts and Sciences has chosen to return to the faculty on July 1 to continue service to the university as a Professor of English. I will be appointing an interim dean in the near future and then conducting a national search during the 2012-2013 academic year. My thanks go to Dean Myers for his leadership in advancing the mission of the College of Arts and Sciences.

    Best wishes for a successful end of the semester.

    With warm regards,


    Jerry Gilbert
    Provost and Executive Vice President

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Contact Information

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608 Allen Hall;
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Mississippi State, MS 39762

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Phone: 662.325.3742
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