Mississippi State University's land grant mission focuses on learning, research, and service. As a land grant university, MSU solves problems for Mississippi and beyond through partnerships with state and federal agencies and working with business and industry. It organizes for economic development through offices like research and economic development that work with centers, institutes, and the Division of Agriculture, Forestry, and Veterinary Medicine. MSU supports workforce development and works with government agencies and industries to approach economic development and support the state's agriculture economy.

1. Mississippi State University

2. LAND GRANT MISSION
Learning, Research, and Service
Learning, both on- and off-campus, enhances the
intellectual, cultural, social and professional
development of students;
Research, both to extend the present limits of
knowledge and bring deeper insight, understanding,
and usefulness to existing knowledge
Service, to apply knowledge and the fruits of
research to the lives of people

3. LAND GRANT UNIVERSITY
Culture
Solving problems for Mississippi and
beyond
Successful partnerships with state
and federal agencies
Working with business and industry
Robust centers and institutes

4. Questions
• How we organize for economic development
• How we approach economic development
• How we support workforce development
• How we work with government agencies and industries
• Why we are here

5. How We Organize For Economic Development
• Office of Research And Economic Development, Vice President
– Associate VP for Economic Development and Corporate Engagement
– Office of Technology Management
– Centers and Institutes
• Division of Agriculture, Forestry, and Veterinary Medicine, Vice President
– Extension Service
– Centers and Institutes

6. • CENTERS and INSTITUTES
• Engineering, Applied Science
• EXTENSION SERVICE
• Agriculture, Forestry, Veterinary Medicine
How We Approach
Economic Development

7. How We Work With Government/Industry
• Associate VP for Economic Development and Corporate Engagement
– State Development Agency: Mississippi Development Authority
– Direct relationships with local/regional economic development agencies
– Direct relationships with regional industries
• Research, Technology and Development Park
– Industry Incubator

8. How We Support Workforce Development
• Centers, Institutes, Colleges, and Departments engage
– Through advisory committees of industry professionals
– Participation in industry associations
• National Strategic Planning and Analysis Research Center
– Conducts labor market data analysis
• Research and Curriculum Center
– Develops vocational education curriculum and instructor training

9. Business Case Study
Mississippi Research & Technology Park
Partnership: State, City, and University
1984 – 90 hectares designated. The property
was originally used by MSU as a dairy farm.

10. In 2004, the park was renamed to
Thad Cochran Research, Technology
and Economic Development Park
Business Case Study
Mississippi Research & Technology Park

11. Research Park - Today
• 11 Buildings
• ~1,700 employees
• $125 million public investment in
infrastructure
• $80 million in private capital investment
Great location for MSU
student interns and graduate students

12. Division of Agriculture, Forestry, and
Veterinary Medicine (DAVFM) and
EXTENSION

13. How We Support our Agriculture
Economy
• Offices in all 82 counties
• 4 Research/Extension Centers
• 16 branch experiment stations
• State-wide diagnostic services

14. DAFVM Faculty
Different Type of Faculty
Instructional Extension Research Clinical

15. Mississippi
Research and Diagnostic Laboratory
Jackson, MS

16. Delta Research and Experiment Station
Stoneville, MS
• 4700 acres (1900 ha)
• 1800 acres row crops (728 ha)
• 200 acres fish ponds (80 ha)
• 20 full time researchers
• 100 support staff
• Numerous part-time researchers

17. Aquatic Research and Diagnostic Lab
Stoneville, MS

18. DAFVM – Business Case Studies
• Patented catfish vaccine and patent-pending
delivery technology commercialized in 2018.
Vaccination increases net revenue on fingerling
ponds by $2000 - $2400/ac, or 30%.
• Development and delivery of comprehensive
auxin herbicide training program, reducing off-
target herbicide injury relative to adjacent
states.

19. State of Mississippi
Economic Development
Office of the Governor
Mississippi Development
Authority
Why Are We Here?