MSU and city of Starkville officials cut the ribbon to officially open the MSU Idea Shop, a new downtown makerspace and retail storefront. Pictured, from left, are Michael Newman, director of the MSU School of Human Sciences; Lori Neuenfeldt, instructor of art; Charles Freeman, associate professor of fashion design and merchandising; Starkville Mayor Lynn Spruill; MSU President Mark E. Keenum, Michael Lane, Idea Shop program coordinator; Sharon Oswald, dean of the MSU College of Business; Eric Hill, director of the MSU Center for Entrepreneurship and Outreach; Jeffrey Rupp, MSU College of Business Outreach Director; Karissa Logan and MacKenzie Hightower, Idea Shop retail managers and MSU graduate students; and Jennifer Prather, Interim CEO of the Greater Starkville Development Partnership.