The 2021 group of alumni honorees gathered in May for the MSU Alumni Association awards banquet. Pictured with MSU President Mark E. Keenum are honorees (front, l-r) Daria F. Pizzetta, College of Architecture, Art and Design; and Ruth Francis-Floyd, College of Veterinary Medicine; (middle, l-r) Robert L. Barnes Jr., College of Arts and Sciences; Janice I. Nicholson, National Alumna of the Year; and Keenum; (back, l-r) Joffrey R. “Jay” Pryor, James Worth Bagley College of Engineering; J. Michael “Mike” McIlwain, College of Business; Russell W. “Rusty” Booker Jr., College of Forest Resources; Margaret Dodd Taylor, College of Education; and John R. Lundy of Ridgeland, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.