Celebration at Ring Ceremony

Celebration at Ring Ceremony

Large group of Mississippi State University students and staff pose together indoors, all extending their right fists forward to display class rings, in front of a maroon MSU seal banner.

Photo by Grace Cockrell

MSU President Mark E. Keenum, front center, congratulated May graduates who participated in one of the university’s most treasured events, the Alumni Association’s Ring Ceremony held in the Chapel of Memories. Also honored was 1983 Bagley College of Engineering graduate David Purvis, left of Keenum, who has supported MSU as a benefactor, volunteer and teacher. In 2025, he was the college’s Alumnus of the Year.