Visit Us

Visit Us

If you are a prospective MA student, please feel free to visit us! We would be happy to welcome you to Mississippi State University and show you around. Please contact the Office of the Graduate School at MSU and the AMEC Graduate Coordinator (Grad@anthro.msstate.edu) to set up your visit.

We will also have a two-day, in-person and on-campus visit on January 16th to 17th 2025 for prospective graduate students to meet faculty and current students and tour the campus and program facilities. The in-person visit for prospective MA students will start with dinner in Starkville on January 16th (arrive on January 16th) and conclude with dinner after a full day of on-campus in-persona activities on January 17th (depart on January 18th, no scheduled activities on this day). You can find the schedule for the event below. 

If you plan to attend this in-person and on-campus visit, please email the AMEC Graduate Coordinator (Grad@anthro.msstate.edu) by or before January 13^th 2025.

We are also offering mini-travel grants to partially support the cost of travel to MSU and Starkville for the in-person visit (January 16th - 18th) to students with financial need. You can apply here.

If you have any questions about attending the two-day visit or visiting campus at another time, please get in touch with the AMEC Graduate Coordinator by email, Grad@anthro.msstate.edu or by phone at (662) 325-2013.

If you are an international prospective student or are unable to visit MSU in person at this time, we will have three online 'open houses' for the graduate program in January and early February. In each open house, you will be able to meet AMEC faculty and current MA students and ask questions about the MA program, MSU, and life in Starkville.

Open House 1: Wednesday, January 15^th 2025, 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm CST (US)
Join the meeting (via Webex): https://msstate.webex.com/msstate/j.php?MTID=ma4c1bdc55ad09c93682faac3dd83e44e
Meeting number (access code): 2630 392 1310
Meeting password: TUbvrMXp265

Open House 2: Friday, January 31^st 2025, 10:00 am – 11:00 am CST (US)
Join the meeting (via Webex): https://msstate.webex.com/msstate/j.php?MTID=ma745437d218472d6f0b61f5e63adb8ec

Meeting number (access code): 2864 715 5099
Meeting password: 593nB7u23ca

Open House 3: Monday, February 10^th 2025, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm CST (US)
Join the meeting (via Webex): https://msstate.webex.com/msstate/j.php?MTID=m89dd7a32ec6ce00535cedf709b2891ee
Meeting number (access code): 2863 269 5507
Meeting password: KcDa33pTP2s

We look forward to seeing you in one of these open houses, hearing your interests, answering your questions, and introducing you to our faculty, current MA students, and our graduate program!

You can use a world clock to figure out what time our open houses are in your time zone.

Itinerary: Prospective Grad Student Visit

If you plan to attend this event, please email the AMEC Graduate Coordinator, Grad@anthro.msstate.edu by or before January 13^th 2025.

Thursday, January 16^th 2025

• Arrivals
• Dinner, location: El Veracruz, 6:00 PM
  
  • Address: 1275 Stark Rd, Starkville, MS 39759
  • Prospective MA students, current MA students, AMEC staff, Cobb staff, and AMEC faculty are invited to attend. This is a chance to meet people informally prior to the official activities on Friday. Appetizers will be covered by AMEC; Prospective MA students, current MA students and faculty are responsible for their own meals and beverages. 

Friday, January 17^th 2025

Saturday, January 18^th

• Departures.