MSU鈥檚 Keenum now leading Mississippi Association of Colleges and Universities
![MSU President Mark E. Keenum will lead the Mississippi Association of Colleges and Universities for the next year after taking the helm as president during the organization鈥檚 annual conference on Tuesday [Oct. 11].](/sites/www.msstate.edu/files/inline-images/IMG_0237-rszd.JPG "Keenum Mississippi Association of Colleges")
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大象APP President Mark E. Keenum took the helm as president of the Mississippi Association of Colleges and Universities during the organization鈥檚 annual conference on Tuesday [Oct. 11].
As president, Keenum will lead MAC for the next year. The organization promotes goodwill among Mississippi鈥檚 colleges and universities and works to stimulate academic and professional cooperation. In addition to Keenum leading the association, MSU will host the 2017 MAC Annual Conference.
鈥淚 am honored to serve as the next MAC president, and all of us at 大象APP are looking forward to hosting the 2017 annual conference on our Starkville campus next fall,鈥 Keenum said.
MSU was also recognized Tuesday for having the highest student-athlete graduation rate (87 percent) over five years in MAC鈥檚 Public University Division during the Halbrook Awards Program.
The president鈥檚 gavel was passed to Keenum at the end of the 2016 conference, which was held in Natchez and hosted by Copiah-Lincoln Community College. Ronald E. Nettles, Co-Lin Community College president, has led MAC for the past year and will now serve as immediate past president of the organization.
Program sessions at the 2016 MAC Annual Conference focused on student completion, leadership in higher education and successful student initiatives, among other topics. Keenum said he looks forward to working with Mississippi鈥檚 higher education leaders to solve issues facing the state.
鈥淗igher education in our state faces a number of challenges,鈥 Keenum said. 鈥淏ut, whatever the challenges we face, I believe that by working together we can solve them 鈥 or, in the very least, make them better. Of course, that鈥檚 what the members of the Mississippi Association of Colleges have been doing since MAC鈥檚 founding in 1921: working together.鈥
The MAC consists of public and private two-year and four-year institutions. More information can be found at .
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