Mississippi State University is ringing true all across the state. Pictured left to right at MSUâs North Mississippi Research and Extension Center in Verona are Sen. Chad McMahan; Associate Director of the Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station, Forest and Wildlife Research Center and Interim Head of the Verona center Reuben Moore; Facilities Manager Tracy Brown; MSU President Mark E. Keenum; Dean, Director and Professor George Hopper; and Director of MSU Extension Gary Jackson.