The new center will house MSU’s Department of Kinesiology as well as the university’s Mississippi Institute on Disabilities.

Potential 2027 gubernatorial candidate Tommy Duff and his brother Jim recently continued their philanthropy across Mississippi universities by donating $15 million as a cornerstone gift for a new state-of-the-art three-story, 100,000-square-foot facility at Mississippi State University to house the Department of Kinesiology.

As one of the largest academic buildings on the Starkville campus, the new center will also house key programs of the university’s Mississippi Institute on Disabilities, including the Autism and Developmental Disabilities Clinic and ACCESS Program and Specialized College Services. It is built on the former site of the McCarthy Gymnasium.

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