MaxxSouth Broadband recently made a large financial contribution to Mississippi State University, which will go toward the current expansion of Mitchell Memorial Library.
The company kicked in $440,000 to establish the MaxxSouth Broadband Digital Media Center Facilities Fund, along with another endowment to fund the facility’s upkeep.
MSU said in a release the new Digital Media Center will be located in a larger, more visible library area, providing students and faculty access to the latest software, technology, broadcast and recording studios, a Makerspace and a GIF/Data Visualization Lab.
MaxxSouth also provided an second in-kind gift by providing commercial advertising to promote and advance the university and MSU libraries over a three-year period.
"Universities play such an important role in society, so we feel it is our duty to give back,” said Peter Kahelin, president and CEO of MaxxSouth Broadband. “The purpose of our support to Mississippi State University is to maintain and enhance the academic excellence for which this fine institution is known and further the benefits it brings to the Mississippi community as a whole.”