New residence hall opens at Mississippi State University

August 10, 2025

WXXV Staff,

Azalea Hall Photo 1 — MSU PHOTO ID #1: Celebrating a ribbon cutting ceremony for Azalea Hall, Mississippi State’s newest and largest student residence hall, are from left, front row: Julia Bryant, Residence Hall Association president; Vice President for Student Affairs Regina Hyatt; Executive Director of Housing and Residence Life Dei Allard; MSU President Mark E. Keenum; Luckyday Foundation Chair Jamie Houston; back row: James Jankowski, resident district manager for MSU Dining Services; P.J. Pearson, HPM project manager; Ches Fedric, MSU director of Planning, Design and Construction Administration; Student Association President Cameron Cummings; Saunders Ramsey, executive director of MSU Campus Services; Jule Markle, Wier Boerner Allin Architecture principal and senior project architect; and Gwynn Zivic, Mackey Mitchell Architects lead designer. (Photo by Grace Cockrell)

STARKVILLE, Miss. (WXXV)- Mississippi State has a new residence hall on campus.

Friday, MSU opened Azalea Hall, located at the corner of Barr Avenue and George Perry Street. The newest and largest residence hall in Starkville will welcome its first students next week for the 2025-26 school year.

Azalea Hall consists of 412 single occupancy rooms broken into groups of 16 to 18 rooms. Each pod has a kitchenette, a lounge, gym areas, and meeting rooms.

Also at Azalea Hall is the Luckyday Tower, which is a living and learning community within the hall for the university’s Luckyday Scholars Program. The Luckyday Foundation gave $4 million for the creation of the tower.

Mississippi State President Dr. Mark E. Keenum said, “This will be a wonderful new home to more than 400 students who will have an incredible environment to live, study and grow into successful young adults and future leaders. Azalea Hall stands as a reminder of what we can accomplish by working together with the generous support of our friends, and I am so grateful.”