Students will have access to free e-mail accounts. The residence halls also offer eight computer laboratories. Two residence halls, Suttle and Hathorn, now house satellite stations of the University Police Department, where students who live on campus can meet with officers and get information. The MSU Bike Patrol now is located in Suttle Hall. An on-campus apartment complex now in the planning stages is scheduled for completion in fall 2000.
Renovations are on the drawing boards for three residence halls.
The Hamlin Hall renovations will include the creation of some two-bedroom apartments. Plans are under way to expand and renovate Colvard Union. Enrollment has more than doubled since the student center was constructed in 1964, and the university today sponsors almost 300 student organizations. The 150,000 square-foot facility, the largest of its kind in the state, includes areas for swimming, basketball, volleyball, racquetball, badminton, weightlifting, rock climbing, and jogging, among others. Mississippi State has one of the highest student participation rates for intramural sports in the Southeast.