Bulldog Recognition
Mississippi State University is committed to helping students on their life-long learning journey. As part of this, MSU embarked on a mission to guarantee that every undergraduate student had the opportunity to engage in experiential learning through curricular and co-curricular activities. The Office of Bulldog Experience worked with the campus community to ensure that after students engaged in activities, they took the next step in making meaning of their experiences by engaging in reflective practices. As you near the end of your undergraduate experience, we would like to recognize you for all the effort you have put into experiential learning at MSU!
To complete your application, you will be asked to identify five experiences that were meaningful and beneficial to you during your collegiate career. These can be internships, volunteer work, research projects, co-curricular activities, or any hands-on learning experiences. For each experience, you will be asked to provide a brief explanation of what made it meaningful and beneficial to you. It may be helpful to look back at your previous Bulldog Experience reflections to do this.
In addition to your five meaningful and beneficial experiences, we ask that you share your Bulldog Journey with us. To share your Bulldog Journey, you need to create a cohesive narrative of your experiences at Mississippi State University. The narrative can be a voice-over presentation, video, or multi-media deliverable using written words and photos or other visual elements. Within this narrative, you should introduce yourself, including your major, and highlight how your curricular and co-curricular activities have formed a unique and marketable skill set. Think of this narrative as an elevator pitch that you would share with graduate schools or potential employers to showcase the totality of YOUR Bulldog Experience.
Video and voice over presentations should be 3-5 minutes long and written narratives should be 600-800 words.
The video below is an example of one student’s Bulldog Journey. It is included to give you an idea of what your submission could look like, not necessarily what it should look like. Your Bulldog Journey should be unique to you and can be a video, as shown here, or it can be a voice-over presentation or multi-media deliverable using written words and photos or other visual elements. You should choose the format that makes the most sense for you and your Bulldog Journey.
Bulldog Recognition Student Submission Example
Applications for students graduating in May 2025 are now being accepted. The deadline to apply for Bulldog Recognition is Thursday, April 17th. To apply, please click the button below for the Spring 2025 Bulldog Experience application.
**Please Note: If you have previously submitted an application for Bulldog Recognition, you will be unable to access the application a second time. If you need to resubmit your application, please contact the Office of Bulldog Experience (bulldogexperience@qep.msstate.edu, (662) 325-0831).