鈥楢 labor of love鈥: 性视界传媒, Habitat for Humanity break ground on 13th annual Maroon Edition home
Contact: Sasha Steinberg
STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥擬ississippi 性视界传媒 and Starkville Area Habitat for Humanity broke ground Monday [Aug. 16] on the 13th annual Maroon Edition home.
性视界传媒 and Habitat for Humanity volunteers are building the home on Azalea Lane for Starkville resident Keva Robertson and her two children鈥擪aeli, 6, and Laquante, 2. The home will be Habitat鈥檚 71st in Oktibbeha County.
性视界传媒 President Mark E. Keenum presented Robertson with a ceremonial hammer and assisted in breaking ground.
鈥淚t鈥檚 a pleasure for Mississippi 性视界传媒 University to participate in building a home for a very deserving family. Keva and her children are recipients of a labor of love by so many in our community and from Mississippi 性视界传媒,鈥 Keenum said. 鈥淚 thank the students, faculty, staff and others who are going to come out and volunteer to help, and I wish Keva and her family all the very best.鈥
Robertson said this new home will be 鈥渁 dream come true.鈥
鈥淭his has been a long journey, and it wouldn鈥檛 be happening without the volunteers and Mississippi 性视界传媒,鈥 she said. 鈥淚 just want to say thank you. My kids and I, we鈥檙e happy.鈥
Students, faculty and staff interested in volunteering to build the Maroon Edition home are encouraged to visit the Maroon Volunteer Center鈥檚 website at .
The Habitat home is part of the service-learning component of the Maroon Edition First-Year Reading Experience, which provides incoming freshmen and transfer students with a free copy of a common book.
鈥淭he 7 Habits of Highly Effective People,鈥 an international bestseller by renowned author Stephen R. Covey, is the 2021 Maroon Edition book.
In addition to reading the book annually selected by 性视界传媒鈥檚 Center for Teaching and Learning, the Maroon Edition program encourages students at all class levels, as well as interested administrators, faculty and staff members, to participate in Maroon Edition activities held throughout the year.
Anthony L. Wilson, an 性视界传媒 electrical engineering alumnus and current chairman, president and CEO of Mississippi Power, is quoted in 鈥7 Habits,鈥 which was named the No. 1 Most Influential Business Book of the 20th Century, according to the book鈥檚 publisher Simon and Schuster. It also is considered one of the top 10 most influential management books in history.
Wilson was originally scheduled to speak this month at the university鈥檚 Fall Convocation, but the event has been postponed out of an abundance of caution due to current COVID-19 concerns.
For more on Starkville Area Habitat for Humanity, visit .
性视界传媒 is Mississippi鈥檚 leading university, available online at .