Representatives of Mississippi State University, Mississippi Department of Transportation, City of Starkville and project managers celebrate the grand opening of the College View Connector, a 1-mile multi-use path linking campus to the Highway 182 area, Friday [Sept. 1]. Pictured, left to right, are Nic Parish, Burns Dirt Construction general contractor; Jeff Wages, MDOT District 1 assistant local planning area engineer; Travis Wampler, MDOT District 1 local planning area engineer; William Samford, Neel Schaffer Engineering project engineer; Northern Transportation Commissioner John Caldwell; Mayor Lynn Spruill; MSU President Mark E. Keenum; Ward 7 Alderman Henry Vaughn; Matt Dunn, MDOT District 1 engineer; Lee Frederick, MDOT state local planning area engineer; and Les Potts, interim MSU vice president for finance and administration.