![Dak, MSU's 22nd live Bully mascot, prepares for Independence Day with popsicles and pinwheels.](/sites/www.msstate.edu/files/2024-07/_G5C2270-Edit-2400x1400.jpg)
Dak, MSU's 22nd live Bully mascot, prepares for Independence Day with popsicles and pinwheels. MSU offices will close Thursday [July 4] and Friday [July 5] in observance of the holiday. Normal operations resume Monday [July 8], the first day of the second summer term.