Gateway Village Vision

The Gateway Village creates an impactful arrival experience to the Lorman Campus and serves as the new heart of the University’s community service and visitor engagement.

Enhanced landscape and signage along ASU Drive bring visitors to a new Welcome Center. Comprised of a renovated Carter Dairy and building addition, the Center provides a hub for combined recruiting, branding, legacybuilding, and community service efforts. Featured amenities include an Agriculture Museum, the Policy Center, and the campus bookstore or a similar visitor-oriented retail space. A landscaped plaza, centered around the existing historic silo, links this complex to new visitor parking lots and the new Agricultural Research Service building. The plaza flexibly hosts visitors and offers views of demonstration fields that showcase Alcorn’s agricultural research initiatives. A continuous pedestrian walkway and bridge connect the Welcome Center to the enhanced atrium lawn at the Ecology Building, catering to events and receptions. An expanded security gate along ASU Drive also serves as an information center for drivers entering the campus.

East of ASU Drive, the recently renovated Product Development Center showcases innovative products made by entrepreneurs and researchers.

Further north, the expanded faculty housing village offers a sense of community separate from the student-centered neighborhoods, where faculty living on campus can enjoy various scales of both shared and private outdoor spaces.

Existing Buildings

New Construction, 10 Year

New Construction, Long-Term Campus Boundary County Line

Bring life to the main entrance with faculty, alumni, and community events

Serve regional farmers with the Policy Center at the Welcome Center

Enhance community partnerships by creating an inviting new Welcome Center and central gathering space

ASUDrive

Exhibit Alcorn’s research to visitors at the Product Development Center and Dairy

Redesign the Carter Dairy landscape to create greater visibility and an enhanced arrival experience

MS-552

AirStripRoad

Bring more visibility to Alcorn’s agricultural research and demonstration fields

Serve the local area with enhanced fire and EMS facilities

Improve visitor arrival with a new entrance and parking sequence