Mississippi State University conducts a summer school in which graduate students will find programs of interest. Tuition and fees are paid by the hour for summer enrollments. Resident students will pay $456.00 per credit hour. Non-resident and international students will pay $1,155.25 per credit hour.
asÂ·ter. (Äsâ²tÉr) n. 1. Any of various plants of the genus Aster or closely related genera in the composite family, having radiate flower heads with white, pink, or violet rays and usually a yellow disk.
by Nel Newman. Our gardening grandparents may have known Asters as 'Starflowers', New England asters, or Michaelmas daisies. 'Aster' in Latin means 'star', they do thrive in New England (and quite nearly everywhere else), and Michaelmas Day comes at the peak of Aster bloom season.