Mississippi State announces fall 2017 Society of Scholars class
Contact: James Carskadon
STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥擳wenty-three Mississippi State seniors are new members of the university鈥檚 prestigious Society of Scholars in the Arts and Sciences.
The honors organization recognizes top university students each semester from all majors who have demonstrated the highest standard of academic excellence while pursuing a broad exposure to courses in the arts, sciences and humanities.
Those selected for the rigorous screening process must have demonstrated a sound foundation in languages, mathematics, sciences, oral and written communication, humanities or social sciences.
In addition to Mississippi, the 2017 fall semester group represents the states of Alabama, Florida, Illinois, Louisiana and Tennessee. They include (by hometown):
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana鈥擡rin O鈥橯uinn, a mechanical engineering major.
BELDEN鈥擬egan Pirkle, an English major.
BILOXI鈥擲arah Wooden, a marketing major.
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama鈥擠avid Sides, a business administration major.
BROOKHAVEN鈥擫indsey Winborne, a chemistry major.
COLLIERVILLE, Tennessee鈥擬ary Ann Smith, a microbiology major.
CORINTH鈥擪atie Jones, a biological sciences major.
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama鈥擫ily Brooks, a biochemistry major.
MADISON鈥擶esley Dillard, a biological sciences major; and Terranecia 鈥淏ria鈥 Henderson, a communication major.
MUNFORD, Tennessee鈥擬eghan Brino, a biological sciences major.
MURFREESBORO, Tennessee鈥擟aroline MacDonald, a geosciences major.
PANAMA CITY BEACH, Florida鈥擫aura Herring, a management major.
PIPERTON, Tennessee鈥擩ohn Cole Gwin, a chemistry major.
RIDGELAND鈥擜lexandra Wedderstrand, a psychology major.
SHALIMAR, Florida鈥擪yle Winston, a microbiology major.
SHANNON鈥擜livia Roberts, a communication major.
STARKVILLE鈥擩eremy Burt, a chemistry major; Alexandra "Alex" Mazzola, a biological sciences major; and Kelley Mazzola, a history major.
SULLIGENT, Alabama鈥擜utumn Sizemore, a history major.
WATERLOO, Illinois鈥擪ennedy Moehrs, a political science major.
YAZOO CITY鈥擱uschewski Ragland, a mathematics major.
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