多多直播 Alumni Delegates announce latest winner of 鈥榝ree鈥 tuition
Contact: Addie Mayfield
STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥敹喽嘀辈 freshman MaKenna Currie of Long Beach is the latest winner of the 多多直播 Alumni Association鈥檚 Tuition Drawing.
Sponsored by the association鈥檚 Alumni Delegates student organization, the drawing provides the winner funding for full-time tuition (12 credit hours) at the land-grant institution. Currie, a human development and family science major, is receiving the award for the 2023 fall semester.
鈥淭his scholarship means so much to me, and it鈥檚 still so surreal that this actually happened,鈥 Currie said. 鈥淚t just makes me so grateful for Mississippi State and the opportunities we have here for things like this to happen.鈥
Currie鈥檚 ticket, purchased by her parents Brian and Jan Currie, was one of more than 3,000 tickets sold by the Alumni Delegates. This semester, the organization raised more than $15,000 from ticket sales.
鈥淚 am also so very grateful for my parents because without them, this wouldn鈥檛 have been possible,鈥 Currie said. 鈥淚 can already tell that my student experience will be a lot less stressful as I鈥檒l be able to focus more on all my schoolwork without the worry of college tuition next semester.鈥
Begun in 2013, the Tuition Drawing program is available each fall and spring semester to a Mississippi resident. Eligible students include any undergraduate enrolled full time at the university, and tickets are made available to parents of eligible students.
Jeff Davis, the alumni association鈥檚 executive director, said the program has 鈥渂ecome a proud tradition for the Alumni Delegates because it serves as a way for them to positively influence the college experience of fellow students.鈥
鈥淓xcess funds raised beyond the amount of each tuition award build support for scholarships and priority programs within the alumni association,鈥 he added.
Alumni Delegates serve as links between the 145-year-old land-grant institution and its more than 158,000 living graduates. Members assist with organizational programs and activities on behalf of the association such as football tailgate gatherings, class reunions and the association鈥檚 annual awards banquet and leadership conference.
The 多多直播 Alumni Association anticipates ticket sales in the upcoming fall for the drawing of a spring 2024 winner. For more information, contact Toria Carter, the association鈥檚 coordinator of student engagement and Alumni Delegates advisor, at 662-325-3479 or tcarter@alumni.msstate.edu.
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