Ļć½¶Ö±²„Provost Scholarships support academic, research, study abroad endeavors of 14 new students
Contact: Sasha Steinberg
STARKVILLE, Miss.āFourteen incoming first-year students from Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana are being honored with Ļć½¶Ö±²„ās prestigious Provost Scholarships.
The annual honor includes an academic scholarship, as well as funding for study abroad. Grants for research or creative discovery and an optional travel grant to attend a conference also are included.
To qualify, applicants must have a minimum 30 ACT and 3.75 high school GPA (based on a 4.0 scale). For more, visit .
Selected from more than 800 qualified applicants, this yearās group joins 45 already participating in the program, which is part of MSUās Judy and Bobby Shackouls Honors College.
Fourth-year program mentor Seth F. Oppenheimer, the honors collegeās undergraduate research program director, said Provost Scholars serve as leaders at Mississippi State and share their passion for understanding, exploration and truth with fellow students.
āWhether it is designing a better way to deliver lifesaving drugs using new classes of nanoparticles, uplifting a soul with new poetry, finding ways to feed the multitude of the worldās hungry with new agricultural techniques, or nourishing the hearts of people with new music, Provost Scholars follow the passion of their curiosity with hard work, diligence and creativity,ā said Oppenheimer, who also serves as professor and associate dean of MSUās Department of Mathematics and Statistics.
The 2018-19 Provost Scholars class includes (by hometown):
BELDENāAbigail E. Grant, a biomedical engineering major.
BRANDONāJonathan D. Bailey, a political science major; and Jackson T. De Gruiter, a software engineering major.
CLARKSDALEāAllyson V. Espy, a computer engineering major.
CLINTONāTanner S. DeYoung, a biochemistry/pre-MBA major.
JACKSONāMary Margaret Mitchell, an industrial engineering major.
MADISONāChappel C. Pettit, a biomedical engineering major.
MONROE, LouisianaāMadeline C. Enlow, a communication/public relations major.
OLIVE BRANCHāAnna C. Salzgeber, a psychology major.
PRATTVILLE, AlabamaāAndreana M. āAndiā Durham, a psychology major.
RIDGELANDāIsaac G. Johnson, a biomedical engineering major.
STARKVILLEāAbigail F. Musser, a civil engineering/environmental engineering major; and Garrett C. Smith, a political science major.
VICKSBURGāSarah Grace Dulaney, a biological sciences/pre-medicine major.
Learn more about MSUās Shackouls Honors College at .
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