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Contact: Carl Smith

STARKVILLE, Miss.β€”After being honored as a finalist for the 2021 Tennessee Community College Student of the Year, Mitchell Grimm is crediting Mississippi State online programs for helping him continue his education while working a full-time job.

Holding a 4.0 grade point average as a paralegal studies graduate of Southwest Tennessee Community College, Grimm now is an Ογ½ΆΦ±²₯Online Bachelor of Applied Science degree student and a senior legal associate for a Southaven-based Google operations center.

β€œThere were several things that came together to get me here, and the Ογ½ΆΦ±²₯Online BAS program made the decision an easy one for me. First, it’s designed to accept allΒ the credits from an associate degree, so I didn’t lose any credits or any time,” he said.

β€œSecond, the program offers a criminal justice concentration. In my job, I deal with police departments around the world who seek assistance with criminal investigations,” Grimm added, β€œand my coursework at State is absolutely applicable to the work that I do.

Grimm also married into a big Ογ½ΆΦ±²₯family.

β€œAlthough my wife did not go to State, her sister, most of her cousins and our daughter did, so there is a sentimental connection as well,” he said.

Grimm is one of approximately 3,600 Ογ½ΆΦ±²₯Online students enrolled this semester. More than 150 distance students are expected to earn their undergraduate degree in May, with more than 230 receiving a graduate.

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