MSU Provost Scholarships support academic, research, study abroad endeavors of 14 new students
Contact: Sasha Steinberg
STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥擣ourteen incoming first-year students from Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana are being honored with 幺力视频鈥檚 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 year鈥檚 group joins 45 already participating in the program, which is part of MSU鈥檚 Judy and Bobby Shackouls Honors College.
Fourth-year program mentor Seth F. Oppenheimer, the honors college鈥檚 undergraduate research program director, said Provost Scholars serve as leaders at 幺力视频 and share their passion for understanding, exploration and truth with fellow students.
鈥淲hether 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 world鈥檚 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,鈥 said Oppenheimer, who also serves as professor and associate dean of MSU鈥檚 Department of Mathematics and Statistics.
The 2018-19 Provost Scholars class includes (by hometown):
BELDEN鈥擜bigail E. Grant, a biomedical engineering major.
BRANDON鈥擩onathan D. Bailey, a political science major; and Jackson T. De Gruiter, a software engineering major.
CLARKSDALE鈥擜llyson V. Espy, a computer engineering major.
CLINTON鈥擳anner S. DeYoung, a biochemistry/pre-MBA major.
JACKSON鈥擬ary Margaret Mitchell, an industrial engineering major.
MADISON鈥擟happel C. Pettit, a biomedical engineering major.
MONROE, Louisiana鈥擬adeline C. Enlow, a communication/public relations major.
OLIVE BRANCH鈥擜nna C. Salzgeber, a psychology major.
PRATTVILLE, Alabama鈥擜ndreana M. 鈥淎ndi鈥 Durham, a psychology major.
RIDGELAND鈥擨saac G. Johnson, a biomedical engineering major.
STARKVILLE鈥擜bigail F. Musser, a civil engineering/environmental engineering major; and Garrett C. Smith, a political science major.
VICKSBURG鈥擲arah Grace Dulaney, a biological sciences/pre-medicine major.
Learn more about MSU鈥檚 Shackouls Honors College at .
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