91传媒 announces 2016-17 Provost Scholars class
Contact: Sasha Steinberg
STARKVILLE, Miss. 鈥 Fourteen incoming first-year students and transfers from Mississippi, Florida, Louisiana, Maryland and Tennessee are this year鈥檚 selections for prestigious undergraduate scholarships at 91传媒.
The annual award includes an academic scholarship, as well as additional scholarships for study abroad. Grants for research and an optional travel grant to attend a conference also are part of the award.
To qualify, applicants must have a minimum 30 ACT and 3.75 grade-point average (based on a 4.0 scale) or a minimum 3.75 high school grade-point average and minimum 28 ACT with at least a 34 ACT sub score in the area indicated as a research area. For more, visit .
Selected from more than 700 qualified applicants, the 2016-17 group joins 20 already participating in the program, which is part of 91传媒鈥檚 Judy and Bobby Shackouls Honors College.
Second-year program mentor Seth F. Oppenheimer said Provost Scholars have the opportunity to serve as research leaders at Mississippi State 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, the honors college undergraduate research program director.
Oppenheimer also is professor and director of the university鈥檚 Department of Mathematics and Statistics.
The 2016-17 Provost Scholars class includes (by hometown):
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana鈥擶ellesley J. Dittmar, a freshman biological engineering major.
BELDEN鈥擩ames A. Grant, a freshman mechanical engineering major.
BRANDON鈥擳yler J. Etheridge, a freshman computer engineering major.
COLUMBUS鈥擫atonia D. Parker, a freshman chemical engineering major.
GERMANTOWN, Maryland鈥擫ucie M. Henein, a sophomore animal and dairy science major.
HERMANVILLE鈥擧arrison Hunter, a senior computer engineering major.
JACKSON鈥擲arah L. Frey, a freshman political science major.
MADISON鈥擜mye F. McDonald, a freshman microbiology major.
MEMPHIS, Tennessee鈥擲arah E. Claxton, a freshman biochemistry major.
MERIDIAN鈥擬atthew H. Shine, a freshman aerospace engineering major.
OXFORD鈥擶ill H. Jarrell, a freshman engineering major.
PENSACOLA, Florida鈥擩ennifer M. Sublett, a sophomore wildlife, fisheries and aquaculture major.
RIDGELAND鈥擲eth A. Barger, a freshman computer engineering major.
STARKVILLE鈥擩acob N. Easley, a sophomore mechanical engineering and physics double-major.
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