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STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥擳wenty-one Mississippi State seniors are new members of the university鈥檚 prestigious Society of Scholars in the Arts and Sciences.
Each semester, the honor organization recognizes top students in all academic majors who have demonstrated the highest standards of scholastic excellence while pursuing a broad exposure to courses in the arts, sciences and humanities.
Students selected for the vigorous screening process must have demonstrated a sound foundation in languages, mathematics, sciences, oral and written communication, humanities and social sciences.
In addition to Mississippi, the 2016 spring scholar class represents Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana and Texas. The group includes (by hometown):
AMORY鈥擱idgeland Clay Dabbs, a microbiology major.
BAY ST. LOUIS鈥擟aroline L. Collins, a political science major.
BROOKHAVEN鈥擳erah Winborne, a chemistry major.
ELLISVILLE鈥擧annah V. Warren, an English major, and Zachary J. Warren, a history major.
FLOWOOD鈥擭atalie M. Jones, an English and sociology double-major.
HOMEWOOD, Alabama鈥擬egan E. Spade, a geosciences major.
KELLER, Texas鈥擲arah K. Kleinwechter, a marketing and foreign language double-major.
LAUREL鈥擱obert S. Billingsley, a biological sciences major.
LIZELLA, Georgia鈥擩ulie E. Nott, a mathematics major.
MADISON鈥擩enny M. Cox, a business information systems major.
MURRIETA, California鈥擩ohn F. Bathon, a geosciences major.
PASS CHRISTIAN鈥擡mily M. Farrar, a civil engineering major.
SCOTTSBORO, Alabama鈥擫ogan Chaney, a criminology major.
SLIDELL, Louisiana鈥擬adison L. Buras, a biological sciences major.
STARKVILLE鈥擟ornelia Griesche, an economics major; Christine N. Mazzola, a physics major; and Lien Van Geel, a foreign language and English double-major.
SUWANEE, Georgia鈥擲arah A. Jolly, an anthropology and history double-major.
TAMPA, Fla.鈥擜my E. Pate, a secondary education and political science double-major.
VICKSBURG鈥擜dam C. Niolet, a biochemistry and psychology double-major.
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