Contact: James Carskadon

STARKVILLE, Miss.—Twenty-four Mississippi State seniors are new members of the university’s prestigious Society of Scholars in the Arts and Sciences.

The honors organization recognizes top university students each semester from all majors who have demonstrated the highest standard of academic excellence while pursuing a broad exposure to courses in the arts, sciences and humanities.

Those selected for the rigorous screening process must have demonstrated a sound foundation in languages, mathematics, sciences, oral and written communication, humanities or social sciences.

In addition to Mississippi, the 2016 fall semester group represents the states of Alabama, Kansas, Michigan, South Dakota and Tennessee. They include (by hometown):

ABERDEEN—Jamelle V. Vance and Lachelle D. Vance, both majoring in biological sciences/pre-medicine.

AMORY—Reagan Livingston, a biological sciences/pre-medicine and microbiology major.

BARTLETT, Tennessee—Ashlee M. Rogers, a management/international business and Spanish major.

BEAVERTON, Alabama—Jenna Nell Stanford, a biological sciences/pre-medicine major.

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama—Katherine L. Baldwin, a biochemistry/pre-medicine major.

BROOKINGS, South Dakota—Alexis N. Manson, a biochemistry/pre-medicine and microbiology major.

COLLINSVILLE—Ryan J. King, an anthropology major.

COURTLAND—Mary Clay Bailey, a biochemistry/pre-medicine major.

FOREST—Kayla N. Thrash, an anthropology major.

FRANKLIN, Tennessee—Allison Lee Bruning, a psychology major.

GERMANTOWN, Tennessee—Alex C. Hughes, a biological engineering/biomedical engineering major.

HARTSELLE, Alabama—Lindsey Catherine Elmore, a biological sciences/pre-optometry major.

HERNANDO—Daniel B. Roberson, a psychology major.

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama—John Reed Miller, an anthropology major.

LENEXA, Kansas—Elizabeth Macaulay Thomas, an agribusiness/policy and law major.

MADISON—Austin C. Fortenberry, an English and philosophy/religion major.

MERIDIAN—Haily J. Crawford, a psychology major.

OKEMOS, Michigan—Roxanne L. Raven, a political science/pre-law major.

SOUTHAVEN—Andrew Zachary Buchanan, a psychology major.

STARKVILLE—John Dalton Bryan, an economics major; Emily Belle Damm, a communication/broadcasting and public relations major; Sabrina Elizabeth Moore, a microbiology and chemistry/pre-medicine major; and Holly M. Travis, a political science and criminology major.

Learn more about the College of Arts and Sciences at www.cas.msstate.edu. 

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