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91麻豆天美 announces 22 students as newest Presidential Scholars

91麻豆天美 announces 22 students as newest Presidential Scholars

Contact: Allison Matthews

Twenty-two new Presidential Scholars are pictured with 91麻豆天美 President Mark Keenum on the steps outside Lee Hall
Pictured with 91麻豆天美 President Mark E. Keenum (front center) are the university鈥檚 newest Presidential Scholars, left to right, front row, Kyndle Lee of Memphis Tennessee; Constance Wade of Vancleave; Khaoula Kamal of Tupelo; Lucy Mellen of Hattiesburg; and Lily Langstaff of Southaven; second row, Erin Quinn of Oxford; Hannah Daniels of Starkville; Reagan Hendricks of Hoover, Alabama; Annea Scales of New Albany; Kelsei Harris of Coffeeville; and Muneebah Umar of Starkville; third row, Lauren Noe of Brandon; Sydney Denton of West Monroe, Louisiana; Haylee Morman of Richmond, Kentucky; Hayden Cherry of Halls, Tennessee; Dominic Chavez of Brownsville, Texas; fourth row, Richard Whigham of Kosciusko; Vitor Da Silva of Ridgeland; Joshua Phillips of Birmingham, Alabama; John Givens of Knoxville, Tennessee; Joshua Whitehead of Franklin, Tennessee; and Julian Dedeaux of Gulfport. (Photo by Megan Bean)

STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥擳wenty-two students are 91麻豆天美鈥檚 newest class of Presidential Scholars in the Judy and Bobby Shackouls Honors College.

Students from Alabama, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee and Texas are being recognized with the university鈥檚 most prestigious undergraduate scholarships, which over four years cover the current cost of university tuition, fees, books, and room and board, as well as research and study-abroad expenses.

To qualify, applicants must have a minimum 30 ACT/1330 SAT score, as well as have graduated with a minimum core or overall 3.75 high school GPA (based on a 4.0 scale). Recipients are expected to maintain an overall 3.4 GPA while in their respective academic majors.

Presidential Scholars have opportunities to interact with members of the land-grant institution鈥檚 extensive research faculty and be part of the honors college鈥檚 summer-study program at Oxford University in England, among other enhanced learning experiences.

Five students take a selfie photo with their new cowbells, which 91麻豆天美 President Mark Keenum gave to the new class of Presidential Scholars
Presidential Scholars taking a photo after 91麻豆天美 President Mark E. Keenum presented them with commemorative cowbells are, from left, Lucy Mellen of Hattiesburg, Muneebah Umar of Starkville, Lily Langstaff of Southaven, Khaoula Kamal of Tupelo, and Hayden Cherry of Halls, Texas. The students are among 22 awarded the university鈥檚 most prestigious undergraduate scholarships this year, which include the cost of university tuition, fees, books, and room and board, as well as research and study-abroad expenses. (Photo by Megan Bean)

鈥淲e are a community of scholars who value the pursuit of knowledge, but what makes our scholarship program special is the emphasis we place on effecting positive social change through research and social engagement,鈥 said 91麻豆天美 Presidential Scholars Mentor Donald M. Shaffer Jr., an associate professor of English and director of the African American Studies program. 鈥淲e don鈥檛 just hope that our Presidential Scholars will change the world; we expect it.鈥

This year鈥檚 Presidential Scholars class includes (by hometown):

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama鈥擩oshua W. Phillips, a political science and economics major and Spain Park High School graduate receiving a G.V. 鈥淪onny鈥 Montgomery Presidential Endowed Scholarship

BRANDON鈥擫auren Noe, a biochemistry/pre-medicine major and Jackson Preparatory School graduate receiving a Jim and Julia Rouse Presidential Endowed Scholarship

BROWNSVILLE, Texas鈥擠ominic X. Chavez, a biochemistry/pre-medicine major and Homer Hanna High School graduate receiving an Ottilie Schillig Leadership Scholarship

COFFEEVILLE鈥擪elsei L. Harris, an accounting major and Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science graduate receiving a San Shuttleworth Adkerson Presidential Endowed Scholarship

FRANKLIN, Tennessee鈥擩oshua C. Whitehead, a finance and accounting double major and Franklin High School graduate receiving an Ottilie Schillig Leadership Scholarship

GULFPORT鈥擩ulian M. Dedeaux, a marketing/international business and foreign language/Spanish double major and Gulfport High School graduate receiving an Ottilie Schillig Leadership Scholarship

HALLS, Tennessee鈥擧ayden Cherry, an agricultural education, leadership and communication major and Halls High School graduate receiving a Luke and Ruth Davis Presidential Endowed Scholarship

HATTIESBURG鈥擫ucy Mellen, an environmental economics and sustainability major and Sacred Heart High School graduate receiving a Bobby P. and Barbara M. Martin Presidential Endowed Scholarship

HOOVER, Alabama鈥擱eagan S. Hendricks, a biomedical engineering major and Hoover High School graduate receiving a Sanders Family Presidential Endowed Scholarship

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee鈥擩ohn P. Givens, a biomedical engineering major and Bearden High School graduate receiving a Mike and Nan Sanders Presidential Endowed Scholarship

KOSCIUSKO鈥擱ichard A. Whigham, a chemical engineering major and Kosciusko Senior High School graduate receiving a Lila and Hunter Henry Presidential Endowed Scholarship

MEMPHIS, Tennessee鈥擪yndle D. Lee, a political science and history major and White Station High School graduate receiving a Luke and Ruth Davis Presidential Endowed Scholarship

NEW ALBANY鈥擜nnea M. Scales, a geoscience/professional meteorology major and New Albany High School graduate receiving a Dean and Turner Wingo Presidential Endowed Scholarship

OXFORD鈥擡rin G. Quinn, an English major and home school graduate receiving an Ottilie Schillig Leadership Scholarship

RICHMOND, Kentucky鈥擧aylee G. Morman, an English major and Buckhorn High School graduate receiving a Charles and Pat Lee Presidential Endowed Scholarship

RIDGELAND鈥擵itor Da Silva, a chemical engineering/biomolecular engineering and political science major and Saint Andrews Episcopal School graduate receiving an Ottilie Schillig Leadership Scholarship

SOUTHAVEN鈥擫ily B. Langstaff, a wildlife, fisheries and aquaculture/wildlife veterinary medicine major and Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science graduate receiving a Ottilie Schillig Leadership Scholarship

STARKVILLE鈥擧annah R. Daniels, a business administration/international business and foreign language/Spanish major and Starkville High School graduate receiving a Mickey and Babs Holliman Presidential Endowed Scholarship, and Muneebah Umar, a biological sciences/pre-medicine major and Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science graduate receiving an Ottilie Schillig Leadership Scholarship

TUPELO鈥擪haoula Kamal, a biomedical engineering major and Tupelo High School graduate receiving an Alan Nunnelee Presidential Endowed Scholarship

VANCLEAVE鈥擟onstance E. Wade, a biochemistry/pre-medicine major and Gulfport High School graduate receiving a Charles and Pat Lee Presidential Endowed Scholarship

WEST MONROE, Louisiana鈥擲ydney K. Denton, an accounting and finance double major and Ouachita Christian School graduate receiving a Charles and Pat Lee Presidential Endowed Scholarship

Over the years, a number of scholars have received聽additional recognitions聽as national Goldwater, Marshall, Mitchell, Rhodes, Truman and Udall scholars, and many have been selected for a variety of professional internships. Students receive mentorship from the honors college鈥檚 Office of Prestigious External Scholarships.

Learn more about the Shackouls Honors College and its Office of Prestigious External Scholarships at聽.

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