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Former Student Association president Blake Jeter of Brandon (l) and faculty senate president Hart Bailey (r) are Mississippi State's 2010 honorees in the annual state higher education appreciation program. Congratulated by university President Mark E. Keenum, they are the land-grant institution's respective student and faculty selections for HEADWAE Awards. An acronym for Higher Education Appreciation Day, Working for Academic Excellence, the program was created by the Mississippi Legislature to recognize individuals on campuses "who have made outstanding contributions in promoting academic excellence." The program is administered by the Board of Trustees, State Institutions of Higher Learning. (For more information, see www.ihl.state.ms.us/headwae/news.asp.)
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