Contact: Sasha Steinberg
STARKVILLE, Miss.--Twenty-five Mississippi State seniors are new members of the university's prestigious Society of Scholars in the Arts and Sciences.
Each semester, the honor organization recognizes top students in all academic majors that have demonstrated the highest standards of scholastic excellence while pursuing a broad exposure to courses in the arts, sciences and humanities.
Persons selected for the rigorous 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 2015 spring scholars' class represents the states of Alabama, Georgia, New York and Tennessee. The group includes (by hometown):
BARTLETT, Tennessee--Brandon L. Anderson, a geoscience/professional meteorology major.
BRANDON--Joshua K. Bedi, an international business/economics and German major.
CARROLLTON--Tineka R. Burkhead, a biological sciences major.
COLLIERVILLE, Tennessee--Anna M. Warren, an educational psychology major.
CRYSTAL SPRINGS--Thomas A. Ricks IV, a biological engineering/biomedical engineering and chemistry double-major.
ELLISVILLE--Benjamin P. Stevens, a biological sciences/pre-medicine major.
FLOWOOD--Jamie A. Aron, a political science and mathematics double-major.
GUNNISON--Abby L. Bassie, a biological engineering major.
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama--Zachary W. Anderson, a political science major.
JACKSON, Tennessee--Benjamin S. Vargason, an aerospace engineering/aeronautics major.
LAKELAND, Tennessee--Kylie A. Dennis, an English major.
LAUREL--Leslie R. Howard and Selah L. Weems, both psychology majors.
LOUISVILLE--Andrew T. Hanna, a chemistry major.
MADISON, Alabama--Paul M. Barrett, a software engineering major.
MADISON--Mary K. McGowan, a communication/journalism and English double-major.
MERRICK, New York--Mallory G. Parker, an international business/business administration and French major.
OLIVE BRANCH--Brian D. Tow, a biological engineering/biomedical engineering major.
PERRY, Georgia--Thomas A. Burnham, an economics and foreign language (German) double-major.
SENATOBIA--Leanna S. Warren, a mathematics major.
SOMERVILLE, Alabama--Michael A. "Drew" Camron, a geoscience/professional meteorology and physics double-major.
STARKVILLE--Katherine T. Davis, a psychology major, and Matthew G. Dunaway, a philosophy and psychology double-major.
THOMASVILLE, Alabama--Sally J. White, a microbiology/biological sciences major.
WINONA--Brittany L. Bane, an educational psychology major.
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