Latest Society of Scholars inductees feature local faces

SDN Staff Report

Mississippi State saw 24 seniors and May graduates named as the most recent inductees of the university's prestigious Society of Scholars in the Arts and Sciences.

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

MSU says those selected have demonstrated a sound foundation in languages, mathematics, science, oral and written communication, humanities and social sciences.

Inductees include, by hometown:

Brandon —Megan E. DeLisle, a May summa cum laude graduate with degrees in political science and mathematics; Lily A. Hebert, an English and psychology double major; and Samuel Douglas Ozier, a May summa cum laude chemical engineering graduate.

Collinsville —Benjamin Derek Pace, a May summa cum laude biological sciences/pre-dental graduate.

Dumas —Anna Catherine Fryar – a May summa cum laude biological sciences/pre-medicine graduate.

Dyersburg, Tennessee—Anne Larrah Johnson, a biochemistry/pre-dental major.

Enterprise—Madison M. Smith, a May summa cum laude microbiology graduate.

Flower Mound, Texas—Madison cum laude microbiology graduate.

Franklin, Tennessee—Kali M. Hicks, a communication/public relations and foreign language/Spanish double major.

Friendswood, Texas—Olivia C. Williams, a chemical engineering major.

Hattiesburg — Keirston M. Murphy, a May summa cum laude graduate with degrees in criminology and communication/theatre. Anne Rice, a May summa

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