Aero major gets NOAA scholarship

STARKVILLE, Miss. - A Mississippi State University aerospace engineering major has been awarded the national Ernest F. Hollings Scholarship from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The scholarship designed to promote undergraduate training in ocean atmospheric science, research, technology and education. Martin McCandless, a junior from Ridgeland, Miss., will also have an opportunity to complete a paid internship at a NOAA facility. McCandless will go through an orientation with NOAA this summer, and spend 10 summer weeks in 2018 working at a NOAA facility. (Source: Mississippi State University 05/26/17)