Five soon-to-be graduating seniors at Mississippi State University-Meridian are to be recognized as outstanding students at the spring 2021 commencement ceremonies on May 3 in the Riley Center on campus. They are among 116 students who are receiving diplomas. The five honorees are:
*April Bonner of Meridian, Outstanding Undergraduate Student for the Division of Arts and Sciences and recipient of the Dennis J. Mitchell Award of Excellence. The 39-year-old mother of two will begin the Master of Arts in Teaching Secondary Education degree program at MSU-Meridian, and will start a new career at Southeast Lauderdale Middle School in the Lauderdale County.
*Jason Holland of Philadelphia, Outstanding Undergraduate Student for the Division of Business. He is a business administration major with a concentration in healthcare administration. A few months after taking classes at MSUM he was offered a job as director of radiology at Neshoba General Hospital.
*Q’Essence Walker of Florence, Outstanding Graduate Student for the Division of Business. Walker is a marketing consultant for her family’s consulting and event services business. She plans to expand that business using the new skills and information she’s learned at Mississippi State, as well as drawing on her undergraduate communication degree.
*Brittney Harrison of Meridian, Outstanding Undergraduate Student for the Division of Education. An elementary education major, Riley Scholar and highest honor graduate (summa cum laude), she also is a Stephen D. Lee Scholar earning a 4.0 GPA throughout college.
*Elizabeth Bennett of Meridian, Outstanding Graduate Student for the Division of Education. Bennett worked in accounting for a few years, but the desire to teach led her back to Mississippi State and into the classroom as a fifth-grade inclusion teacher at Northeast Lauderdale Middle School. (Source: Meridian Star 04/26/21)
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