By Nicole Thomas (photo by Russ Houston / Mississippi State University)
SHS graduates Shelby Adair and Kristen Lacy are two of 15 recipients of Mississippi State’s most prestigious undergraduate scholarships, the Presidential Scholar Program.
Shelby, who is studying biological engineering, was awarded a Mickey and Babs Holliman Presidential Scholarship. Kristen, a chemical engineering major, received a John and Renée Grisham Presidential Scholarship.
Selected from hundreds of applications across the nation, Shelby and Kristen join four other SHS graduates – Jack Bryan, Holly Travis, Emily Damm, and Emily Turner – who are already participating in the program.
Shelby, who is studying biological engineering, was awarded a Mickey and Babs Holliman Presidential Scholarship. Kristen, a chemical engineering major, received a John and Renée Grisham Presidential Scholarship.
Selected from hundreds of applications across the nation, Shelby and Kristen join four other SHS graduates – Jack Bryan, Holly Travis, Emily Damm, and Emily Turner – who are already participating in the program.
SHS’s six Presidential Scholars in the last three years are among the most from any public or private high school, not only in Mississippi but throughout the U.S.
Presidential Scholars at MSU are awarded approximately $50,000, which covers tuition, fees, room and board, and books for four years of undergraduate study. Scholars are also assigned a mentor, who introduces the scholars to undergraduate research opportunities and to prestigious national fellowship opportunities such as the Rhodes, Truman, Gates and Goldwater Scholarships. In addition, MSU’s Presidential Scholars Program provides students the opportunity to study abroad or participate in a summer research or work internship.
View more on the 2015-16 class of Presidential Scholars and the scholarship program.