MSU names President's Medal of Excellence winners

            Students graduating with the highest grade point averages from each of the six academic colleges were honored at Midwestern State University commencement ceremonies held Dec. 15.  The President's Medal of Excellence winners received their medals from President Jesse W. Rogers.

            From the Dillard College of Business Administration, Marinette Thomas Joseph graduated summa cum laude with a double major in Accounting and Finance.

Amy Overby and Lindsay Rae Tugman, from the Gordon T. and Ellen West College of Education, both graduated summa cum laude with a major in Early Childhood.

            Alyssa Renae Gaines graduated magna cum laude from the Lamar D. Fain College of Fine Arts with a major in Art.

            Melody Dovel Kisinger, a Social Work major in the College of Health Sciences and Human Services, graduated magna cum laude.

            Jared Thomas Smith Pace graduated summa cum laude from the Prothro-Yeager College of Humanities and Social Sciences with a major in Political Science.  

            Pete Russell McElvain, a Geosciences major, graduated summa cum laude from the College of Science and Mathematics.

            Summa cum laude graduates must have a minimum of a 3.9 grade point average, and magna cum laude graduates must have a minimum of a 3.7 grade point average.

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