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 May 10.  The President's Medal of Excellence winners received their medals from President Jesse W. Rogers.

            From the Dillard College of Business Administration, Jacqueline Marcella Phillip graduated summa cum laude with a major in Management.

Rachel Marie Saunders, from the Gordon T. and Ellen West College of Education, graduated magna cum laude with a major in Early Childhood.

            Ashley Ann Lindsey graduated magna cum laude from the Lamar D. Fain College of Fine Arts with a major in Art.

            Tammy Dee Balkcom, a Respiratory Care major, and Jennifer Ann Renner, a Nursing major in the College of Health Sciences and Human Services, both graduated summa cum laude.

            Jonathan Aaron Abel graduated summa cum laude from the Prothro-Yeager College of Humanities and Social Sciences with a double major in History and English.

Arlen Jay Kincaid Jr. also graduated summa cum laude with a major in Sociology.  

            Rebecca Ann Bulllion, a Biology major, graduated summa cum laude from the College of Science and Mathematics. Austin Ross Howard also graduated summa cum laude with a major in Physics.

            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.