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

            From the Dillard College of Business Administration, James Keith Rowland graduated summa cum laude with a major in Accounting.

Carrie Jill Maxwell, from the Gordon T. and Ellen West College of Education, graduated magna cum laude with a major in Special Education EC-12.

            Shannon Dietz graduated summa cum laude from the Lamar D. Fain College of Fine Arts with a major in Theatre.

            Shivel Kerstein Burnett, a Radiological Sciences major in the College of Health Sciences and Human Services, graduated summa cum laude.

            Celeste Stava graduated summa cum laude from the Prothro-Yeager College of Humanities and Social Sciences with majors in Psychology and Spanish.  

            Amber N. Baer, a Biology 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. Magna cum laude graduates must have a grade point average of 3.70-3.89.

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