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 the Midwestern State University commencement ceremony held December 17. The President's Medal of Excellence winners received their medals from President Suzanne Shipley.

Kosygin A. Frederick, finance major, graduated summa cum laude from the Dillard College of Business Administration.

Earning summa cum laude honors from the Gordon T. and Ellen West College of Education were Mary Martha Brady, interdisciplinary studies: math 4-8, and Peyton Leigh Long, interdisciplinary studies: special education.

Christopher William Marten graduated magna cum laude with a major in mass communication from the Lamar D. Fain College of Fine Arts.

Sarah Alyse Naumann graduated summa cum laude with a major in nursing from the Robert D. and Carol Gunn College of Health Sciences and Human Services.

Kristen Patricia Johnson, a history major, graduated summa cum laude from the Prothro-Yeager College of Humanities and Social Sciences.

Angelica Torres, 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. Requirement for magna cum laude graduates is a grade point average of 3.7-3.89.