Two Mississippi State undergraduates will study foreign languages abroad and virtually this summer thanks to the U.S. Department of State’s Critical Language Scholarship Program.

A new initiative focusing on Mississippi State’s faculty members ensures they have an abundance of resources and support to thrive at the university, which has been cited as a “Great College to Work For” for nine consecutive years.

“Curiosity is the foundation for every scientist’s motivation to understand complex problems,” said Chandler Woo, a senior chemistry major at Mississippi State. “Exploring the uncharted and finding answers to a problem that has not been successfully solved is what excites me about research in general.”