Mississippi State is recognizing 12 staff members for their exceptional dedication to service and contributions with this year’s Donald W. Zacharias Distinguished Staff Awards.

“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.”

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.