At Mississippi State University, few partnerships are as seamlessly intertwined as that of Michael and Danielle Nadorff, faculty members in the Department of Psychology.

The successes of past scholarship recipients Haley Meier, Mark Kimoto and Sadie Morris are demonstrative of the strength of the FOX Weather-MSU scholarship program.

When licensed professional counselor and Mississippi State alumna Julie Vence Hepp announced the creation of the Thomas J. Vence Memorial Endowed Scholarship in March 2025, it was more than a gift—it was a tribute.