Two dozen Mississippi State seniors are 2026 inductees into the Gamma of Mississippi Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, the nation’s most prestigious academic honor society. MSU Professor Anthony Neal, a Judy and Bobby Shackouls Honors College faculty fellow and member of the Department of Philosophy and Religion, also was inducted as an honorary member.

Three Mississippi State University broadcast students earned top honors in the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Southeast Chapter Student Production Awards. MSU students received awards this spring in two categories—Hard News Report and Music Video—highlighting excellence in broadcast journalism, production and storytelling.

Mississippi State is celebrating the university’s newest Harry S. Truman Scholarship winner. Evan Garrison of Webb City, Missouri, is receiving up to $30,000 in graduate-study expenses as part of the highly coveted national award honoring the nation’s 33rd president.

Junior microbiology major Garrett Jackson is balancing a rigorous schedule as a pre-med student and full-time manager for MSU Baseball—one of the premier programs in the country. He sums up this season as “challenging, exciting and rewarding.”

Mississippi State University’s Department of English recently welcomed high school students from across the state to campus for the inaugural “English Expo: Mississippi in the World,” an interactive event celebrating Mississippi’s literary heritage and showcasing the versatility of English studies.

Mississippi State’s Theatre MSU is partnering with the university’s ACCESS Program to launch a “Unified Theatre” project celebrating student creativity in a collaborative performance of “Jack and the Beanstalk.”

Mississippi State University student Jacob Uithoven loves acting, singing and performing. When he was cast as the lead, he said he was “super excited.”

Anne Louise Phillips is a sophomore English major who enjoys being involved with campus life. Raised on a homestead in Attala County, Phillips earned a prestigious G.V. “Sonny” Montgomery Presidential Scholarship in 2022 and is using MSU opportunities to hone her skills and prepare for a fulfilling career.

Two senior chemistry majors at Mississippi State were named presentation winners at this spring’s 2024 Southeast Undergraduate Research Conference—an annual event aimed at showcasing undergraduate chemistry research.

Mississippi State University chemistry graduate student Matthew Carlo recently was selected for the National Research Council Research Associate Award to conduct his postdoctoral training at the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division in China Lake, CA.

Three Mississippi State rising seniors—all students in the university’s Shackouls Honors College—are being celebrated for their selection as national Barry Goldwater Scholars.

“We are who we are because we have a story,” said Joseph Newell, a Mississippi State English master’s student whose academic pursuits and love of literature he believes will lead him back to the classroom one day. “We are a product of our narrative, and English invites us to confront and reflect on perceptions, ideas and experiences that are unique to us and give an account of the events that led us to who we are today.”