MSU Spring Graduation and Honors List

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Below is the Mississippi State University GRADUATION List for the 2017 spring term for your county.

Honor graduates include all bachelor-degree candidates with exceptional scholastic averages and at least half the total required course hours earned at MSU. Their specific levels of recognition and the minimum required averages for each, based on a 4.0 scale, include: summa cum laude, 3.80; magna cum laude, 3.60; and cum laude, 3.40.

The academic honors are recorded on the graduates’ diplomas and permanent records, as well as in the commencement program.

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Name	City / State	County	College / School	Degree	Honors
Broadhead, Mary	Mendenhall, MS	Simpson	College of Arts & Sciences	BA	Cum Laude
Floyd, Anika	Mendenhall, MS	Simpson	College of Education	PHD
Turner, Alana	Mendenhall, MS	Simpson	College of Education	BS	Cum Laude
Varner, Temper	Magee, MS	Simpson	College of Education	BS	Cum Laude

4 Students

Below is the Mississippi State University DEAN’S/PRESIDENT’s List for the 2017 spring semester for your county.

Students on the President’s List achieved a 3.80 or better grade-point average, based on a 4.0 scale, while completing at least 12 semester hours of course work with no incomplete grades or grades lower than a C.

Name	City / State	County
Crace, Emily Taylor	Magee, MS	Simpson
Jinkins, Gillian Kaye	Mendenhall, MS	Simpson
Kelly, Tyler Madison	Braxton, MS	Simpson
Martin, Shelby Joy	Mendenhall, MS	Simpson
Shows, Jennifer Dawn	Braxton, MS	Simpson
Turner, Alana Joy	Mendenhall, MS	Simpson
Varner, Temper Danielle	Magee, MS	Simpson
Weathersby, Cydni Tara	Mendenhall, MS	Simpson

8 Students

Dean’s List students achieved a grade-point average between 3.5 and 3.79, based on a 4.0 scale, while completing at least 12 semester hours of course work with no incomplete grades or grades lower than a C.

Name	City / State	County
Broadhead, Joshua Kent	Mendenhall, MS	Simpson
Johnston, Brandon Kyle	Magee, MS	Simpson
Rankin, Martinas Orlando	Mendenhall, MS	Simpson
Rose, Jennifer Anne	Magee, MS	Simpson
Russell, Joshua B.	Mendenhall, MS	Simpson