Thirteen new honorees were inducted into The University of Southern Mississippi’s (USM) Graduate Student Hall of Fame during a special ceremony held Tuesday, April 2 on the Hattiesburg campus. As part of the celebration, portraits for each of the inductees were unveiled at McCain Library.
Dr. Karen Coats, USM Graduate School dean, points out that the annual unveiling ceremony is always scheduled intentionally during the first week of April as a part of Graduate Student Appreciation Week, a week devoted to recognizing the contributions of graduate students to the teaching, research, and service mission of universities across the nation.
“The Graduate Student Hall of Fame spotlights the best of graduate education at Southern Miss - our most talented students,” said Coats. “The thirteen inductees honored this year represent the four academic colleges and the Graduate School as exemplars of excellence in academic performance, research or creative productivity, and character.”
Photographed in their research or creative setting, the students characterize the breadth of scholarship performed as a part of graduate degree programs at the University.
“Each portrait will be displayed for one year in the second floor breezeway of McCain Library, allowing all who visit the Graduate School the opportunity to celebrate the accomplishments of our outstanding students,” said Coats.
Honorees include:
-Andrea E. Blake, Hattiesburg, Miss.
-Morgan Watkins Bradwell, Montgomery, Ala.
-Ashleigh N. Bristol, Biloxi, Miss.
-Mitch Brown, Mentor, Ohio
-William Hunter Holt, Breckenridge, Texas
-Mollie Clair McKay Johnson, Philadelphia, Miss.
-Elise Jordan Juergens, Mandeville, La.
-Zoe Livengood, Ashville, Ohio
-Jessica Kay Nelson, Ashland, Miss.
-Josh Spivey, Lake, Miss.
-Mary A. Stephens, Soperton, Ga.
-Laura M. Whitmore, Palmer, Alaska
-Leah Danielle Williams, Waynesboro, Miss.