Contact: Kay Fike Jones
Physicist Leslie E. Bauman and senior Brad Sweet of Mississippi State University are among 76 faculty and students receiving special statewide recognition.
Bauman, a professor of physics and astronomy, and Sweet, president of the Student Association, recently joined the others in Jackson to be honored for "outstanding achievement" by the Mississippi Legislature as part of its 12th annual HEADWAE celebration.
HEADWAE, the acronym for Higher Education Appreciation Day/Working for Academic Excellence, was established in 1988 to spotlight individual academic achievement and the overall contribution of the state's public and private institutions of higher learning. The state's business community and the Mississippi Humanities Council also support the effort.
Bauman, who holds a doctorate from Texas A&M University, is a former vice chair and chair of the Holland Faculty Senate, the elected body that advises the university administration on a wide variety of issues. Most recently, the teacher and research scientist headed the university search committee for the provost and vice president for academic affairs.
Sweet, son of Mr. and Mrs. David Sweet of Cleveland, is a political science and history major. Last March, shortly after being elected SA president for the 1998-99 school year, he was among nearly 80 university students around the nation chosen to receive a Harry S. Truman Scholarship. He also is a John C. Stennis Scholar in Political Science at MSU.