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MSU GRISHAM FELLOW-Mississippi State art professor Paul Grootkerk (l) is the university's first John Grisham Fellow. Accompanied by a check for $15,000, the honor recognizes an individual who demonstrates continued outstanding contributions, especially in undergraduate teaching. The Grisham Fellows program is named in honor of the best-selling novelist who graduated from MSU in 1977. Stephen J. Waldhalm, chair of the university's Instructional Improvement Committee, congratulates Grootkerk.