Contact: Phil Hearn
Ten Mississippi State seniors are being singled out for outstanding academic achievement within their respective departments of the university's Bagley College of Engineering.
Majors ranking in the top 15 percent of their individual academic disciplines recently were honored at the college's seventh annual Outstanding Senior Recognition Banquet. The program coincided with the university's fall semester Career Days event.
Each of the engineering departments selected one student. Awards were presented by Dean A. Wayne Bennett and faculty members.
The annual program is sponsored by companies that regularly employ MSU engineering graduates. This year's sponsor list included Adtran, American Eurocopter, Chevron, Diversified Technology Inc., Dow Chemical, Eaton Corp., ExxonMobil, Nissan, Smith and Nephew, Tennessee Valley Authority, and Waggoner Engineering Inc.
The 2003 honored student list included (by hometown):
CALHOUN CITY--William W. "Hunter" Jones, a computer science and engineering major and the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Jones.
COLUMBUS--Nicholas D. Cotton, an industrial engineering major and the son of Suzie Cotton.
ELLISVILLE--Wesley L. James, a mechanical engineering major and the son of Mr. and Mrs. Lavon James.
GREENWOOD--Ronnie W. Robertson, a biological engineering major and the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Robertson.
GULFPORT--Benjamin M. Craig, a software engineering major and the son of Mr. and Mrs. Mark Craig.
HUNTSVILLE, Ala.--John S. Baldwin, an electrical engineering major and the son of Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Baldwin. [ZIP code: 35803].
MERIDIAN--Jeremy R. Parker, a civil engineering major and the son of Mr. and Mrs. Carey Parker.
OAKLAND, Tenn.--Ryan J. Smith, an aerospace engineering major and the son of Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Smith.
TERRY--William E. Fenwick, a computer engineering major and the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Fenwick.
WEBB--Laura Beth Dong, a chemical engineering major and the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Dong.