News & Notes OFFICE OF DISTINGUISHED EXTERNAL SCHOLARSHIPS Truman Honors at Mississippi State University In 1998 Mississippi State University was named a Truman Honor Institution for our record of Truman Scholar production. The other universities named that year included the University of Chicago, Dartmouth, Columbia, and Claremount. Pictured at right are Malcolm Portera, MSU President, and Louis Blair, Executive Secretary of the Truman Foundation. Here are some of MSU's Truman scholars from years past. From left to right: Jim Young, Spence Flatgard, Terry Turnipseed, Kendall Moore, Henry Christrup, Brad Sweet, Randall Dong, Shannon Nunnelee, and Scott Ross. Our Most Recent Truman Scholars Jennifer Phillips (2003) Brad Sweet (1998) Henry Christrup (1996) Jonathan Amacker (1994) Amanda Stamps (1993) Kyle Frazier (2005) Eric Shows (2004) Erin Bassford (2003) Alan Boyle (2003) Angela Spence (2003) Marc Seitz (2002) Erica Thomas (2000) Jennifer Guimbellot, Kerri Ezell, Sarah Phillips (1999) NOAA Ernest F. Holling Scholarship Recipient Claire Fellman (2005) MSU's first George Mitchell Scholarship Winner! Smith Lilley (2004) Ronald Reagan Future Leaders Scholarships Recipient Edward Sanders (2004) MSU's Udall Scholarship Winners Amanda Grau (2001) William "Bill" Howell (2000) James Madison Memorial Fellowship Winner Seth Rickertsen (2000) HOME — SCHOLARSHIPS — CONTACT US — APPLY