Two Judy and Bobby Shackouls Honors College seniors are Mississippi State’s newest Rhodes Scholarship finalists.

Mississippi State University’s Shalyn Claggett, professor of English, is the awardee of the 2024 South Atlantic Modern Language Association Book Award for her publication “Equal Natures: Popular Brain Science and Victorian Women’s Writing” (SUNY Press, 2023). This honor is the most prestigious accolade presented by the association, recognizing scholarly excellence in literary studies and celebrating critical works that further understanding of various aspects of language and culture.

Mississippi State students who aspire to become attorneys now have a new accelerated pathway into the legal profession thanks to a new university partnership with Mississippi College.