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Credit: Mississippi State University
Marianna Fulcher is among 39 outstanding Mississippi State students receiving 2024-25 Presidential Endowed Scholarships, the university’s most prestigious undergraduate award.
Fulcher, a freshman data science major from Hernando, received the Sonny Montgomery Presidential Endowed Scholarship.
Presidential Scholars are members of the Judy and Bobby Shackouls Honors College and possess strong academic skills, creativity and a drive for success.
Endowment-level gifts for the scholarships provide students with financial support to cover the cost of attending the university for four years. The experience offers a one-time educational enrichment scholarship for study-abroad opportunities, internships or other qualified academic pursuits, an undergraduate research fellowship award and mentoring.
To qualify, applicants must have a minimum 30 ACT/1330 SAT score, as well as have graduated with a minimum core or overall 3.75 high school GPA (based on a 4.0 scale). Recipients are expected to maintain an overall 3.4 GPA in their respective academic majors.
Presidential Scholars can interact with members of the land-grant institution’s extensive research faculty and be part of the honors college’s summer-study program at Oxford University in England, among other enhanced learning experiences.
