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Starkville High School students take home top awards in MSU’s Martin Luther King Jr. Essay Writing Contest

Starkville High School students take home top awards in MSU’s Martin Luther King Jr. Essay Writing Contest

(Photo by Megan Bean)

Contact: Sasha Steinberg

STARKVILLE, Miss.—Three Starkville High School students are receiving awards for outstanding entries in Mississippi State’s Martin Luther King Jr. Essay Writing Contest.

Pictured at a recent ceremony are (left to right) Don Shaffer, associate professor of English, African American Studies program interim director and Presidential Endowed Scholarship program mentor; Ra’Sheda Forbes, assistant vice president for multicultural affairs and director of the Holmes Cultural Diversity Center; Kinsey Profice, SHS senior, third place; Abigayle Green, SHS junior, second place; Muneebah Umar, SHS sophomore, first place; and ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵPresident Mark E. Keenum.

Each student received a special commemorative plaque. Umar also read her award-winning essay during the program, which was organized by MSU’s Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion.

For more on OIDI, visit ; the College of Arts and Sciences and its Department of English and African American Studies program at , and ; Judy and Bobby Shackouls Honors College at ; and Holmes Cultural Diversity Center at .

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