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<\/a>Alexis Neely Hundreds of students at Jackson State University can now rightfully refer to themselves as members of the W.E.B Du Bois Honors College.<\/p>\n The Honors College pinning ceremony is held annually to induct students into this prestigious scholastic society.\u00a0 Honors qualifications include a minimum 21 ACT score, a 3.0 GPA that must be maintained after the first semester or the incoming freshman must be valedictorian\/salutatorian of his or her high school class.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a community of people of talent and determination who will support each other as they progress through this university,\u201d said Carolyn Meyers, President of Jackson State University. \u201cIt also highlights the cream of the crop of the student body academically, and academics is our core business.\u201d<\/p>\n She added: \u201cWe\u2019ve got to celebrate ourselves more if we want other people to celebrate us. The accomplishments of our students are worth celebrating so this is just a special part of that.\u201d<\/p>\n The program began with greetings James C. Renick, senior Vice President of Academic and Student affairs.\u00a0 Marie O\u2019Banner-Jackson, associate dean of University College, read each name of the honorees as they were congratulated by President Meyers and the deans of their respective colleges.<\/p>\n After pinning the left lapels of each student with the official Honors College pin, the honorees recited the oath, led by professor of English, Preselfannie McDaniels.<\/p>\n Closing remarks were delivered by Robert Blaine, Dean of Undergraduate Studies and Cyber Learning. He commended the students for what he called being \u201chard wood, not veneer,\u201d and for their hard work and consistency.<\/p>\n Kyren Garel was one of the students honored during the pinning ceremony.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s absolutely phenomenal to be able to be recognized. Coming into college, this is a whole new playing field, and being able to be recognized as a freshman for being in the Honors College is something that is great in itself. It\u2019s an opportunity that everyone should be able to take part in.\u201d<\/p>\n Azaria Edwards, a freshman chemistry major from Jackson, Miss., shared positive views similar to Garel.<\/p>\n A reception immediately followed the program, where students and faculty engaged in food and fellowship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Alexis Neely Staff Writer Hundreds of students at Jackson State University can now rightfully refer to themselves as members of the W.E.B Du Bois Honors…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"editor_plus_post_options":"{}","editor_plus_copied_stylings":"{}","_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5225"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5225"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5225\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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