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Family, staff, faculty and students all gathered in the Rose E. McCoy Auditorium to celebrate the array of academic achievements. The honorees included students who made Fall 2018 President\u2019s List, Dean\u2019s List, all Honor Society Inductees, Breakfast of Champions, and All-SWAC members.<\/p>\n
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Gabrielle Baker, Miss Jackson State University 2018-2019, expressed how she felt about being a part of the convocation.<\/p>\n
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\u201cHonors Convocation lets me know that Jackson State will forever produce greatness and that I stand amongst the best of THEE best,\u201d said Baker.<\/p>\n
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After words of encouragement by Baker, Student Government Association President La\u2019Curtis Powell, and laughs and smiles from President William B. Bynum, each group of scholars were called out for a round of applause and awarded with an honors medal at the end of the ceremony.<\/p>\n
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Christa Nicosia, a junior graphic design from Chicago, Ill., was excited about her award.<\/p>\n
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\u201cCollege is expensive and not easy at all. We all face different trials and tribulations, and I know I surely have during this school year. However, to be able to say that I still did well, and that I maintained a GPA above a 3.0 makes me proud. There\u2019s nothing I want more than to be successful. I thank Jackson State for giving me the opportunity to do that,\u201d said Nicosia.<\/p>\n
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Laura Pitts, a senior music major from Jackson, Miss., was also one of the many people who were recognized. With graduation approaching in May, Pitts is departing with a 4.0 GPA that she\u2019s maintained during her journey at JSU.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI\u2019ve always been a perfectionist and I\u2019ve never liked to do any less than I know I could be,\u201d said Pitts. \u201cThat led to me always making sure to stay on top of myself and my studies,\u201d said Pitts.<\/p>\n
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Pitts was not the only one to have achieved such high academic recognition. Kingsley Bimpeh, a graduating senior majoring in chemistry also maintained a 4.0 during his tenure.<\/p>\n
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Originally from Ghana, he explained how he stayed focused and what kept him going.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI\u2019m very excited to be starting the next phase of my life, I\u2019ll be going back to get my master\u2019s degree in the fall at the University of Georgia. Once you get into college, you have one purpose in mind, I made sure to hold on to my purpose, and I think everyone should,\u201d said Bimpeh.<\/p>\n
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He added, \u201cLike President Bynum said, we are excellence, so I make sure to strive to be that. My biggest motivation is that goal I had in mind, and I didn\u2019t care about how much effort I had to put in to achieve that goal. I didn\u2019t mind working for it.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Asia Thompson, a freshman civil engineering major from Chicago, Ill., expressed how proud her family was of her.<\/p>\n
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\u201cThis is my first time being away from home, and it hasn\u2019t been easy. I\u2019ve lost family members since I\u2019ve been down in Jackson. I\u2019ve been sad, sometimes even unmotivated; yet, the support I\u2019ve gotten from different teachers, staff and friends is the reason I was able to still come out on top,\u201d said Thompson.<\/p>\n
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She continued, \u201cThere are people here that have faith in me even when I don\u2019t have it in myself, and for that I\u2019m super grateful to be a Jackson State Tiger. My mom is super proud of me. I\u2019m proud of myself most though.\u201d<\/p>\n
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