Fifteen Bumpers College Students Earn Senior Scholar Designation

Tabitha Hudspeth

Top row, from left: Mandie Rae MacLean, Srusti Maddala, Brady Everett Martin, Mersady Redding and Noah Black-Ocken; bottom row: Emma Kate Friemel, Taylor Michelle Peabody, Grace Vehige, Lauren Elizabeth Walters and Emma Marie Williams.

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Fifteen students from nine different majors have been named Senior Scholars for 2019-20 by U of A's Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences.

Seven students are First-Ranked Senior Scholars, signifying a 4.0 grade point average with all coursework completed at the U of A, and eight are Senior Scholars, signifying students with the highest GPA (also all 4.0s) with at least half of their coursework completed at the U of A.

First-ranked senior scholars

• Mandi Rae MacLean, Bella Vista, human development and family sciences
• Srusti Maddala, Springdale, environmental, soil and water science
• Brady Everett Martin, Texarkana, animal science
• Mersady C. Redding, Marshall, animal science, and human nutrition and hospitality innovation
• Hunter Harrison Swanigan, Jefferson City, Missouri, agricultural business
• Alyssa Beth Tibbitts, Dallas, human development and family sciences
• John Thomas Wray, Greenbrier, poultry science

Senior scholars

• Brittney Nicole Beck, Greenbrier, agricultural education, communication and technology
• Noah Christopher Black-Ocken, Little Rock, animal science
• Emma Kate Friemel, Allen, Texas, human development and family sciences
• Mallory Lynn Harlan, Lawrence, Kansas, human development and family sciences
• Taylor Michelle Peabody, McKinney, Texas, agricultural business, and human nutrition and dietetics
• Grace Dianne Vehige, Billings, Missouri, agricultural education, communication and technology
• Lauren Elizabeth Walters, North Little Rock, apparel merchandising and product development
• Emma Marie Williams, Dallas, animal science

About the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences: Bumpers College provides life-changing opportunities to position and prepare graduates who will be leaders in the businesses associated with foods, family, the environment, agriculture, sustainability and human quality of life; and who will be first-choice candidates of employers looking for leaders, innovators, policy makers and entrepreneurs. The college is named for Dale Bumpers, former Arkansas governor and longtime U.S. senator who made the state prominent in national and international agriculture. For more information about Bumpers College, visit our website, and follow us on Twitter at @BumpersCollege and Instagram at BumpersCollege.

About the University of Arkansas: The University of Arkansas provides an internationally competitive education for undergraduate and graduate students in more than 200 academic programs. The university contributes new knowledge, economic development, basic and applied research, and creative activity while also providing service to academic and professional disciplines. The Carnegie Foundation classifies the University of Arkansas among only 2.7 percent of universities in America that have the highest level of research activity. U.S. News & World Report ranks the University of Arkansas among its top American public research universities. Founded in 1871, the University of Arkansas comprises 10 colleges and schools and maintains a low student-to-faculty ratio that promotes personal attention and close mentoring.