Music Education major crowned Miss Mississippi State University

STARKVILLE, Miss.—Senior Leah A. Boyd of Madison, Alabama, was named Miss Mississippi State University during a public program Friday [Sept. 27]. The music education major with piano and voice concentrations will represent MSU next summer in the Miss Mississippi Pageant in Vicksburg.

Pictured from left are Sydney E. Slocum, a senior kinesiology major and psychology minor from Olive Branch, third runner up; Rachel K. Shumaker, a junior political science and communication/public relations major with a pre-law minor from Pontotoc, second runner up; Miss MSU Leah A. Boyd; and Maggie A. Shoultz, a junior marketing major from Pelahatchie, first runner up.

This is the Miss Mississippi State University program’s 61st year of providing scholarships to MSU women.

For additional information, contact the Center for Student Activities at 662-325-2930.

MSU is Mississippi’s leading university, available online at www.msstate.edu.