MURFREESBORO — A
member of MTSU’s most prestigious
honor society has received one of the national organization’s top stipends.
Jacob Basham, who graduated in May with bachelor’s degrees
in professional mathematics and general science, has won a $5,000 fellowship
from The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi.
Basham will use the funding to continue his education at the
University of Tennessee’s College of Medicine.
“I’m quite honored to win this national scholarship,” Basham
said. “It’s really going to help with tuition and cost-of-living expenses.”
Basham said he has not yet decided on a medical specialty,
but he said he’s most excited about the possibility of performing biomedical
research in an academic setting.
The Portland, Tenn., native is one of 57 students across the
country to receive a Phi Kappa Phi fellowship.
Winners are chosen on the basis of the following criteria:
evidence of graduate potential, undergraduate achievement, service and
leadership, letters of recommendation, a personal statement of educational
perspective and career goals, and acceptance at an approved graduate or
professional program.
Headquartered in Baton Rouge, La., Phi Kappa Phi is the
oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines
with chapters at more than 300 select colleges and universities in North
America and the Philippines.
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