Laura Leigh Hicks has received a second-place Beverly B. Gulmon Scholarship for $1,000. Hicks is a freshman art student at Mississippi State University. The Beverly B. Gulmon Scholarship is awarded annually to entering freshmen on the basis of a portfolio competition.
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