��鶹AV students in Washington, D.C., as Demmer Scholars

The 2016 Demmer Scholars pose with Supreme Court Associate Justice Elena Kagan (center).

Eight ��鶹AV students are in Washington, D.C., this summer participating in the eighth annual William A. Demmer Scholars Program.

These students participate in internships and work with federal agencies and non-governmental organizations that focus on natural resources, such as the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and U.S. Forest Service. Students also take an upper-level class in natural resources policy, and they recently visited the offices of Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Elena Kagan, the 112^th person named to the court and the fourth female to serve.

��鶹AV’s Demmer Scholars for this year include:

--Queen E. Brown of Ocean Springs, senior, political science/pre-law and philosophy double-major;

--Courtney L. Carothers of Starkville, graduate student in public policy and administration and a 2014 ��鶹AV history graduate;

--Ethan G. Cartwright of Starkville, senior, environmental economics and management major;

--Kennedy S. Moehrs of Waterloo, Illinois, political science and Spanish double-major;

--Alesa Taylor of Guntown, senior, food science, nutrition and health promotion major;

--Naomi J. Taylor of Nesbit, senior, environmental economics and management major;

--Elizabeth M. “Betty” Thomas of Lenexa, Kansas, senior agribusiness and Spanish double-major; and

--Kaylee K. Wells of Bradenton, Fla., senior environmental economics and management major.

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