Delta State\u2019s Master of Arts in Liberal Studies program (MA-LS) is proud to announce the 2016 John S. and Jutta Karnstedt Ferretti Fellow.<\/p>\n
This year\u2019s recipient of the Ferretti Fellowship is Brenton King, who earned his bachelor\u2019s degree in Social Science Education from Delta State in 2016. King is a native of Inverness, Mississippi, and a very deserving recipient, according to Dr. Charles Westmoreland, assistant professor of history and coordinator of the MA-LS program.<\/p>\n
\u201cBrent King is a terrific young scholar with a great passion for education and a bright future,\u201d said Westmoreland. \u201cWe are proud to recognize him as this year\u2019s Ferretti Fellow.\u00a0\u201cBrent\u2019s commitment to learning makes him a fitting recipient of the fellowship, which goes to an incoming MA-LS student and honors both Mrs. Jutta Ferretti and her husband, John. Nobody embodies a commitment to lifelong education and service better than Mrs. Ferretti. She is a Delta State treasure and her presence, energy and support is a true blessing to the university family.\u00a0We in the Master of Arts in Liberal Studies program want to thank her for her dedication to our students.\u201d<\/p>\n
The degree program is one of only a few in the South and provides graduate-level, interdisciplinary expertise in literature, history, gender and diversity studies, globalization studies, and the humanities in general.<\/p>\n
The fellowship is made possible by a $10,000 gift from Ferretti and her late husband John. Ferretti graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies degree in 2010, becoming the oldest graduate in the history of Delta State at the age of 86.<\/p>\n
\u201cEducation has always been very important to me and my late husband, John,\u201d said Ferretti, in a previous Delta State release. \u201cLearning in all fields affects the present and future as there is still so much to be discovered that we are not aware of today.\u00a0Education also opens many doors to the students which impact lives locally, state-wide, nationally and internationally. You cannot help people in this life without being helped yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n