VALDOSTA, Ga., May 20 -- Valdosta State University issued the following news release:

VALDOSTA - Jordan Alexandra Phillips of Lenox, Georgia, is the recipient of Valdosta State University's 2025-2026 College of Science and Mathematics Outstanding Student Award.

The College of Science and Mathematics Outstanding Student Award is presented to a student with a record of academic excellence and distinguished service inside and outside the classroom.

"I was deeply excited to receive the award," she said. "I also felt very honored. It makes me feel like my hard work has been appreciated, which is something that at other places has not occurred no matter how hard I worked or how passionate I was. It was a very healing process in a way. It also ...