A Walnut Ridge woman is one of three Arkansas State University students awarded an internship from the Arkansas Biosciences Institute.

Beth Massey was awarded a Biotechnology Research internship, along with Kelsey Adams of Jonesboro  and Kim Ludick of South Africa.

According to an email from Thomas Moore of ASU, the internship program provides financial support to undergraduate science majors who want to obtain research experience in the life sciences during the summer.

Arkansas State University-Mountain Home will hold its 17th Commencement Ceremony at 6:30 p.m. Monday, May 13, at Keller Green on the ASUMH campus.  The keynote speaker will be Governor Mike Beebe.

The college expects to award 570 degrees and certificates, including 263 ASUMH two-year degrees.  An anticipated total number of 106 ASU-Jonesboro graduates will also receive degrees at ASUMH.

For more information on the commencement ceremony, contact the ASUMH Office of Admissions at (870) 508-6104.

Lyon College commencement will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 4, on the south lawn of Brown Chapel.

In case of rain, the ceremony will be held in Becknell Gymnasium.

Baccalaureate will be held at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 3, in Brown Chapel.  The ceremony will be followed by the Scots Walk and torchlighting ceremony at Bryan Lake.