<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/about/news/seven-selected-for-a-state-distinguished-service-awards.html" dsn="news"><featured>true</featured><pubDate>04/14/2026</pubDate><title>Seven Selected for A-State Distinguished Service Awards</title><description>Six Arkansas State University students and one recent alumna were selected as Distinguished Student Award (DSA) winners for the 2025–26 academic year. The high-achieving students will be honored during Convocation of Scholars, which recognizes the university’s top performers.</description><author/><image><img src="/images/news/dsa-winners.jpg" alt="From left (top row) Salma Abdel-Karim, Rocco Hicks, Kyle Johnson (bottom row) Kalayna King, Mollie McClain, Julia Renee Pye and Ahniya Williamson"/></image><showImage>after</showImage><imageWidth>narrow</imageWidth><tags><tag>distinguishedServiceAwards</tag><tag>honorscollege</tag></tags></item>