Jordan Pedalino, a master of criminal justice student, recently won first place for her presentation of a paper at the LSU-S Student Scholars Forum. The multidisciplinary forum was held Friday, February 17, 2017, and included 24 undergraduate and graduate student presentations and 35 student posters profiling scholarly work across academic disciplines. Nine universities participated in the event.

The "Oral Presentation Award" that Pedalino received was for her presentation of a paper that she and other Zeta Beta members wrote called "Can General Strain Theory Explain College Students' Prescription Drug Misuse?"