Adam Robison | Buy at photos.djournal.comMelissa Scavelli, a student at Mississippi State University’s meteorology program, stands in front of the green screen as she gives her weekly broadcast in the studio at Hilbun Hall. Scavelli is an undergraduate in the program and graduating in May. About half of the nation’s broadcast meteorologists come from Mississippi State. By Thomas Simpson Daily Journal STARKVILLE – For as long as he can remember, Griffin Hardy has wanted to be a broadcast meteorologist. By word of mouth, Hardy heard about the meteorology program in the Department of Geosciences at Mississippi State University and decided to travel from his hometown of Atlanta to check it out.