Orientation Leaders named for 2018-19 academic year at MSU
Contact: Sasha Steinberg
STARKVILLE, Miss.āTwenty-one upperclassmen from Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia and Tennessee are leaders of Ļć½¶Ö±²„ās 2018-19 orientation programs.
Working with the Office of Orientation and Events, Ļć½¶Ö±²„Orientation Leaders provide assistance and share their knowledge of the 140-year-old land-grant institution with incoming freshmen and transfer studentsāand their parentsāduring each of the school yearās many registration and information sessions.
Selected from 50 applicants, this yearās Orientation Leaders participated in a rigorous screening process and also are required to take a concentrated course that prepares them to welcome the newest members of the Bulldog family to campus.
The 2018-19 group includes (by hometown):
BRANDONāOnsby D. Vinson, a sophomore kinesiology/clinical exercise physiology major.
BYHALIAāKristin T. Moore, a junior biological sciences major.
CANTONāKathryn E. āKateā Carter, a junior kinesiology/clinical exercise physiology major.
CARTERSVILLE, GeorgiaāAlyssa H. āAllieā Zaring, a sophomore criminology major.
DICKSON, TennesseeāJackson L. Robbins, a sophomore geosciences/professional geology major.
DUCK HILLāMicah Brooke Woods, a junior kinesiology/clinical exercise physiology major.
GERMANTOWN, TennesseeāKenedee Cummings, a sophomore communication/public relations major.
GREENVILLEāJuan P. Benavides, a junior marketing/international business and foreign language/French double-major.
LITTLE ROCK, ArkansasāErin D. Snelling, a junior criminology major.
LOUISVILLEāKenley M. McMullan, a junior secondary education/English education major.
MADISONāDenver C. Haralson, a sophomore kinesiology/clinical exercise physiology major; Avery E. Ray, a sophomore secondary education/mathematics education major; and Amber N. Young, a sophomore elementary education/middle school major.
OCEAN SPRINGSāNathan R. Risley, a sophomore biological engineering/biomedical engineering major.
PHILADELPHIAāLaken D. Winstead, a sophomore educational psychology major.
SMYRNA, GeorgiaāJane B. Richard, a sophomore food science, nutrition and health promotion major.
STARāMallory B. Cooper, a junior food science, nutrition and health promotion major.
STATE LINEāTyler I. Packer, a sophomore political science/pre-law major.
TUPELOāHollie E. Nicholson, a sophomore interior design major.
TUSCALOOSA, AlabamaāHarrison T. Armour, a senior secondary education/mathematics education major.
VERONAāAdriana Q. āAnaā Ivy, a junior biochemistry/pre-dental major.
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