Orientation Leaders named for current academic year at 汤头条
Contact: Landon Gibson
STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥擳wenty-seven聽students from Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Texas, Virginia, Louisiana and Tennessee are leaders of 汤头条鈥檚 orientation programs this year.
Coordinating with the Office of Orientation and Events, 汤头条 Orientation Leaders guide prospective students on visits and tours, while also sharing knowledge of the 142-year-old land-grant institution with incoming freshmen, transfer students and their families during the university鈥檚 many registration and information sessions.
Selected from dozens of applicants, this year鈥檚 Orientation Leaders underwent a competitive selection process, including a concentrated course preparing them to welcome the newest members of the Bulldog family to campus.
This year鈥檚 group includes (by hometown):
BAYTOWN, Texas鈥擥abriella Ybarra, a sophomore special education major.
CANTON鈥擪abriana 鈥淜.B.鈥 Kirk, a senior business administration major.
CLINTON鈥擡mily Hammons, a sophomore undeclared architecture major.
CORINTH鈥擪elsey Fulghum, a senior communication major.
COVINGTON, Tennessee鈥擱obeson 鈥淩ob鈥 Hendren, a sophomore business administration major.
FAYETTE鈥擩ustin Applin, a senior kinesiology major.
GERMANTOWN, Tennessee鈥擪irby Betchick, a junior elementary education major.
GREENVILLE鈥擠aniel Benavides, a sophomore secondary education major.
GRENADA鈥擲ara Murphy, a sophomore fashion merchandising major.
HATTIESBURG鈥擜lden Parsons, a sophomore educational psychology major.
HELENA, Alabama鈥擩oshua 鈥淧arker鈥 Cunningham, a senior marketing major; and Lauren 鈥淟ola鈥 Decroes, a sophomore business information systems major.
HOUMA, Louisiana鈥擜llison 鈥淎lly鈥 Galinsky, a junior secondary education major.
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama鈥擭atalie Fields, a junior culinology major; and Cole Strankman, a sophomore business management major.
JACKSON鈥擟hidi Agusiegbe, a senior mechanical engineering major; Elly Lamb, a junior communication major; and Beth Ann Young, a senior human development and family science major.
KENNESAW, Georgia鈥擠avis Akins, a sophomore kinesiology major.
MEMPHIS, Tennessee鈥擠evon Lyles, a sophomore business administration and psychology double major.
MURFREESBORO, Tennessee鈥擬ary Martha Willson, a sophomore communication and political science double major.
RICHMOND, Virginia鈥擬alone McGhee, a sophomore food science, nutrition and health promotion major.
SCOOBA鈥擩ashawn Fuller, a junior kinesiology major.
SOMERVILLE, Tennessee鈥擟hristopher 鈥淐hris鈥 Kee, a junior kinesiology major.
STARKVILLE鈥擟harles 鈥淕arner鈥 Montgomery, a junior communication major.
STONE MOUNTAIN, Georgia鈥擬aya Reaves, a junior kinesiology major.
VESTAVIA HILLS, Alabama鈥擲ophie Sabri, a junior sports administration and pre-law major.
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