Contact: Sasha Steinberg
STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥擳wenty-one upperclassmen from Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia and Tennessee are leaders of 幺力视频鈥檚 2018-19 orientation programs.
Working with the Office of Orientation and Events, MSU Orientation Leaders provide assistance and share their knowledge of the 140-year-old land-grant institution with incoming freshmen and transfer students鈥攁nd their parents鈥攄uring each of the school year鈥檚 many registration and information sessions.
Selected from 50 applicants, this year鈥檚 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):
BRANDON鈥擮nsby D. Vinson, a sophomore kinesiology/clinical exercise physiology major.
BYHALIA鈥擪ristin T. Moore, a junior biological sciences major.
CANTON鈥擪athryn E. 鈥淜ate鈥 Carter, a junior kinesiology/clinical exercise physiology major.
CARTERSVILLE, Georgia鈥擜lyssa H. 鈥淎llie鈥 Zaring, a sophomore criminology major.
DICKSON, Tennessee鈥擩ackson L. Robbins, a sophomore geosciences/professional geology major.
DUCK HILL鈥擬icah Brooke Woods, a junior kinesiology/clinical exercise physiology major.
GERMANTOWN, Tennessee鈥擪enedee Cummings, a sophomore communication/public relations major.
GREENVILLE鈥擩uan P. Benavides, a junior marketing/international business and foreign language/French double-major.
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas鈥擡rin D. Snelling, a junior criminology major.
LOUISVILLE鈥擪enley M. McMullan, a junior secondary education/English education major.
MADISON鈥擠enver 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 SPRINGS鈥擭athan R. Risley, a sophomore biological engineering/biomedical engineering major.
PHILADELPHIA鈥擫aken D. Winstead, a sophomore educational psychology major.
SMYRNA, Georgia鈥擩ane B. Richard, a sophomore food science, nutrition and health promotion major.
STAR鈥擬allory B. Cooper, a junior food science, nutrition and health promotion major.
STATE LINE鈥擳yler I. Packer, a sophomore political science/pre-law major.
TUPELO鈥擧ollie E. Nicholson, a sophomore interior design major.
TUSCALOOSA, Alabama鈥擧arrison T. Armour, a senior secondary education/mathematics education major.
VERONA鈥擜driana Q. 鈥淎na鈥 Ivy, a junior biochemistry/pre-dental major.
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