Ļć½¶Ö±²„Alumni Association announces 2015-16 student delegates, officers
Contact: Sasha Steinberg
STARKVILLE, Miss.āForty-three Mississippi State students are 2015-16 members of the university alumni associationās liaison organization.
Founded in 1980, Alumni Delegates serve as key links between the 137-year-old land-grant institution and its more than 132,000 living graduates. Helping improve the student bodyās understanding of the alumni associationās role and purpose also is among their major goals.
Over the decades, the volunteer group has assisted with organizational programs and activities, including football tailgate gatherings, class reunions, free in-state tuition drawings, and numerous other on- and off-campus events.
Members are selected each year through a highly competitive interview process. Consisting of 21 returning and 22 new members, this yearās group was chosen from among nearly 300 applicants.
The 2015-16 Alumni Delegates include (by hometown):
ABERDEENāDaron K. Chandler, a senior mechanical engineering and mathematics double-major.
BIRMINGHAM, AlabamaāEmily E. Dance, a senior electrical engineering major.
BRENTWOOD, TennesseeāErica A. Sowell, a senior human sciences/human development and family studies major.
CANTONāSanjaris D.M. Johnson, an educational psychology major; and Marshall G. Scruggs, a biological sciences major. Both are seniors.
CHELSEA, AlabamaāAustin G. Grace, a senior computer science major.
CLINTONāAllyra C. Williams, a junior political science/pre-law major.Ā Ā Ā
COLLIERVILLE, TennesseeāSkylar S. Workman, a senior kinesiology/clinical exercise physiology major.
COLUMBUSāNicholas H. āNickā Brewer, a junior biochemistry/pre-medicine major; Tyrus R. Hill, a senior finance major; and Hagan D. Walker, a senior electrical engineering major.
CORINTHāAnnaleigh E. Coleman, a senior biological engineering major serving as the groupās vice president of education.
CUMMING, GeorgiaāEmma C. Sweat, a senior marketing major.
CYPRESS, TexasāAbrianna N. Thompson, a junior pre-accounting major.
FLORAāZavian S. J. Burns, a senior kinesiology/clinical exercise physiology major.
GULFPORTāKatherine M. Gargiulo, a junior political science/pre-law major.
HATTIESBURGāRobert O. āRobā Hairston, a senior communication/public relations major serving as the organizationās president.
HOOVER, AlabamaāAlex K. Ezelle, a kinesiology/sports administration graduate student and a May 2014 cum laude accounting graduate.
HOUSTONāNolen Hood, a senior mechanical engineering major.
Ā JACKSONāJonathan D. Lancaster, a business administration graduate student and May 2015 cum laude accounting graduate; and Bianca A. Tatum, a senior marketing major.
LAURELāLeslie R. Howard, a senior psychology major.
MACONāChristian L. Good, a senior agribusiness/management major.
MEMPHIS, TennesseeāAlison N. Jones, a junior political science major.Ā Ā
MERIDIANāJermario J. Gordon, a senior marketing major.
NEW ALBANYā Samuel J. āJoshā Creekmore, a senior history and business administration double-major serving as the groupās secretary; and Joseph D. āJoeā Male, a junior chemical engineering major.
PASCAGOULAāKatherine L. āKaylieā Mitchell, a senior art/graphic design major serving as the organizationās vice president of public relations.
PELHAM, AlabamaāVan K. Tong, a counselor education/student affairs graduate student. She is a May magna cum laude communication/journalism and pre-law graduate.
PETALāSeth I. Rhodes, a senior biological engineering major.
PONTOTOCāAnna L. Chrestman, a senior secondary education major; and Edward M. āEddie Macā Huddleston, a May 2015 magna cum laude biochemistry/pre-medicine graduate now pursuing a second bachelorās degree.
RICHTONāTaylor Thoms, a senior mechanical engineering major.
RIDGELANDāElizabeth Shapley, a junior interior design major.
SLIDELL, LouisianaāEdward T. āEddieā White, a junior chemical engineering major.
SOUTHAVENāThomas L. āTommyā Allmon, a senior agricultural engineering technology and business major.
STARKVILLEāDipa P. Patel, a junior biochemistry/pre-medicine major; and Teddy P. āTreyā Wallace, a sophomore computer engineering major.
TERRYāTaylor N. Wilkinson, a junior biological sciences/pre-dental major.
TUPELOāBenjamin T. āBenā Coggin, a junior mechanical engineering major; and Mary Holliman Lanphere, a senior elementary education major.
VANCLEAVEāMatthew T. āMattā Moseley and Jessica E. Sanders. Both are senior biological engineering majors.
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