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STARKVILLE, Miss.—Forty-one students make up the 2017-18 class of Mississippi State University Alumni Delegates.
Founded by the MSU Alumni Association in 1980, the volunteer organization serves as a liaison between the 139-year-old land-grant institution and its more than 137,000 living graduates.
Delegates often are the first points of contact for both graduates and friends, as well as special campus guests. In addition to assisting with athletic tailgate gatherings, class reunions and numerous other on- and off-campus events, they work to help enhance student body appreciation for the association’s mission and purpose.
Since 2013, the group additionally has spearheaded a tuition drawing for in-state students that has provided more than $22,000 to winners.
MSU Alumni Delegate officers for the 2017-18 academic year include president William H. “Will” Basden of Hoover, Alabama; Joanna P. Bauer of Huntsville, Alabama, vice president of public relations; secretary Ana K. Gonzalez of Ocean Springs; and Elizabeth Shapley of Ridgeland, vice president of education. All are seniors.
Basden is majoring in marketing/supply chain management; Bauer, art/graphic design; González, marketing/international business and foreign language/French; and Shapley, interior design.
Other 2017-18 members include (by hometown):
ATHENS, Georgia—Nathan T.J. Lowery, a senior forestry/urban forestry major.
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama—Skyler E. Kennamer, a senior kinesiology/clinical exercise physiology major; and Jonathan F. “Jon” Stockton, a sophomore petroleum engineering major.
CLINTON—Nia A. Sims, a junior political science major.
COLLIERVILLE, Tennessee—Anna B. May, a sophomore English major.
COLUMBUS—Yousef O. Hreish, a senior biochemistry/pre-medicine major; John Neil Stanback, a sophomore business administration major; and Jacob R. “Jake” Thomas, a senior biological sciences major.
CONYERS, Georgia—Monique L. Boyd, a junior social work major.
DE KALB, Texas—Quinlan X. Gray, a sophomore music education major.
GREENWOOD—Madison B. Quinn, a kinesiology/clinical exercise physiology major; and Bethany L. Tillman, a biochemistry/forensic sciences major. Both are sophomores.
GRENADA—Matthew H. Murphy, a sophomore architecture major.
GULFPORT—Melina C. Shaw, a junior special education major.
HARVEST, Alabama—Joshua F. Daniels, a junior marketing major.
HATTIESBURG—Andrew D. “Drew” Burnham, a sophomore biological sciences/pre-dental major.
JACKSON—Samuel E. “Sam” Shelby, a junior kinesiology/sport studies major.
KOSCIUSKO—Osvaldo Ballesteros, a freshman medical technology major.
MADISON, Alabama—Arsemen M. Brown, a junior chemistry major.
MADISON—Calvin D. Waddy, a junior finance major.
MEMPHIS, Tennessee—Nolan D. Cannon, a junior biological sciences/pre-medicine major; and Jefferson B. “Jeff” Guenther, a sophomore business administration major.
MILLINGTON, Tennessee—Nicolas D. Harris, a junior communication/public relations major.
MOBILE, Alabama—John J. “Joe” Arata, a junior geoscience/professional geology major.
MURFREESBORO, Tennessee—Melanie R. Brumfield, a junior biochemistry/pre-medicine major.
OCEAN SPRINGS—Brittany N. Corder, a sophomore chemical engineering/biomolecular engineering major.
OLIVE BRANCH—Danielle T. “Dani” Guy, a junior marketing/supply chain management major.
OXFORD—Coleman Dixon, a senior kinesiology/clinical exercise physiology major.
PETAL—Benjamin J. “Ben” Spiller, a junior civil engineering/environmental engineering major.
RIDGELAND—William C. Johnson, a junior industrial engineering major.
SANDWICH, Illinois—Virginia M. Lomax, a junior microbiology major.
SLIDELL, Louisiana—Andrew G. Martin, a junior communication/public relations major.
SOMERVILLE, Tennessee—Olivia L. Orr, a junior kinesiology/clinical exercise physiology major.
STARKVILLE—Teddy P. “Trey” Wallace, a senior industrial engineering major.
TERRY—Matthew K. Crittle, a senior civil engineering and business administration double-major.
TUSCALOOSA, Alabama—Meredith A. Hutto, a sophomore architecture major.
WHEATON, Illinois—Emily L. Pschigoda, a freshman communication/public relations major.
For more information about the MSU Alumni Association and its delegate organization, visit www.alumni.msstate.edu.
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