Orientation Leaders named for 2019-20 academic year at ��ӽ紫ý

��ӽ紫ý 2019-20 Orientation Leaders — Twenty-three Mississippi ��ӽ紫ý students will lead the university’s 2019-20 orientation programs, helping thousands of new Bulldogs prepare for their time at ��ӽ紫ý. (Photo by Beth Wynn)

STARKVILLE, Miss.— Twenty-three upperclassmen from Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Hawaii, North Carolina and Tennessee are leaders of Mississippi ��ӽ紫ý University’s 2019-20 orientation programs.

Working with the Office of Orientation and Events, ��ӽ紫ý Orientation Leaders provide assistance and share their knowledge of the 141-year-old land-grant institution with incoming freshmen and transfer students—and their families—during each of the ��ӽ紫ý year’s many registration and information sessions.

Selected from dozens of applicants, this year’s 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 2019-20 group includes (by hometown):

ARLINGTON, Tennessee—McKenzie Craig, a senior psychology major.

BILOXI—Ally Langlinais, a junior communication major.

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama—Haleigh Duke, a sophomore elementary education major.

BRANDON—Hayden Tucker, a sophomore biochemistry major.

BYRAM—Madison Litwin, a sophomore communication major.

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina—Julie King, a sophomore accounting major.

COOKEVILLE, Tennessee—Austin Molnar, a sophomore business administration major.

FLORENCE, Alabama—Cheyenne Simmons, a junior agricultural engineering technology and business major.

FRANKLIN, Tennessee—Claire Hamblen, a junior elementary education major.

GREENWOOD—William Smith Lyon, a sophomore undeclared student.

GRENADA—AJ Forrest, a senior biochemistry major.

JACKSON—Peyton Brown, a sophomore educational psychology major.

LEXA, Arkansas—Ramsey Pillow, a junior finance major.

MACON—Dell Ivy, a junior psychology major.

MADISON—Brooke Thomas, a sophomore accounting major.

NESBIT—Kennedi Pigues, a junior accounting major.

OLIVE BRANCH—Cammie Hopkins, a senior management major.

OXFORD—Ann Fava Peters, a sophomore undeclared student.

PANAMA CITY BEACH, Florida—Madelyn Winstead, a junior kinesiology major.

RIDGELAND—Malon Stratton, a junior biomedical engineering major.

SOUTHAVEN—DeAvalon Holman, a junior geosciences major.

TUPELO—Olivia Collier, a junior educational psychology major.

WAHIAWA, Hawaii—Janarah Jones, a sophomore biochemistry major.

For more on ��ӽ紫ý’s Office of Orientation and Events, visit .

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