Page 32 - Alcorn Magazine - Spring, 2019

STUDENTSnotes
PRE-LAW SCHOLAR STUDIES
AT DUKE UNIVERSITY
Sarah Pierre, a junior criminal jus- tice major at Alcorn State Univer- sity, attended the PLUS (Pre-Law Undergraduate Scholars) Program at Duke University during summer
SGA President, Robert Tatum Jr. won the Most Impressive SGA President Award and Senior Class President, Casey Larry took home the Most Spirited Leader Award at
the 4th annual Tailor Made Royal Retreat ursday, July 12 through Sunday, July 15 in Atlanta, Georgia.
ERIKA WHEELER CROWNED MISS BLACK WARREN COUNTY 2018
SARAH PIERRE
Erika Wheeler, a music education major and Vicksburg, Mississippi native was crowned Miss Black War- ren County 2018 during a crowning ceremony Saturday, July 20 at e Anthony in Vicksburg. Wheeler’s se- lection makes her eligible to compete in the 2019 Miss Black Mississippi Pageant. Wheeler was also awarded
a $500 sponsorship from the city of Vicksburg.
2018. e program was a four-week residential program that pre- pared 22 students to learn more about legal education.
Ahkenaton Furdge, a Clarksdale, Missis- sippi native studying electromechanical engineering and Bri- an Rogers, a Chester, Pennsylvania native studying biomedical engineering, spent the fall 2018 semester studying abroad at Mahidol University in ailand.
Did You Know?
Graduates receive one-year free membership in the National Alumni Association.
ERIKA WHEELER
ALCORN WELCOMES THE CLASS OF 2022
e freshman class
of 2022 began their
journey as college stu-
dents Friday, Aug. 17
during the University’s
Weekend of Welcome.
Students from around the state, country, and world ooded the dormitories in preparation of their next educational chapter.
30 #GOBRAVES
JIMPSON YOUNG
FUTURE ATTORNEY SPENDS SUMMER AT UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF LAW
Jimpson Young attended the University of Alabama School of Law over the summer in Tuscaloosa as part of the PLUS Program. Young found this program while research- ing for opportunities related to law school.