Student Spotlight
September 2011 — Sarah Perryman
Year: Senior
Major: English WPS and German
Hometown: Pittsburgh, PA
Role at EMpower: Student Intern
About
four years ago, this Yankee somehow tumbled down from Steeler Nation
and plopped herself right in the middle of Tiger Town. During my final
fall semester at Clemson, I will be primarily spending my time on
building on the DID YOU KNOW? campaign that Meagan developed in the
summer and focusing on involving off-campus apartment managers in our
EMpower program.
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January 2012 — Jacqueline Fontana
Hometown: Highland, MD
Student Intern: In my role with EMpower, I will be devoting most of my time to the CU Late Night Spring Event which is a 3 on 3 Basketball Tournament to promote safe and healthy behavior. I will also be working as the "organizer" of the office so all of our staff members will know the progress of each project going on throughout the semester. I am excited to be working with such a great team!
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January 2012 — Andre Young
Year: Senior
Major: Health Science
Hometown: Albany, GA
Role at EMpower: Student Intern
Now entering the final stretch of my undergraduate career, I plan to give back to the community of Clemson through EMpower. My projects include managing and organizing EMpower’s annual 3 on 3 basketball tournament to increase social interaction and fun activities on campus between on and off campus students. Secondly, I chair a subcommittee that targets drug use and abuse, more specifically marijuana. With an increase in marijuana use on campus, this committee strives to increase awareness of marijuana, decrease arrest rates, and lower the prevalence of marijuana use.
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January 2012 — Victoria DeCroes
Year: Sophomore
Major: Biomaterials Engineering
Hometown: Kingsport, TN
My role at EMpower as a Student Intern this semester is specifically focusing on maintaining and improving our Think Ahead Campaign. The primary goal of Think Ahead is to reduce the amount of students who drive under the influence of alcohol. In doing so, we are meeting with many locals, such as bar owners, who have great insight on the issues of alcohol-related accidents. Consequently, we are emphasizing the underage sector of students to ensure that they know these dangers as well. The main goal is to create new and fun ways to get our word out. We want our marketing scheme to appeal to the majority of the student body. Our number one goal is to ensure the safety of the Clemson community.
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January 2012 — Edward Kiniry
Year: Junior
Major: Natural Resource Management
Hometown: Summerville, SC
Role at Empower: Student intern
My sophomore year I worked with EMpower, establishing relationships with law enforcement that later developed into the “Did You Know” off-campus campaign. I also sat in on the Clemson Community Coalition last spring. This fall I am working on the furthering the development “Think Ahead” project as well as establishing relationships with bar owners and managers; finding out what Empower can do for them.