MSU hosts Scouts BSA on Saturday for 2020 Merit Badge University
Contact: Sasha Steinberg
STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥斞侵奚墒悠 will host more than 90 Scouts BSA members this weekend as part of the Pushmataha Area Council鈥檚 2020 Merit Badge University.
On Saturday [Feb. 22], scouts will have the opportunity to continue their advancement program and earn merit badges by participating in merit badge classes taught by MSU faculty and student instructors. The program is designed to have scouts explore a topic from experts in their field, introduce them to life on a university campus and assist scouts on their journey to achieving their next rank in Scouting up to Eagle Scout and beyond.
Merit badges offered and MSU faculty and student instructors include (alphabetically, by badge):
Citizenship in the Community badge
鈥擯aulette Ferguson, an MSU Bachelor of Science graduate and member of the MSU Maroon Volunteer Center AmeriCorps VISTA Project
鈥擬att Monroe, assistant coordinator of student leadership and community engagement, Office of Student Leadership and Community Engagement, and supervisor of the Maroon Volunteer Center AmeriCorps VISTA Project
Citizenship in the Nation badge
鈥擡ric Collins, assistant research professor, Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems
Communication badge
鈥擪evin Williams, associate professor, Department of Communication
Personal Fitness badge
鈥擝rent Fountain, interim director, Career Center; assistant vice president intern, Office of the Provost and Executive Vice President; associate extension professor, Department of Food Science, Nutrition and Health Promotion
Environmental Science badge
鈥擩ay McCurdy, assistant professor, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences
鈥擵ictoria McCurdy, instructor, Department of Biological Sciences
鈥擩eff Harris, associate extension/research professor, Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Entomology and Plant Pathology
Sustainability badge
鈥擭icole Welch, professor of biology, Mississippi University for Women
Personal Management badge
鈥擝randan Wheeler, assistant professor, School of Human Sciences
Architecture badge
鈥擱ichard Chenoweth, visiting assistant professor, School of Architecture
Programming badge
鈥擜lexander M. 鈥淎lex鈥 Sommers, computer science doctoral student from Carbondale, Illinois
Established in 1925, the Pushmataha Area Council, Boy Scouts of America, provides character development and skills training to Scouting units in 10 counties of North Mississippi. For more information, contact Jeremy D. Whitmore, scout executive, at 662-328-7228 or whitmore@bsamail.org.
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