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Speaking Center Staff
Melinda Alston
Managing Consultant - Technology Coordinato
Hometown: Havelock, NC
Classification: Junior
Major: Communication Studies
Hobbies: Cooking, Volleyball, and Singing in the shower
Organizational Involvement: National Dean's List
Favorite Movie: Forrest Gump
Favorite Color: Blue
Quote to live by: "Communication makes the world go around"
Tyler Anderson
Communication Consultant
Hometown: Bunn, NC
Classification: Freshmen
Major: English
Hobbies: Reading, Cooking, and Writing
Organizational Involvement: Teaching Fellows, Spartan Orientation Staff
Favorite Movie: Mona Lisa Smile
Favorite Color: Blue
Quote to live by: "Laugh at indiscretion, love the misdirection, because life is not the destination, it's the journey there"- Unknown
Eryn Alexandria Blake
Managing Consultant - Orientation Coordinator
Hometown: Durham, NC
Classification: Sophomore
Major: Marketing
Hobbies: Sports, Shopping
Organizational Involvement: Students of Action
Favorite Movie: Love and Basketball
Favorite Color: Blue
Quote to live by: "Things happen, learn from it, deal with it and move on."
Travis Deonta Broaddus
Communication Consultant
Hometown: King and Queen, VA
Classification: Junior
Major: Communication Studies Minor: Business
Hobbies: Gospel Mime, Dance, Leadership Roles
Organizational Involvement: Big Brother/ Big Sister, God's Anointed 1's Praise/ Mime Ministry
Favorite Movie: Love and Basketball
Favorite Color: Orange
Quote to live by: "Through Jesus I am empowered to do the impossible to achieve the inconceivable and to attain the unbelievable."
Fawn Cannon
Senior Consultant
Hometown: Bladenboro
Classification: Junior
Major: History Education
Hobbies: Writing poems/journals, Walking, Music
Organizational Involvement: Writing Center
Favorite Movie: I Am Legend
Favorite Color: umm...most!
Quote to live by: "The main thing is this: To be ready to sacrifice at any moment what you are for what you can become."
Amanda Carsner
Communication Consultant
Hometown: Springfield, Ohio
Classification: Freshman
Major: Acting (Tech Design)/Photography
Hobbies: Video games, Art, Photography
Favorite Movie: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Favorite Color: Yellow
Quote to live by: "Gravity cannot be held responsible for people falling in love." -Albert Einstein
Brooke Davis
Communication Consultant
Hometown: Albemarle, NC
Classification: Sophomore
Major: Elementary Education
Hobbies: Working out, Watching movies, Having FUN!
Favorite Movie: Wedding Crashers
Favorite Color: Purple
Quote to live by: "Live, Laugh, Love"
Nijelle Dixon
Managing Consultant
Hometown: Jacksonville, NC
Classification: Junior
Major: Psychology
Hobbies: Reading, Writing
Organizational Involvement: Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society, AmeriCorps member, and Black Child Development Institution of Greensboro Volunteer, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc
Favorite Movie: Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
Favorite Color: Purple, Salmon Pink and Apple Green
Quote to live by: "No weapon formed against thee shall prosper" - Isaiah 54:17
Erin Ellis
Communication Consultant
Hometown: Charlotte, NC
Classification: Junior
Major: Communication
Hobbies: Swimming, Volunteering, Shopping
Organizational Involvement: Volunteering, Shopping, Crafts
Favorite Movie: Ray
Favorite Color: Pink
Quote to live by: "Live life like there's no tomorrow."
Jason Flores
Communication Consultant
Hometown: Charlotte, NC
Classification: Freshmen
Major: Economics
Hobbies: Sports
Organizational Involvement: Make a difference house
Favorite Movie: Rent!
Favorite Color: Navy Blue
Quote to live by: "There is no consolation for wasted time"
Jamie Freeze
Managing Consultant
Hometown: Mebane, NC
Classification: Junior
Major: Political Science and History
Hobbies: Politics, Reading, Spending time with friends, Church
Organizational Involvement: Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society, College Republicans
Favorite Movie: Ever After
Favorite Color: Green
Quote to live by: "For do I now persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ." Galatians 1:10
Bradley Frodge
Communication Consultant
Hometown: Albemarle, NC
Classification: Sophomore
Major: History-Secondary Education
Hobbies: Sports, Outdoors
Favorite Movie: Saving Private Ryan
Favorite Color: Carolina Blue
Quote to live by: "I can do everything through him who gives me strength."- Philippians 4:13
Fanisha Fuller
Communication Consultant
Hometown: Wilmington, NC
Classification: Sophomore
Major: Elementary Education
Hobbies: Word Games
Organizational Involvement: Teaching Fellows
Favorite Movie: Love & Basketball
Favorite Color: Lime Green
Quote to live by: "The purpose of life is the expansion of happiness"
Kissy N. Gomes
Senior Consultant
Classification: Junior
Major: Computer Information Systems/Communication Studies
Hobbies: Music, Working out at the gym, Laughing, Leadership & Service
Organizational Involvement: Peer Council Peer Council (Site Coordinator at Greensboro Urban Ministry), The Office of Leadership & Service Learning, Study Abroad Peer Ambassador
Favorite Color: Whatever I think looks good
Quote to live by: "Eat nutrient dense foods and exercise regularly."
Abby Jarrett
Communication Consultant
Hometown: Asheboro, NC
Classification: Sophomore
Major: CARS - design
Hobbies: Singing, Fashion
Organizational Involvement: THREADS - CARS Student Organization; Alpha Lambda Delta
Favorite Movie: The SAW Collection
Favorite Color: Kelly Green
Quote to live by: "you only live once but if you work it right, once is enough"
Roteshia Jones
Communication Consultant
Hometown: Laurinburg, NC
Classification: Freshmen
Major: Communication Disorders
Hobbies: Singing, cooking, writing
Organizational Involvement: LEAD, NAAP, church youth
Favorite Movie: Love & Basketball
Favorite Color: Red
Quote to live by: "One day your life will flash before your eyes, make sure its worth watching." "Be yourself. Above all, let who you are, what you are, what you believe, shine through every sentence you write, every piece you finish." -John Jakes
Libby Lanning
Communication Consultant
Hometown: Welcome, NC
Classification: Sophomore
Major: Communication Studies
Hobbies: Dancing, Music
Organizational Involvement: Mary Foust Residential College
Favorite Movie: Life is Beautiful
Favorite Color: Blue and Orange
Quote to live by: "In life as in dance: grace glides on blistered feet" - Alice Abrams
Amanda Lawing
Managing Consultant - Workshop Feedback Coordinator
Hometown: Hope Mills, NC
Classification: Senior
Major/Minor: Spanish and Communication Studies, Education
Hobbies: Community Service
Organizational Involvement: Teaching Fellows, Circle K
Favorite Movie: Benny and Joon, Enchanted
Quote to live by: "Though I cannot fly, I'm not content to crawl."
Molly Malone
Managing Consultant
Hometown: Cookeville, TN
Classification: Junior
Major: Theater Education
Hobbies: Acting, Singing, Reading, Writing, and Sewing
Organizational Involvement: Alpha Psi Omega
Favorite Color: Green
Quote to live by: "Just Breathe."
Brent Monger
Communication Consultant
Hometown: Hillsborough/Chapel Hill, NC
Classification: Freshmen
Major: Information's Systems
Hobbies: Soccer, drawing, reading comics
Organizational Involvement: BBSA
Favorite Movie: Spiderman
Favorite Color: Anything bold, red, orange, green..etc
Quote to live by: "The early bird gets the worm" -Proverbs
Shakeisha Moore
Communication Consultant
Hometown: Raeford, NC
Classification: Freshman
Major: Biology/Pre-Dental
Hobbies: Tennis, Reading, Shopping
Favorite Movie: Rush Hour 1, 2, & 3
Favorite Color: Red
Quote to live by: "To whom much is given, much is required."
Caroline Myrick
Communication Consultant
Hometown: Wilmington, NC
Classification: Sophomore
Major/Minor: Communications and Linguistics
Hobbies: Scrabble, Car Rides, Frisbee
Organizational Involvement: Mary Faust (Budget committee, Intramurals, etc)
Favorite Movie: Across the Universe
Favorite Color: Hot Pink
Quote to live by: "Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die tomorrow." ~James Dean
Brandon Nnodi
Communication Consultant
Hometown: High Point, NC
Classification: Senior
Major: Communication Studies
Hobbies: Track, piano
Organizational Involvement: Student Government Association
Favorite Movie: I am Legend
Favorite Color: Black
Quote to live by: "Failure isn't a word I accept." -J. Johnson
Princess A. Newborn
Communication Consultant
Hometown: Washington, DC
Classification: Freshman
Major/Minor: Psychology
Hobbies: Cheerleading
Favorite Movie: Bring it On
Favorite Color: Lavendar
Quote to live by: "You only get one chance."
RJ Pridgeon
Communication Consultant
Hometown: Raleigh, NC
Classification: Sophomore
Major: Marketing
Hobbies: singing, watching movies
Organizational Involvement: Alpha Phi Alpha, NBS, Gospel Choir, CA in Spring Garden
Favorite Movie: Remember the Titans
Favorite Color: Black and Old Gold
Quote to live by: "Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it." -Charles Swindoll
Jaleesa Saunders
Managing Consultant & Communication Coordinator
Hometown: Raleigh, NC
Classification: Sophomore
Major: Accounting
Hobbies: Shopping and singing
Favorite Movie: To Kill a Mockingbird
Favorite Color: Pink
Quote to live by: "Live the life you love, love the life you live" - Bob Marley
Mathew Schantz
Communication Consultant
Hometown: Baltimore, Maryland
Classification: Senior
Major: Political Science; Communication Studies
Hobbies: Guitar, Movies, Theatre, Video Games, Exercising
Organizational Involvement: I have been involved with CTG (Community Theatre of Greensboro) for the past 3 years.
Favorite Movie: Stranger Than Fiction and Shoot 'em up
Favorite Color: Green
Quote to live by: "Know Thyself"
Stuart Smith
Senior Consultant
Hometown: Pittsboro, NC
Classification: Junior
Major: Nursing
Hobbies: Tennis, Piano and Traveling
Organizational Involvement: Circle K, Student Government Association, Student Alumni Ambassador
Favorite Movie: Shrek (all of them)
Favorite Color: Blue
Quote to live by: "Be the change you wish to see in the world."
Kierstan Snyder
Senior Consultant
Hometown: Greensboro, NC
Classification: Sophomore
Major: Elementary Education/ Communications
Hobbies: Graphic Art, Traveling, Listening to music, Reading Poetry
Favorite Movie: The Prophecy, Ever After, and AVP
Favorite Color: Blue
Quote to live by: "I reject your reality & substitute it with me own."
Kiya Ward
Senior Consultant
Hometown: Chapel Hill, NC
Classification: Junior
Major: Communication Studies
Hobbies: Spending time with family and friends
Favorite Movie: Ray
Favorite Color: Black
Quote to live by: "Everything happens for a reason."
Churchill Young
Communication Consultant
Hometown: Rocky Mount, NC
Classification: Sophomore
Major: English (HS Teaching)
Hobbies: Singing, Playing Piano, Tennis, Shopping J
Organizational Involvement: ALD Honor Society, Teaching Fellows, Every Nation Campus Ministries
Favorite Movie: The Back to the Future Trilogy
Favorite Color: Purple
Quote to live by: "The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands in times of challenge and controversy." -Martin Luther King Jr.
Hanna Zombek
Communication Consultant
Hometown: Clayton, NC
Classification: Junior
Major: Communication Studies & Psychology
Hobbies: Submission wrestling and playing guitar
Organizational Involvement: Alpha Chi Omega, Psychology Club
Favorite Movie: Second Hand Lions
Favorite Color: Royal blue
Quote to live by: "Don't tell me" -Nicole Atkins (song: The way it is); "It never hurts to ask" -my dad
Kim Cuny
Director
Hometown of origin: Atlantic Highlands, NJ
Degrees: M.F.A. Theatre for Young Audiences, M.A. Communication Studies, B.A. Speech Theatre and Communication with a concentration in Communication, A.A. Media Studies
Hobbies: Gardening, Walking dogs and Telling stories to kids
Professional Certificates: Training
Organizational Involvement: Carolina Communication Association, National Communication Association, National Storytelling Network, Triad Storytelling Circle, NC Storytelling Guild, Communicating Common Ground, National Association of Communication Centers
UNCG Faculty Web page: http://www.uncg.edu/cst/inc_unit/faculty/kmcvit.html
Favorite Movie: Groundhog Day
Favorite Color: Gray
Quote to live by: "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed it's the only thing that ever has." -Margaret Mead
Hema Yarragunta
Graduate Assistant Director
Hometown: India
Classification: Graduate Student
Major/Minor: BS Business Administration (Human Resources)/Economics (2007), BA Communication Studies (2007)
Hobbies: Listen to Music, Traveling, Reading, Cooking & Watch Movies
Favorite Movie: A Beautiful Life
Favorite Color: Green
Quote to live by: "Be more, do more, become more!!!"
Agnes Szarka
Program Assistant for CAC
Hometown: Szeged, Hungary
Classification: Junior
Major/Minor: Sociology/Spanish
Hobbies: Gardening, Listening to classical music,
Dancing to latin music
Favorite Movie: It's a Wonderful Life
Favorite Color: Red
Quote to live by: "You must be the change you wish
to see in the world." - Mahatma Gandhi