Creative Campus Student Interns Named at UA

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Creative Campus at The University of Alabama has selected 41 students to serve as interns for the 2011-2012 academic year.

The interns, their hometowns and majors include:

Alexandra Tucci, a senior from Auburn majoring in international studies and advertising

Ally Mabry, a sophomore from Pelham majoring in studio art

Alyssa Dinberg, a senior from Harrisburg, Pa., majoring in New College arts administration

Anna Reid, a junior from Jackson majoring in management information systems

Ben Bailey, a junior from Prattville majoring in studio art

Caitlin Corsetti, a senior from Atlanta, Ga., majoring in English and telecommunication and film

Caitlin Marie Washburn, a junior from Helena majoring in management information systems

Caleb Lundy, a freshman from Irvington majoring in chemical engineering

Caleb Sexton, a senior from Northport majoring in graphic design

Carly Palmour, a senior from Birmingham majoring in New College documentary film production

Charlie Bice, a junior from Birmingham majoring in international relations and Spanish

Chase Sanders, a junior from Alabaster majoring in music administration

Chris Izor, a senior from Hoover majoring in English

Colby Leopard, a junior from Winston-Salem, N.C., majoring in public relations

Emma Fick, a junior from Covington, La., majoring in English

Hanna Williams, a junior from Knoxville, Tenn., majoring in psychology

Henry Busby, a senior from Tuscaloosa majoring in telecommunication and film and American studies

Hunter Holt, a junior from Franklin, Tenn., majoring in English

Jessica Bailey, a senior from Torrance, Calif., majoring in studio art

Jud Babcock, a senior from Albertville majoring in music administration

Katie Fraley, a senior from Birmingham majoring in secondary education language arts

Kurt Key, a senior from Abaco, Bahamas, majoring in restaurant and hospitality management

Laci Jordan, a senior from Huntsville majoring in graphic design

Lindsey Short, a junior from Winter Haven, Fla., majoring in chemical engineering

Marcus Tortorici, a senior from Birmingham majoring in telecommunication and film

Meredith Davis, a junior from Fairhope majoring in advertising

Meridith Shook, a senior from Auburn majoring in art history and Spanish

Mischa Renee Lewis, a senior from Phenix City majoring in public relations

Morgan Bruffy, a senior from Morgantown, W.Va., majoring in English and telecommunication and film

Naomi Thompson a junior from Newburgh, Ind., majoring in psychology

Nicole Pietrangelo, a sophomore from Alpharetta, Ga., majoring in vocal performance and public relations

Olivia West, a junior from Madison majoring in studio art

Rachel Ahrnsen, a sophomore from Cincinnati, Ohio, majoring in journalism and international studies

Rebecca Magner, a senior from Tuscaloosa majoring in graphic design

Ryan Jamaal Davis, a graduate student from Tuscaloosa majoring in business administration

Seema Kumar, a senior from Shreveport, La., majoring in biology and Spanish

Sophia Jones, a sophomore from Montgomery majoring in journalism

Stephen Killen, a junior from Madison majoring in New College pre-counseling

Tim Sutton, a senior from Cullman majoring in computer science

Trevor Pease a freshman from Sioux Falls, S.D., majoring in chemical engineering

Viktor Swan, a junior from Pelham majoring in studio art

A part of UA’s Office of Academic Affairs, Creative Campus serves as a hub of creative and innovative activity on campus. Creative Campus provides a collaborative system to connect students, faculty and community. The student intern program is a major component of Creative Campus, and this year’s interns were selected from more than 138 applicants.   

Since the start of the fall semester, the interns have been planning interactive projects including a return of the popular Quidditch on the Quad and the Druid City Arts Festival, as well as several new ideas. The interns are also engaged in a community arts project, Beauty Amid Destruction, and an Arts TV Show collaboration with WVUA and UA’s telecommunication and film department.

For more information, go to www.creativecampus.ua.edu.