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桃花直播 hosts Scouts BSA on Saturday for 2020 Merit Badge University

桃花直播 hosts Scouts BSA on Saturday for 2020 Merit Badge University

Boy Scouts BSA fleur-de-lis logo

Contact: Sasha Steinberg

STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥斕一ㄖ辈 State 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 桃花直播 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 桃花直播 faculty and student instructors include (alphabetically, by badge):

Citizenship in the Community badge

鈥擯aulette Ferguson, an 桃花直播 Bachelor of Science graduate and member of the 桃花直播 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, 桃花直播 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 桃花直播. For more information, contact Jeremy D. Whitmore, scout executive, at 662-328-7228 or whitmore@bsamail.org.

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