Profiles - Inspiring Individuals & Stories
Meet Merilee, Bailey, Brittany and Julia, the four students serving as the °µÍø½ûÇø Marching Band drum majors for 2025.
Ababa Lorde, a senior in °µÍø½ûÇø’s School of Fashion, won a $50,000 scholarship from the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA), a New York-based nonprofit that is committed to supporting the American fashion designers of the future.
Meet Liberty Prosser, a graduate student furthering her studies in criminology and criminal justice after having graduated from °µÍø½ûÇø in 2025, with dual Bachelor of Arts degrees – one in sociology with a concentration in social problems, deviance and crime, and another degree in criminology and justice studies with a minor in forensic anthropology.
Meet Derrick Tindimwebwa, a sophomore construction management major from Kampala, Uganda, whose family ties led him to °µÍø½ûÇø where he's building community and managing connections between the university and the community.
While most people his age were settled in their careers, 50-year-old Ron Sonedecker was learning to direct, winning awards and swapping computer code for camera shots. Enrolling at °µÍø½ûÇø in 2023, the junior digital media production major has taken a long journey to get where he feels he belongs.