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Meet
Your Classmates
New Students for Fall 2008
Here is information on a sampling
of students
who will join the Milligan
College
community soon.
Last Updated 6/23/08
Adam Lawrimore
of Johnsonville, SC
Church: Hemingway
First Baptist
Intended Major: Physical Education
My primary reasons for choosing Milligan: To further my education and further my
baseball career.
My favorite activities, hobbies, &/or future
plans: Hunting, fishing,
playing sports, hanging out with family and friends. I plan to play baseball as long as I
can and to get my degree and coach baseball.
Adam Tomlinson
of Kenosha, WI
Church: First
Christian Church
Intended Major: Bible and Humanities
My primary reasons for choosing Milligan: Athletics program, majors I desired, Dad
went there.
My favorite activities, hobbies, &/or future
plans: Baseball, computer,
tabletop wargames,
I would like to get my undergrad degree and go on to PhD to become a
college professor.
Adam Woods
of Fitchburg, MA
Church: Grace Chapel
Intended Major: English
My primary reasons for choosing Milligan: A good Christian college and my brother
lives close by.
My favorite activities, hobbies, &/or future
plans: Acting, singing, playing guitar- I want to teach English as a
second language in foreign countries.
AJ Hart of Johnson City, TN
Church: Central
Baptist
Intended Major: Education
My primary reasons for choosing Milligan: The Goah Scholarship, walking on to play
basketball, and it is a prestigious local college.
My favorite activities, hobbies, &/or future
plans: Exercise, sports.
I’d like to obtain an education degree and coach a sport
(football, or basketball) at high school.
Ali Sylvia
of Coral Springs,
FL
Church: Church of All
Nations (Assemblies of God)
Intended Major: HPXS: Occupational
Therapy
My primary reasons for choosing Milligan: Milligan had everything I was looking
for. First and foremost was its
focus on Christ along with Christian professors. Second, Milligan offers the program
of study I need.
My favorite activities, hobbies, &/or future
plans: Activities: sing in
church choir as an alto. Hobbies: exercising, sports. Future Plans: Earn my masters in Occupational
Therapy at Milligan.
Ana Bracero
of Greeneville, TN
Church:
Intended Major: Pre-med / Psychology
My primary reasons for choosing Milligan: To stay close to home, because of the amazing
people, and to become closer to God.
My favorite activities, hobbies, &/or future
plans: Volleyball, computer
games, and reading are among my favorite hobbies; however, I also enjoy
watching movies and hanging with friends, but most importantly, I love to
sleep and eat. My dream is to
become a surgeon.
Anna Dillard of Richmond, VA
Church: Journey
Christian Church
Intended Major: Nursing
My primary reasons for choosing Milligan: Christian school, beautiful campus,
area, nursing program
My favorite activities, hobbies, &/or future
plans: Volleyball, swimming,
music, nursing, church/youth activities, friends
Ben Way of Kingsport, TN
Church: First Baptist
of Kingsport
Intended Major: Business / Political Science
My primary reasons for choosing Milligan: Classroom environments, the Lord’s
presence.
My favorite activities, hobbies, &/or future plans: Tennis, video games,
working out.
Bethany
Ball of Mosheim, TN
Church:
Intended Major: Nursing
My primary reasons for choosing Milligan: God led me to Milligan.
My favorite activities, hobbies, &/or future
plans: Watching / playing basketball, shopping, spending time with
friends and family, going to church.
Plan to get my RN and work at Laughlin.
Bethanie Jo “Jo Jo”
Blankenship of Clearwater, FL
Church: Generations
Christian Church
Intended Major: Biology
My primary reasons for choosing Milligan: Practically my whole family went to
Milligan.
My favorite activities, hobbies, &/or future
plans: Volleyball,
cheerleading, softball, hiking, going to the beach, youth group, paintball,
hanging out with friends, watching movies.
Brandy
Harris of Anchorage, AK
Church: Anchorage Baptist Temple
Intended Major: Nursing
My primary reasons for choosing Milligan: Closer to my family, I know someone going
there (Briana F.), it’s a place where I can enjoy the outdoors.
My favorite activities, hobbies, &/or future plans: Volleyball,
working out / exercising, driving around in my Jeep Wrangler, 4 wheeling,
hiking, to become a pediatric intensive care nurse.
Britta Widenhouse of Lake Wylie, SC
Church: First United Methodist in Belmont, NC
Intended Major: Exercise Science
My primary reasons for choosing Milligan: Small size school, Christian atmosphere,
and women’s soccer program.
My favorite activities, hobbies, &/or future
plans: Soccer, singing, playing the piano, being with friends and
family, I want to become a physical therapist.
Brittany Higgs of Elizabethton, TN
Church: Crosspoint Fellowship
Intended Major: Mathematics
My primary reasons for choosing Milligan: Christian school & orchestra.
My favorite activities, hobbies, &/or future
plans: Violin, guitar,
hiking/camping, youth group
Brittany
Parks of Statesboro, GA
Church: Millergrove Baptist Church
Intended Major: Nursing
My primary reasons for choosing Milligan: Size, new environment, prominent academic
excellence, nursing school.
My favorite activities, hobbies, &/or future plans: I love
talking and assisting others. I
enjoy going to church and have may goals. I am an upcoming junior and plan
to become a registered nurse by spring 2011.
Cerissa Warner of Johnson
City, TN
Church: Jubilee World Outreach
Intended Major: Physical Therapy
My primary reasons for choosing Milligan: Milligan is close to home. The students are friendly and it is
Christian.
My favorite activities, hobbies, &/or future
plans: Hanging out with friends, volleyball, fishing. Plans: Becoming a physical therapist.
Corri
Richardson of Kingsport,
TN
Church: Sullivan Baptist
Church
Intended Major: Communications
My primary reasons for choosing Milligan: I
wanted to attend a small Christian school. Once I visited Milligan I was sold!
My favorite activities, hobbies, &/or future
plans: Drama has been my passion since I was very young. I love to read and write and hang
out with friends. I’m not
sure what God has in store for the future, but I’m ready to follow.
Dan Ott of Wooster, OH
Church: Parkview
Church of Christ / Orrville Church of Christ
Intended Major: Theatre / Youth Ministry
My primary reasons for choosing Milligan: Strong religious influences. Close to older brother. Away from home.
My favorite activities, hobbies, &/or future plans: Ultimate Frisbee. Soccer. Acting / Theatre. Improv. Being ridiculously awesome at times.
Darrell
Miller of Nashville,
TN
Church: Victory Church
Intended Major: Information Technology
My primary reasons for choosing Milligan: The basketball coach, Coach Wallingford,
just made a connection. We both
seem as if we are the same person.
He understood where I was coming from when I asked if I also could
play baseball as well as basketball, because he did it in college.
My favorite activities, hobbies, &/or future
plans: I play basketball
and baseball. In the future, I
would want to hopefully get to the professional level in either basketball
or baseball. I like to hang out
with friends, play video games, and sometimes just stay in.
Devin Shaw
of Mountain City,
TN
Church: First Freewill
Baptist
Church
Intended Major: Education
My primary reasons for choosing Milligan: Smaller Christian based school and the
academics.
My favorite activities, hobbies, &/or future
plans: Basketball. Future plans: to teach in an area
school in Tennessee.
Emmy Falls
of Beech Creek, PA
Church: BCC Blanchard
Church of Christ
Intended Major: Nursing
My primary reasons for choosing Milligan: Because it feels like my home away from
home.
My favorite activities, hobbies, &/or future
plans: Sports, art, music, nature, helping people, traveling, simple
things in life, God, family and friends, D-groups, and youth group.
Emily Simmons
of Meadowview, VA
Church: Gospel
Tabernacle
Intended Major: Education
My primary reasons for choosing Milligan: Christian environment. Close to home and
everyone I met seems nice.
My favorite activities, hobbies, &/or future
plans: Track, basketball, old muscle cars, playing guitar hero
Grant
Carpenter of Hillard, Ohio
Church: Worthington
Christian Church
Intended Major: Fine arts (theatre), and Media Communications
My primary reasons for choosing Milligan: Many reasons. I know some alumni, beautiful
campus, great programs for my desired majors.
My favorite activities, hobbies, &/or future
plans: Theatre, music (guitar, bass, drums, singing), computer / video games, just hanging out, love
watching movies.
Grant Gibson of Kingsport, TN
Church: Crossroads
Christian Church
Intended Major: Nursing
My primary reasons for choosing Milligan: High academic standards, Church
affiliation, Friends attending, Small college atmosphere.
My favorite activities, hobbies, &/or future
plans: Playing guitar, church
activities, sports.
Hannah Hughes of Bluff City, TN
Church: Grandview
Christian Church
Intended Major: Fine Arts - Theatre
My primary reasons for choosing Milligan: The moral fiber of the people, the wonderful
drama department, and the focus on Christ.
My favorite activities, hobbies, &/or future
plans: Drama, music, art,
camping, movies, New York City,
and hanging out with my friends.
Hannah
Olson of Abingdon, MD
Church: Mountain City
Christian Church
Intended Major: Elementary Education
My primary reasons for choosing Milligan: Academics, extra curricular activities,
church’s affiliation.
My favorite activities, hobbies, &/or future
plans: Piano, reading, childcare / babysitting, choir / singing,
listening to music. Future
plans: elementary teacher and a
mom eventually.
Hope Travis of Charlotte, NC
Church: Providence
Rd. Church of Christ
Intended Major: Undecided
My primary reasons for choosing Milligan: It had everything I was looking for, from
a small class size to a healthy meal plan, and had a large variety of
clubs.
My favorite activities, hobbies, &/or future
plans: I love to paint, sketch, swim, kick-box, read, learn, and write. I hope to join several clubs, such
as the French one, and I’m very excited about the hiking club.
Jared Songster of Jonesborough,
TN
Church: Tri-Cities Baptist
Church
Intended Major: Business Administration
My primary reasons for choosing Milligan: Because it is a Christian school and I
received golf scholarship.
My favorite activities, hobbies, &/or future
plans: I like lifting weights,
and playing golf & basketball.
JD Larson of Ashland
WI
Church: Salem Baptist
Church
Intended Major: Bible/ Pastoral Ministry
My primary reasons for choosing Milligan: God’s will. I feel like God is
calling me to contextualize my calling into ministry, and WI is way too
cold. My favorite activities, hobbies, &/or future plans: I like
to hunt, fish, and play all kinds of sports. I love film, watching and making
movies. My future plans are to
Follow Jesus (Luke 5:28). I
also like to read.
Jessica
Faircloth of Nashville, TN
Church: Shelby
Avenue Baptist
Intended Major: HPXS
My primary reasons for choosing Milligan: I signed with the softball team and I
fell in love with the campus.
My favorite activities, hobbies, &/or future
plans: My favorite activities are sports, meeting new people, and just
having fun. My hobbies are TV
series, working out, and going to the movies. My future plans include becoming a
trainer and having a family.
Jo Watkins of Amarillo,
TX
Church: Washington
Ave. Christian Church
Intended Major: English
My primary reasons for choosing Milligan:
My favorite activities, hobbies, &/or future
plans: I hope to go on to get a
Master’s in English and use my education to further other’s.
Joshua
Scott of London, England
Church: Church of
England
Intended Major: Physical Education
My primary reasons for choosing Milligan: Because it’s a great size school
with amazing academic and athletic achievements.
My favorite activities, hobbies, &/or future plans: Soccer is my
life. Every day, soccer comes
into action somehow. I also
love to swim and play tennis.
My goals are to get my degree, see where soccer takes me. I also want to coach when I am
older.
Kendall
Williams of Dillon, SC
Church: Bibleway
Tabernacle
Intended Major: Early education / minor coaching
My primary reasons for choosing Milligan: The reason I chose Milligan College is
because I think it’s a great fit for my lifestyle, and it helps me
continue my education coming from a two year college.
My favorite activities, hobbies, &/or future plans: baseball, football,
fishing, hunting, camping. Future
plans: to become a first grade
teacher.
Krista
Summers of Alliance, OH
Church: Marlboro
Christian Church
Intended Major: Undecided
My primary reasons for choosing Milligan: People that have gone there, my church,
just to get out, and new experiences.
My favorite activities, hobbies, &/or future
plans: Scrapbooking, reading, writing, softball.
Lacie Evans of Winterville, NC
Church: Eastern Pines Church of Christ
Intended Major: Nursing
My primary reasons for choosing Milligan: Love the location, campus, & people
My favorite activities, hobbies, &/or future
plans: I love playing co-ed
sports. I also love four-wheeling. I love the beach. I plan to become a
flight nurse on helicopters. I love dangerous stuff.
Lauren Lameier of Florence, KY
Church: St. Michaels
Intended Major: Nursing
My primary reasons for choosing Milligan: Soccer program, nursing courses, and the
size of the school.
My favorite activities, hobbies, &/or future
plans: Playing soccer, watching movies, and hanging out with
friends. My future plans are to
graduate college and become a nurse.
Logan Sweitzer
of Southport, IN
Church: Mount
Pleasant Christian Church
Intended Major: Communications
My primary reasons for choosing Milligan: Christian campus, I really liked the professors
I met, the location
My favorite activities, hobbies, &/or future
plans: Guitar, singing,
Frisbee, watching football, Guitar Hero, basketball, leading worship, youth
group, playing in bands.
Luke
Freeman of Gray, TN
Church: Crossroads
Christian
Intended Major: Undecided
My primary reasons for choosing Milligan:
My favorite activities, hobbies, &/or future
plans: Ultimate Frisbee,
disc golf, music, hanging out with friends.
Matt Clark
of Kingsport, TN
Church: Crossroads
United Methodist
Intended Major: Business, pre-law, political science
My primary reasons for choosing Milligan: The chance to play tennis at a college
level. Great academic and
tennis scholarships – beautiful campus! Grandmother and uncle attended
Milligan.
My favorite activities, hobbies, &/or future plans: Tennis, golf,
swimming, hiking, biking, playstation, canoeing, music. I plan to major in business –
political science. Possibly go
on to law school or get MBA.
Megan Plante of Knoxville,
TN
Church: Sevier Heights
Baptist
Church
Intended Major: Secondary Education
My primary reasons for choosing Milligan: Christian environment, Spanish program,
soccer
My favorite activities, hobbies, &/or future
plans: Soccer, Spanish, drawing / painting.
Megg Rapp of Mason, OH
Church: Landmark Baptist
Intended Major: English or Humanities
My primary reasons for choosing Milligan: Athletic and academic appeal, beautiful surroundings.
My favorite activities, hobbies, &/or future
plans: Track / Cross
Country, reading, photography, outdoor activities (fishing, backpacking, hiking).
Micah
Redden of Portsmouth,
OH
Church: Christ’s
Community Church
Intended Major: Nursing
My primary reasons for choosing Milligan: Beautiful campus, recommended by family
members.
My favorite activities, hobbies, &/or future
plans: Sports, outdoor
activities, triathlons, tennis, soccer, basketball.
Michael Lee
of Lexington, KY
Church: Tates Creek
Christian Church
Intended Major: Secondary Education
My primary reasons for choosing Milligan: I visited and loved it.
My favorite activities, hobbies, &/or future
plans: Basketball, music,
all sports.
Morgan Morefield of Mountain City, TN
Church: Appalachian Church
of Christ
Intended Major: Physical Science
My primary reasons for choosing Milligan: The reason I chose Milligan is it’s
a small school and close to home.
My favorite activities, hobbies, &/or future
plans: I love to watch and play
sports. My future plans are to
teach at a local school.
Ryan Owens
of Johnson City, TN
Church: Central Baptist
Intended Major: Business
My primary reasons for choosing Milligan: Christian Liberal Arts College, close to
home, beautiful campus, faculty, small classes
My favorite activities, hobbies, &/or future plans: Playing
basketball, running track, playing football, listening to music, major in
business and hopefully start a restaurant or a local Dave and Buster’s
type business, hanging out with friends.
Ryan Walden of Knoxville,
TN
Church: First Baptist Concord
Intended Major: Business
My primary reasons for choosing Milligan: offered basketball scholarship
My favorite activities, hobbies, &/or future plans: basketball, football,
video games, just to have fun.
Sam Beale
of Franklin,
TN
Church: Walker Baptist
Church
Intended Major: History
My primary reasons for choosing Milligan: Faith based school, great community and
location, student to teacher ratio, and offered curriculum.
My favorite activities, hobbies, &/or future
plans: Exercising, reading, church / Bible study, the study of history
(all facets). I plan to study
archaeology, political science and teaching. I also would like to obtain a
graduate degree once my bachelors degree is completed.
Sara Myers
of Elizabethton, TN
Church: Bluff City Baptist
Intended Major: History or music, maybe both.
My primary reasons for choosing Milligan: I love the fact that it is a Christian
college. The professors I spoke
with at the prospective student day were amazing and helpful. There are plenty of scholarships
available. The location is
beautiful and so is the campus.
I know I will get a great education at Milligan.
My favorite activities, hobbies, &/or future
plans: Music, French, history, dance, acting, swimming, cheerleading,
studying other cultures and religions, writing, reading,
volunteering-Appalachian Christian Camp, Sycamore Shoals State Park, etc.,
Scholarships pageants, hanging out with friends, meeting new people.
Sarah Green
of Bristol, VA
Church: Woodland
Hills Church of Christ
Intended Major: Business Administration, accounting.
My primary reasons for choosing Milligan: Finding other people my age to be a
positive influence and share the love I have for him.
My favorite activities, hobbies, &/or future
plans: I love talking to people and just getting to know new
people. I like to act and hope
to be in some of the productions at Milligan.
Seth Grindstaff of
Elizabethton, TN
Church: Valley Forge
Free Will Baptist
Intended Major: Undecided
My primary reasons for choosing Milligan: To run, to become more knowledgeable, get
closer to Christ, find my niche.
My favorite activities, hobbies, &/or future
plans: Hiking, kayaking, running, camping, reading.
Tommy
Parker of Manteno, IL
Church: Christian Church of Manteno
Intended Major: Youth
Ministry
My primary reasons for choosing Milligan: Good location, awesome campus, my sister Lydia,
Milligan offers the courses I need to take.
My favorite activities, hobbies, &/or future
plans: I love to camp, hike, canoe and generally just be outdoors. At the same time, I’m a huge
geek and I do web design for fun.
Tracey
Woods of Nashville,
TN
Church: Gospel United
Missionary
Baptist
Church
Intended Major: pre-med, biology
My primary reasons for choosing Milligan: I prayed and asked God for direction , and He led me to
Milligan.
My favorite activities, hobbies, &/or future
plans: I love to hang out
with friends and family, watch movies, play basketball, and shop, and also eat.
Treavor
Millard of Lee, IL
Church: Calvary Church
Intended Major: Computer Information Systems/Communications:Digital Media
Studies
My primary reasons for choosing Milligan: Cross
Country / Track
My favorite activities, hobbies, &/or future
plans: Boy Scouts, Church Tech
Service
Tyler Evanshen of Jonesborough, TN
Church:
Intended Major: Exercise Science
My primary reasons for choosing Milligan: close to home, athletics, academics.
My favorite activities, hobbies, &/or future plans: baseball,
basketball, working out, video games, monopoly. Go to grad school for physical
therapy.
Wes Anderson of Elizabethton,
TN
Church: St. Elizabeth’s Catholic Church
Intended Major: Education / Mathematics
My primary reasons for choosing Milligan: Baseball
My favorite activities, hobbies, &/or future plans: I love sports! Tennessee football and basketball. I want to play baseball here at
Milligan for four years for Coach Meade and then become a graduate
assistant somewhere else. If
not, I just want to be a teacher / coach for high school.
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