![Student Spotlight | Ian Njihia](https://webcdn.worcester.edu/campus-life/wp-content/uploads/sites/56/2022/01/blog-featured-temp-1200x628-1.png)
Ian Njihia, from Westford, MA, is a sophomore majoring in Business Administration with a concentration in International Business. Ian is currently the President of the Third World Alliance and a Resident Assistant.
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![Meet Anna Johnson, Student Trustee](https://webcdn.worcester.edu/campus-life/wp-content/uploads/sites/56/2021/09/blog-featured-temp-1200x628-1-1.png)
The Student Trustee of Worcester State is an elected position that represents all WSU students on various committees and initiatives across campus. This year, Anna Johnson is serving her second term as Student Trustee.
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![Meet Karen Shalev, SGA President](https://webcdn.worcester.edu/campus-life/wp-content/uploads/sites/56/2021/08/blog-featured-temp-1200x628-1.png)
Each year, an SGA President is elected to work with members of the Student Senate and the Worcester State community to ensure that WSU is serving the needs of all its students. This year, Karen Shalev is serving as SGA President.
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![Student Spotlight | Imahni Bruno-Reeves](https://webcdn.worcester.edu/campus-life/wp-content/uploads/sites/56/2021/04/blog-featured-temp-1200x628-1-1.png)
Imahni Bruno-Reeves, from Boston, MA is a Senior majoring in Communications. Along with her academic course load and involvement in campus leadership programs, Imahni is a former member of the Resident Assistant Staff and Committee Chair for Third World Alliance
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![Student Spotlight | Ari Giasson](https://webcdn.worcester.edu/campus-life/wp-content/uploads/sites/56/2021/03/blog-featured-temp-1200x628-1-1.png)
Arianna Giasson, from Somerset, MA, is a junior in the Occupational Therapy program. Along with her academic course load and involvement in campus leadership programs, Ari is also president of the Student Occupational Therapy Association, secretary of the LGBTQ+ Alliance, and a member of Best Buddies.
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![Jess Wicks Brings Memphis to WSU](https://webcdn.worcester.edu/campus-life/wp-content/uploads/sites/56/2021/02/blog-featured-temp-1200x628-2-1.png)
To understand Jessica Wicks is to understand a little about where she comes from; Memphis, Tennessee. The home of soul. A city full of a spirit, energy, and intensity seldom matched anywhere else. A name meaning established, enduring, and beautiful. And a history reaching as far back as the pharaohs, where the ancient Egyptian capital […]
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![Student Spotlight | Blake Thorne](https://webcdn.worcester.edu/campus-life/wp-content/uploads/sites/56/2021/01/blog-featured-temp-1200x628-1-1.png)
Blake Thorne, a junior from Bridgewater, MA, is a Communication major with a focus in Digital Media Production. Besides acting at the President for the Club Lacrosse Team, Blake is also heavily involved with the Center for Community Media on campus, where he hosts in-studio interviews and fills various studio roles including camera person, technical […]
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![Professor Alex Briesacher is Making Space for Everyone](https://webcdn.worcester.edu/campus-life/wp-content/uploads/sites/56/2020/12/blog-featured-temp-1200x628-3.png)
Alex Briesacher loves teaching his students. Asking around campus, those students who have taken his sociology classes mention his approachability, caring nature, honesty, and innate ability to teach through stories and humor as reasons they return to his classes as often as they can.
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![Student Spotlight | Anna Johnson](https://webcdn.worcester.edu/campus-life/wp-content/uploads/sites/56/2020/11/blog-featured-temp-1200x628-1-1.png)
Anna Johnson, a junior studying sociology with a minor in pre-law, is all-in when it comes to life as a Worcester State student. A Worcester, MA native, Anna has spent the past two years building an impressive resume of leadership and involvement experiences. She is currently the Student Trustee, a Presidential Student Ambassador, Third World […]
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![Sharing Your Power & Knowing Yourself with Demitrius Evans](https://webcdn.worcester.edu/campus-life/wp-content/uploads/sites/56/2020/10/blog-featured-temp-1200x628-3.png)
Resident Hall Director Demitruis Evans comes to us from Chicago, Illinois, where she recalls growing up in a working class black and brown community and finding passion in her education. “A lot of what I learned about myself happened when I was coming of age as a senior in high school. Those moments were the […]
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