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STUDENT SPOTLIGHT

Dainty Taffe-Nesbitt fessors. They gave me the motivation to strive for the
best.
School of Teacher Education & Behavioral Sciences What’s a school-related accomplishment that you’re
Dainty Taffe-Nesbitt of really proud of?

Byron is a senior majoring I am really proud of my extracurricular involve-
in public service. ment. I am the vice president of the Model African
What made you choose Union and president of the Public Service Student
Middle Georgia State Uni- Club. I feel as if I am taking advantage of the total
versity? college experience this time around.
Who would you have dinner with if you could have it
Their public service ma- with any person, living or dead? Why?
jor combined my interests
in sociology and psycholo- I would choose to have dinner with Bob Marley.
gy and was geared toward It would give me the opportunity to find out how he
my future goals of becom- composed such powerful lyrics that transcend time.
ing a helping professional. His words and music are immortal and relevant even
What is the best piece of today.
advice you’ve ever been given about your educa- What book/movie would you change the ending to
tion? if you could?
Do not let the cost deter you from achieving your
academic goals. Be diligent and pursue your goals as I would change the ending to Imitation of Life. I
the rewards will outweigh the cost. would have loved for Annie to stay alive.
What’s one thing that surprised you when you first What is your favorite day of the year?
came to MGA?
I was pleasantly surprised to see that I wasn’t the My favorite day is November 10th, my birthday.
oldest student on campus. This motivated me. Also, I If you could go back in time, but couldn’t change
loved the encouraging spirit of my advisors and pro- anything, what time would you go to?

I would go back to the 1980s.

Jacob Corley What’s a school-related accomplishment that you’re
really proud of?
School of Computing
I am very honored to have received several aca-
Jacob Corley of Thom- demic awards including “Certificate of Outstanding
aston is a senior majoring Academic Achievement in Cybersecurity,” “Outstand-
in information technology ing Contribution in Community Engagement Award,”
with a concentration in cy- and the “Student Leadership Award” for my involve-
bersecurity. ment as president of the Cyber Knights. I am also
grateful to have been named to the President’s List
What made you choose every semester I have attended MGA.
Middle Georgia State Uni- What’s the best piece of advice you would give to a
versity? new MGA freshman?

When I was considering One piece of advice I would give a new freshman
a college to attend, I want- at MGA is to get involved with the student body and
ed to find a college that of- join a student organization or club. I have greatly en-
fered fully online degrees, joyed my time being involved with the Cyber Knights
had an excellent I.T. pro- and only wish I had gotten involved as a freshman in-
gram, and was close to home. MGA fit every one of my stead of a junior.
criteria, and I could not be happier with my decision. What is your favorite day of the year?

What is the best piece of advice you’ve ever been My favorite day of the year is Easter Sunday be-
given about your education? cause this is the day that I and fellow Christians cel-
ebrate the resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus
One piece of advice that I was given about my Christ.
education that greatly benefited me was to “take a If you could only take two books on a desert island,
few introductory classes and find a concentration that which would you take?
you are passionate about and pursue it.” When I start-
ed at MGA, I knew I wanted to major in I.T., but I did The two books I would take to a desert island are
not know what concentration I wanted to pursue. Af- the Bible and the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
ter taking several introductory classes, I discovered a What’s on your music playlist right now?
great passion for cybersecurity and thus decided to
pursue a concentration in cybersecurity. NEEDTOBREATHE, For King & Country, and
Switchfoot.

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