Southern University students were able to engage in interactive fun, music, live entertainment and games with the 2012 BET College Tour’s stop on Mayberry Lawn.
SU was the ninth scheduled tour stop on the schedule.
”I’ve never been to the BET Black College Tour, but it’s cool that BET takes time to come out to the universities,” participant LeLe Crowder said.
Megan Clay thought the BET Tour was great.
”The BET Tour is great, I like how they show emphasis on AIDS Awareness,” Clay said.
Willie McCorkle III, Student Government Association President said he was happy the tour stopped on campus.
”For Southern University to be one of the most prominent HBCU’s in the country, I am excited that BET recognizes that, and chose to have us as one of the tops on their tour.”
Shamaya Stewart, a sophomore criminal justice major from Fort Walton Beach, Fla., said, “This was a nice experience. I was surprised at the amount of talent SU has to offer.”
Alvin Washington, a senior from Baton Rouge, said that the Freestyle battle was cool and an unbiased competition.
“If I would have won, I would have given the $200 gift card to CitiTrends to a child in need of clothes,” Washington said.
Christina Rogers participated in the Singer Spotlight contest, and was selected as the winner.
The Singer Spotlight involved students to battling to display Southern’s best singing talent.
Drop the Beat allowed students to guess the name and artist of each snippet song the DJ played.
Cortez Scott showed his music intelligence as the winner of the Drop that Beat. He received a set of Beat Box headphones.
Freestyle Battle winner Ralph Griffin showcased his rap talents and came out on top at the during the Freestyle Rap battle.
The event had a host of tents set up with different activities and entertainment for students to engage in.
Nyaeki Broussard, a representative at the InRoads booth, said that InRoads is a non-profit organization, which has been in operation for over 42 years.
Their focus is to work with undergrad students to find paid internships, which may turn into paid job offers from companies.
According to information at the InRoads booth, the information stated that InRoads has ranked top 10 in Princeton’s Review for paid internship providers.
The information also stated that InRoads accepts applications from all majors, but focuses mainly on business and engineering majors.
According to Rynnie Cotter, a representative from the OppsPlace booth, it is an online community committed to providing valuable content while connecting minority job seekers, minority business seeking to do business with corporations and corporations committed to diversity.
Cotter said that jobs are posted daily on OppsPlace website.
The site features a broad range of jobs and opportunities from leading U.S. corporations committed to diversity and inclusion, Cotter said.
OppsPlace allocates insight from leading bloggers and business professionals who share advice and trends related to career growth, business building and wealth generation.
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October 17, 2012
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