Minority Leadership Corner
Berry College has a multitude of leadership and involvement opportunities, from clubs and organization to job opportunities andscholarships. Below, a few of Berry's involved multicultural leaders are profiled.
Rebecca D. Armstrong
Hometown: Atlanta, GA
Classification: Junior
Music Business Major
Involvement: In His Name Manager, BSA Public Relations Manager, BITS program worker
Interests: Singing, Playing Piano, Sincere Conversation, Computers, Helping Others, Chillin w/ friends, Being Silly
Most Influential Person: Father
Favorite Quote: Guard Your Heart
Genny Castillo
Hometown: Suwanee, GA
Classification: Senior
Sociology Major, Spanish Minor
Involvement:Co-founder and treasurer of Orgullo, Bonner Scholar, BSA, Viking Fury
Interests: Spanish culture, dancing to salsa, merengue, bachata, traveling, reading
Favorite Quote: "Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow in Australia." (Charles Schultz)
Dnika Joseph
Hometown: Arouca, Trinidad and Tobago; West Berlin, New Jersey; Rome, Georgia.
Classification: Junior
Major: Biology Minor: Chemistry
Involvement: Resident Assistant, Bonner Scholar, Concert Choir, Berry College Theatre Company, Biology Club Treasurer, Allied Health Club Secretary, Marthapalooza Committee.
Interests: International Public Health and Medicine, Sleep, Mentoring Children, Theatre, Dance, World Peace
Favorite Quote: "The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want."
Most Influential Person: I do not have one main influential person in my life, pretty much anyone who I come in contact with influences my life in some positive way.
Advice to incoming frehmen: Have a broad and open mind when you arrive, because Berry has alot to offer both academically and socially...you just need to think out of the box sometimes.
Email: djoseph@students.berry.edu
Brandon Moore
Hometown: Stockbridge, GA
Classification: Sophomore
Biochemistry Major/Business Minor
Involvement: Bonner Scholar, Student Worker
Interests: Reading, Swimming, Traveling
Favorite Quote: "There is no failure except in no longer trying. There is no defeat except from within, no really insurmountable barrier save our own inherent weakness of purpose." -Frank McKinney
Most influential person: My Grandmother
Ida Phillips
Hometown: Abbeville, GA
Classification: Junior
Animal Science Major
Involvement: BSA, Admissions, Resident Assistant, Bonner Scholars, Emerging Leaders, Prayer and Share, Pre-Vet Club
Interests: Movies and TV Shows, Animals, Reading, Eating, Shopping, Volunteering
Manuel Recinos
Hometown: Snellville, Ga
Senior
Government/ Spanish Major
Legal Studies Minor
Involvement: Sigma Delta Pi, work in the Serials and Documents Department at Memorial Library.
Interests: Singing, Politics, Traveling, Photography.
Favorite Quote: Knowing is better than wondering, waking is better than sleeping, and even the biggest failure, beats the hell out of never trying.
Advice to incoming freshmen: Get involved at Berry, your memories will be fonder.
Stephen Santana
Hometown: Lawrenceville, GA
Sophomore
Early Childhood Education Major
Involvement: Lambda Sigma President, Orgullo-Pride in Hispanic Culture Vice President, Exaltation, Berry Singers, GAESP, Teaching Pathways Mentor, Spanish Tutor, Professor’s Assistant, Freshman Mentor
Interests: Singing, Traveling, Penguins
Quote: “Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.” -Apostle Paul
Advice to Incoming Freshmen: Keep yourself organized and keep it Jesus-Approved!
Charlotte Taylor
Hometown: Conyers, Ga
Classification: Junior
Major: Early Childhood Education
Involvement: Teaching Pathways, working at the Child Development Center, Bonner Scholar, GAESP, BSA, P.L.U.S. Camp Counselor
Interests: I love working with Kids! (Which includes Volunteering, babysitting, and some tutoring.) I love to Nap and Read.
Favorite Quote(s): Philippians 4:13 "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me."
"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine as children do. It's not just in some of us; it is in everyone. And as we let our own lights shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others. “~ Marianne Williamson
Most Influential Person: My Mommy!
Advice to incoming freshmen: Don't give up, even when school/life isn't going the way you hoped it would! Don't be afraid to ask for help and/or advice. Don't forget to pray! Don't Procrastinate.
Christopher Shawn Rodriguez
Hometown: Douglasville, Ga
Classification: Junior
Major: Biology
Involvement: Member of the 1000 mile club, Member of Orgullo, works in the Admissions office, Member of the men's running team and one of the top returnees for the Men's running team, works in the library, and the Krannert Center as well.
Interests: Reading, Running, Harmonica Playing
Most influential person: John Tuttle is the most influential person in my life. When I was in junior high I found out he was a teacher who just liked to run, sometimes he was doing it in between class changes. Then, in high school, I found out he was an Olympian. Since coming to college, I found he once had an American record and that he has quite a bit of skill in every running event from the mile to the marathon and he seems to become greater and greater the older I get and the more I find out about him. He is one of the main reasons that I started running and I can never thank him enough for that because running has led me down some very interesting paths from the trails of Douglasville to my ability to be able to attend Berry College.
Yuko Sato
Hometown: Osaka, Japan
Classification: Senior
Major: Animal Science/pre-vet Minor: Psychology
Involvement: ACS (Treasurer), ODK, Pre-vet club, Alpha Zeta, Girls soccer team (intramural)
Works at Berry College Dairy, works in the Animal Science Dept., and at the East Rome Animal Clinic
Interests: Animals! Making AND spending money, shopping for cute clothes, causing trouble, spending time with friends & family.
Music: Rock/Alternative
Dream: Hopefully a vet or if not, an animal therapist.
Favorite Quotes:
"Life is tough. Life is tougher when you're stupid." --John Wayne
"And if anyone, anyone tries to hurt one of my friends, I would take them out. I would make them suffer so much that they'd wish they were never born. And if they ran, I would hunt them down."
--Gracie Hart from Miss Congeniality
Advice to incoming freshmen: Don't regret your actions and don't do something you'll regret!