A look at one of Centre’s outstanding seniors

RELEASED: December 13, 2001

Name: Les Fugate

Hometown: Prestonsburg, Ky.

Major: Economics (minor in Drama)

Internships: Worked in the Centre Student Life Office in the summer of 2001, and in the College's Admission Office this fall. Will intern in Centre's College Relations Office in the spring.

Extracurricular activities: Interfraternity Council-President (former vice president of Risk Management); Order of Omega, President; Phi Kappa Tau Public Relations Chairman (Former vice president of Alumni Affairs-Won the Clinton Boyd Award for the most Outstanding Phi Kappa Tau vice president of Alumni Affairs in the country); Centre Players-Producer and Director of CentreTerm Musical; Centre College Alumni Board-Student Representative; Senior Campaign Co-Chair; Student Congress-Student Affairs Committee Chairman; Undergraduate Fellow; Norton Center for the Arts-House Manager; Colonel Corps; Centre College Republicans (former Chairman); Brown Leadership Program; Economics Society; Honorary Societies-Omicron Delta Kappa, Omicron Delta Epsilon, Order of Omega.

Future plans: Higher Education Administration

Quotable: "Centre's a place where you can discuss issues with everyone from the president to the physical plant staff and from the Cowan Dining Hall workers to the faculty. It’s an environment where people consistently challenge you, but they care about your success. The community atmosphere at Centre is rare in this day and age, and I relish every moment of it."

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