Peer Advisor Profiles

Introducing the 2012-2013 Peer Advisor Team

 

Tyler BrownTyler Brown

International Exchange Student Liaison

Study abroad experience:

  • Semester/Year Exchange Program: The University of Exeter, England
  • Internship in India

Email: tyler.brown@eagles.usm.edu

Bio/facts: 

  • Junior, from Biloxi, MS
  • "I have been to more places in Europe and the rest of the world than in America."
  • "Last Chrismas, I somehow managed to get food poisoning while in Jaipur, India. My friends and I wanted to attend a church service the same day. We didn't know the service would be entirely in Hindi and it lasted two hours...with food poisoning..."
  • Places I've visited: London, Manchester, Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam, Prague, Rome, Pisa, Venice, Athens, Cairo, Alexandria, Madrid, Barcelona, Bristol, Bath, Brighton, Delhi, Jaipur, Bangalore, and more...

 

Skye GravenstukSkye Gravenstuk

International Education Week co-chair

Study abroad experience:

  • The Abbey Program

Email: elizabeth.gravenstuk@eagles.usm.edu

 

 

 

Bio/facts: 

  • Sophomore, from Long Beach, MS
  • "I am an English Language Institute conversation partner"
  • "I performed in the first production of The Phantom of the Opera in the state of Mississippi!"

 

Colleen GreggColleen Gregg

International Club Liaison

Study abroad experience:

  • The Granada Program

Email: colleen.gregg@eagles.usm.edu

 

 

Bio/facts: 

  • Senior, from Clinton, MS
  • "I love photography"
  • "I am on the Southern Miss Quidditch Team"

 

Kelli GriffinKelli Griffin

International Education Week co-chair

Study abroad experience:

  • Spanish in Costa Rica

Email: kel_kel22@hotmail.com

 

 

 

 

Bio/facts: 

  • Senior, from Starkville, MS
  • "I am the first person in my family to attend college and get out of the country"
  • "Studying abroad was my first experience on an airplane, and I plan to travel two more times before I graduate college"

 

Hannah Jones

Study abroad experience:

  • The Abbey Program; internship in France

Email: hannah.l.jones@eagles.usm.edu

 

 

 

 

 

Bio/facts: 

  • Junior, from Clinton, MS
  • "I was the captain of the bowling team in high school"
  • "I stayed after the Abbey Program and worked as an intern"

 

photo of Bethanie MillerBethanie Miller

Study abroad experience:

  • The British Studies Program; French in France

Email: bethaniemiller@rocketmail.com

 

 

 

 

Bio/facts: 

  • Senior, from Hattiesburg, MS
  • "I love following the olympic games and world cup, and I plan to attend one of them in the future."
  • "I am from a military family and lived in Germany as a child - I think this is where my love and openness for travel was sparked because ever since then I have been ready to travel any chance I get."

 

Betsy Mullins

International Education Week co-chair

Study abroad experience:

  • The Abbey Program; Religions of India; Vietnam Studies

Email: betsolamullins@aol.com

 

  

Bio/facts: 

  • Senior, from Natchez, MS
  • "I don't plan on ever settling down, I would like to live on every continent for a year - except maybe Antarctica..."
  • "I have an uncanny ability to remember movie quotes and song lyrics, I only have to hear something once before I can repeat it word for word."

 

Breanna Petrucci

Social & Campus Media chair

Study abroad experience:

  • Spanish in Costa Rica

Email: breanna.petrucci@eagles.usm.edu

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bio/facts: 

  • Senior from D'Iberville, MS
  • "I am absolutely obsessed with my puppy, Sally Lou. I am that crazy person that dreses her up and she has about ten outfits. I know, I know, it sounds crazy, btu she is like my little princess."
  • All of my friends call be Breezy. When I came to college I got a customized license plate that said, "brzyboo" which I thought was so cool. Needless to say, "brzyboo" was never cool. So, now I'm stuck with a nickname I don't happen to mind."

 

Michelle PontiffMichelle Pontiff

Study abroad experience:

  • The British Studies Program

Email: michelle.pontiff@eagles.usm.edu

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bio/facts:

  • Senior from Slidell, LA
  • "I attended the Olympics last summer in London"
  • "I can make some killer cupcakes with homemade icing and they are kind of healthy!" 

 

Hannah Shea SmithHannah Shea Smith

Study abroad experience:

  • The Abbey Program, The Granada Program, The Compass Program

Email: hannahshea1defy@aol.com

 

 

 

 

 

Bio/facts: 

  • Senior from Carriere, MS
  • "I was in the first group of students to earn six credits in four countries in five weeks."
  • "My two cats rule everything I do. Their names are President Andrew Jackson and Lady Sybil Crawley - and they are the biggest divas in the world."

 

photo of Amber ToperAmber Toper

Study abroad experience:

  • Semester/Year Exchange Program: The University of Bonn, Germany

Email: amber.toper@eagles.usm.edu

 

    

 

Bio/facts: 

  • Senior from Hattiesburg, MS
  • "You can't tell by looking at me, but I'm half Turkish. I've visited my family in Izmir, Turkey, a few times and it's always a lot of fun."
  • "After graduation my goal is to pack up and move back to Europe for either work or grad school."

 

Marcus Williams

Study abroad experience:

  • The British Studies Program

Email: marcuskw@yahoo.com 

 

 

 

Bio/facts: 

  • Senior from Biloxi, MS
  • "I am the first in my family to ever go/study abroad"
  • "I will be the first in my immediate family to graduate college"