Meet the OLs

Mariah Acton

Mariah Acton is a Political Science major from Vancouver, Washington. She is currently the Student Organizations Assistant and says her favorite activity is anything having to do with the Leadership Program at UAF. In the future, Mariah would like to be the UN Undersecretary General of Human Rights.

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Is it getting hot in here? Stefanie Attwood otherwise known as pyro got this nickname for a good reason! This Justice major is one semester away from becoming a paid firefighter but would remain an Orientation Leader forever if she could. Heck, she’s been doing it 4 years already! If confidence, passion and energy make a good OL then she would be the poster child. Ask this senior OL what it takes to be a Nanook.

William Baker

Meet Will “Spud” Baker. He is a Math major originally from Battle Creek, Michigan. His favorite activity at UAF is Broomball, and he loves candy corn. In the winter, you can catch will sledding at his favorite hill or just hanging out with friends.

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Conor Brennan is a 3rd year Geography major from San Jose, CA. He enjoys cross country skiing and snowboarding in the winter and would like to visit Australia, Africa and Ireland. He loves gummy bears and would like to be a zookeeper or policeman someday.

Rob Gumpert

If you like sliding down mountains in the winter and enjoy eating skittles, you’ll want to meet Rob Gumpert. He is a senior History major who enjoys juggling and describes himself as inquisitive. When asked what his most memorable experience at UAF has been, he said, “Without a doubt, freshmen dorm life. You will not find a greater concentration of crazy anywhere else, except maybe Vegas.”

Bronwyn Harrod

Bronwyn Harrod, a.k.a “Twitch” is pursuing a double major in Math and Chemistry. In addition to working hard on her studies, Bronwyn loves to hang out with friends and watch Firefly. Her favorite winter activity is getting into snowball fights and she describes herself as “esoteric.”

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Kayla Hill

Meet Kayla Hill. This confident senior Communications major hails from Valencia, California. She is currently the lead student assistant with the Student Activities Office in Wood Center. Her favorite candy is Take 5 and she wants to be a pop star when she grows up.

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Jesse Manchester

Jesse Manchester loves to sing, dance, choreograph, act, model and socialize in general in addition to his studies. He just finished his first semester at UAF and says that broomball is his favorite winter activity. He is originally from Wasilla, Alaska and wants to be “cool” when he grows up.

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Larry Mosely Jr.

L Dawg, a.k.a. Larry Mosley is a senior Civil Engineering major from Fairbanks, Alaska. This hometown boy enjoys riding his snow machine (snowmobiles for those from the lower 48) and reading books in the winter. If he could go on an all-expense paid vacation anywhere, he says he would go to E3.

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Heather Neal

Heather Neal is a Civil Engineering major who hails from Eagle River, Alaska says her favorite winter activity is cross-country skiing. In the future, she would like to be a political leader, engineer recruiter or even an astronaut and describes herself as ambitious.

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Hazel O'Hara-Barnard

Watch out for Hazel O’Hara-Barnard! She is a fast-paced exciting student who is undecided about her major. She loves to play broomball and her favorite candy is sour gummy worms. Originally from Trapper Creek, Alaska, she enjoys crocheting, snowboarding, reading, drawing cartoons and gluing stuff together.

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Jennifer Phillips

Jennifer Phillips is a senior Psychology major originally from Anchorage, Alaska. She enjoys skiing in the winter and wishes she could be less of a procrastinator. She enjoys milky ways and someday wants to be a guidance counselor and military therapist.

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