{"id":93270,"date":"2023-06-27T15:43:10","date_gmt":"2023-06-27T20:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/?p=93270"},"modified":"2023-06-27T15:46:52","modified_gmt":"2023-06-27T20:46:52","slug":"incoming-lady-statesman-spotlight-morgan-alford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/2023\/06\/incoming-lady-statesman-spotlight-morgan-alford\/","title":{"rendered":"Incoming Lady Statesman Spotlight \u2013 Morgan Alford"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]Hometown<\/strong> \u2013 Vicksburg, Mississippi<\/p>\n

High school<\/strong> \u2013 River City Early College High School<\/p>\n

Age<\/strong> \u2013 17<\/p>\n

Major<\/strong> \u2013 Nursing<\/p>\n

You graduated from high school and Hinds Community College the same week?\u00a0<\/strong>Yes. My high school was a dual-enrollment school. We did our ninth and tenth grade year with nothing but high school classes. It’s fast-paced, because you’re trying to fit all your high school classes in there. And then 11th to 12th grade, we took nothing but college classes. I was able to take all of my prerequisites for the nursing program. I have my Associate\u2019s Degree and 72 hours of college credit.<\/p>\n

What led you to choose nursing as your major?\u00a0<\/strong>I’m a very realistic person, and I love people. I wanted to be where I can interact with people. That was my main thing. When COVID hit, I looked at all the jobs that shut down and the jobs that stayed open, and nurses were very short staffed. You’re always going to find a job. I get to help people, like I’ve always wanted to.<\/p>\n

What led you to choose Delta State?\u00a0<\/strong>We toured a bunch of a bunch of colleges, because we’re a college and career readiness high school. We took a bunch of trips to different colleges. We were required to at least go to three, and Delta State wasn’t on my top list. I just went because I needed another college, and my stepmom went there and she said it was a really pretty campus. When I stepped onto the campus, I immediately fell in love with it.<\/p>\n

What extracurricular activities have you been involved with?\u00a0<\/strong>I just work. That\u2019s pretty much it. I work at Chick-Fil-A. I am getting a Chick-Fil-A scholarship for college, and I worked 20-25 hours a week during school so I could pay my car off a year early and not carry any debt with me into college.<\/p>\n

What do you do in the little spare time you have?\u00a0<\/strong>I hang out with my family. We play a lot of card games. We’re very competitive family. I love going outside with my dad and helping around the house. And I try to make room to hang out with my friends. That’s really about it.<\/p>\n

Who are one or two people who’ve made a big impact on your life?\u00a0<\/strong>My dad, Kevin Alford, and my stepmom, Linda Alford. My dad, I look at him as a role model because he’s a hard worker. He does everything all the way through. Nothing goes unfinished with him. And my step mom because, well, she basically taught me how to study. When I first came to her, I didn’t care about school. I was a \u201cC\u201d average student. I was just getting by. I was in elementary school, and then I made my first honor roll because of her.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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