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COSAM Student named Miss Homecoming 2008

Meredith Gaston, a senior in biomedical sciences, was crowned Miss Homecoming during the halftime festivities at Jordan-Hare Stadium on Nov. 8, 2008. The student body elected the Montgomery, Ala., native from a field of five candidates.

“Being chosen to represent the student body as Miss Homecoming has been the most humbling experience. I have made so many new friends during the week, while being supported and encouraged by those I’ve known for years,” Gaston says. “It’s been such a blessing, and I am so thankful.”

Gaston ran on a platform of supporting awareness and increasing participation in the AU Alert System.  Gaston is also Panhellenic president; Cardinal Key vice president; and a member of the Omicron Delta Kappa honor society and Alpha Gamma Delta sorority. Gaston sites the College of Science and Mathematics as a springboard to law school where she plans to pursue a career in patent law.

“I have learned so much from the classroom, but even more from the (COSAM) people that I have been surrounded by,” the COSAM Leader says. “I look forward to many years of giving back to my university as well as my college.”