EMSE STUDENT BECOMES BOV REPRESENTATIVE

Kevin Muchiri, a student in the master's in engineering management degree program, was appointed the student representative to the Board of Visitors for 2012-13.

A non-voting member of the board, Muchiri will begin his one-year term May 5. He succeeds Gregory Walsh, a criminal justice major who is scheduled to graduate next month.

A native of Kenya, Muchiri has been very active at ODU since arriving in 2007 to pursue a bachelor's degree in information systems, which he received in 2011. He serves as a senator for the Student Government Association (SGA), chairman of its University Safety Committee and SGA representative to the International Student Advisory Board. Additionally, he is a member of the Government Relations Student Advisory Committee and was the ODU student representative to the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia.

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