Theme: Transcending the Block

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Muriel Williams Battle High School
7575 E. St. Charles Road
7575
Columbia, Missouri, 65202
United States

Ben Peng Tatiana Winters

Senior Tatiana Winters and junior Ben Peng, who will be speaking about self-actualization. Tatiana is involved with band and color guard, and Ben participates in soccer and track, and they are both members of AVID.

Adele Dorman

Adele is a senior in high school. Adele is involved in band, theater, and is the ITS president.

Brevinn Tyler

Brevinn Tyler is a current high school junior. He plays football, basketball, and runs track.

Brielle Thompson

Brielle Thompson is a high school junior. She has been involved in color guard, choir, and the dance team and is a member of AVID.

Brittani Fults

Brittney Fults is a Ph.D candidate at the University of Missouri-Columbia researching Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis.

Caleb Bavlnka

Caleb is a high school junior who is also one of 2 million military children aged from birth to 18. He participates in track, cross country, and Boy Scouts.

Catt Harvey

Catt Harvey is a high school junior, and she involved with Gay Straight Alliance, Academy of Rock, and she is vice president of her class.

Cole Flottman

Cole Flottman is a high school senior. He is involved with both theater and choir, and in the fall he plans to study linguistics at Truman State University.

Corey Bowden

Corey Bowden is a School Resource Officer

Curtis Taylor

Curtis Taylor- is a graduate student from the University of Missouri-Columbia. He’s with us today to discuss the importance of branding and what it means to not allow others to label you.

Donna Battle Pierce

Donna is a Food Journalist

Elise Hardesty

Our next speaker is a high school junior who partakes in volleyball, studio art, and theater.

Eric Johnson

High School Principal

Hayden Elder

Hayden Elder, a high school senior. He is involved in FIRST Robotics, National Honor Society, and MU Alpha Theta.

Jen Lee Reeves

Journalist

Joel Hess

Our next speaker is a current high school junior, Joel Hess. He has participated in drumming for 7 Years, and has been a drumline section leader for 3.  

Jordan Bavlnka

Jordan Bavlnka is a sophomore in high school. He is involved with the math and cross country teams, science club and Boy Scouts.

Katherine Kalman

Katherine Kalman is a senior in high school. Outside of school, she is involved with Orchestral Symphony Young Artist Program.

Lesli Woods

Leslie is the vice president of MAC scholars, is in National Honor Society, and she is a local artist and singer.

Lise Saffran

Lise Saffran is the Director of the Masters of Public Health Program at the University of Missouri-Columbia and a writer.

Marc Chauvin

Marc is an 11th grade student who participates in archery, Battle Literature and Art Review magazine, future problem solving, Cross Country running, battle academy of rock, and Gay Straight Alliance.

Marie Olear

Marie Olear and she is a junior in high school and she is involved with Battle Literature and Art Review Magazine, Battle Corps, Model UN, and Gay Straight Alliance.

Martana Stemmons

Martana Simmons is a high school senior and she participates in basketball and track.

Matt Bennett

Youth Mentor/Businessman

Mekhia Thompson

Mekhia Thompson is a junior in high school.

Montiera Ferrel-Nelson

Montiera is a high school senior. She participated in MAC Scholars, student council, Avid, and educators rising.

Peter Stiepleman

Superintendent of Columbia Public Schools

Peter Stiepleman is the current superintendent of Columbia Public Schools and an avid world traveler.

Rebecca Archer

Rebecca Archeris involved with high school debate.

Sloane Scott

Sloane is a Senior in High School.

Sterling Humburg-Cage

Sterling Humburg-Cage is a senior in high school and he is involved in Future Problem Solving, EEE and band.

Tom Hairston

Dr. Tom Hairston taught high school special education for five years, and he is now an improvement consultant at the University of Missouri College of Education.

Wycla Bratton

Student Teacher & MU student