MSU student kicking out FEAR, spreading
CHEER By Jazell Ladner
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VISION 2020 | COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCES
Cameron Knight, son of MSU faculty members Amy and Adam Knight, participates in Extraordinary Kicks, a student-organized event.
Mississippi State senior and Ripley native Taylor J. Ward came to the university in 2016 full of dreams and a passion for children. Her college days have seen her to pursue her passion, impacting special needs children through Extraordinary Kicks, a new program she created as a member of MSU’s Montgomery Leadership Program. Part of the university’s Office of Student Leadership and Community Engagement, MLP is a three-semester leadership program that immerses students in community service opportunities. About 40 students are selected each fall through a rigorous application process, and they create and implement a service initiative of their own design once they reach the program’s third semester. Ward, a mathematics major, said she initially felt stuck when no ideas “called out” to her, but wanting to make a difference in the Starkville community, she turned to her Lambda Sigma Honor Society adviser, Amy Knight, for help.
