Jonathan Serigne, mass communication senior from Chalmette, and Amy Borne, business administration graduate from Madisonville, were named Mr. and Ms. Nicholls at the annual Student Government Association, Student Programming Association and Peer Assistance Banquet held April 29.Serigne said it is an honor that students voted for him for Mr. Nicholls.
“I thank the people for recognizing all I do on campus,” he said. “They recognize all my accomplishments on campus. They recognize it enough to vote me Mr. Nicholls.”
Borne said she was “very honored and surprised” to be selected Ms. Nicholls.
“Well, I’ve done a lot in college and have a lot of great memories,” Borne said. “It just rounded out my whole experience in college. It was a great award to receive, but not the top award.”
During her collegiate career Borne was involved in numerous organizations on campus. She was a four-year member of Sigma Sigma Sigma, serving as an officer her junior and senior years. She was also a member of the National Panhellenic Council, serving as treasurer for three years and president her senior year.
Additionally, she was a member of SPA for three years, serving in the capacities of shadow chairman, secretary/treasurer and president. She also was named Greek Woman of the year, a member of the Homecoming Court and a member of the Nicholls Hall of Fame.
Serigne is a four-year member of Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity and has served as fundraising hair, educator and historian and president. He also was a three-year member of SPA, is a two-year member of the Public Relations Student Society of America, serving as secretary his senior year and is a four-year member of the Interfraternity Council where he served as delegate for three years and a member his fourth year.
He was also the Greek God recipient his junior year. During his senior year, he was a member of the Homecoming Court, a justice on the SGA Supreme Court and sales representative at The Nicholls Worth during his senior year.
“Both of those students have been outstanding leaders in the University community,” Eugene Dial, vice-president for student affairs, said. “They certainly left their mark on Nicholls. All of the students nominated and considered were outstanding leaders, but the students had to choose from that list who they thought were the best.”
When asked if they could change one thing about Nicholls, Serigne said although there are a lot of things that could be changed he would like more school spirit and the return of the Colonel.
“One big one right here is more school spirit and bring back the Colonel, because I’m a Colonel for life,” Serigne said. “I don’t care what they tell me, I’m a Colonel. If they tell me on my diploma that I’m an ‘N’ with a sword through it, I’m going to tell them ‘no, I’m a Colonel.'”
Borne said she would like to see the students who commute to school daily get more involved.
“They could participate in sporting events on campus, because I think Nicholls would be such a better place if we had more student involvement on campus,” she said.
