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The University of Kansas Department of Student Housing has named its 2009-10 student leaders, including resident assistants for KU’s eight residence halls, proctors and food board managers for 12 scholarship halls and top officers for the five university housing organizations.

“We are pleased that these students have stepped up to fill important leadership roles,” said Diana Robertson, director of the Department of Student Housing. “At a time when KU housing has received national attention for its student programming and its facilities, we can’t forget the day-to-day leadership that these students contribute. For them to balance academic achievement plus this leadership role is indicative of their character and personal achievements.”

For the students chosen as live-in resident assistants, proctors, desk managers and food board managers, duties include serving as role models, handling administrative and programming duties and performing paraprofessional advisory functions for residents. Food board managers also coordinate menu planning and food purchasing for their assigned halls.

Housing organization officers are elected to represent their fellow student residents and organize and facilitate shared social, intellectual and cultural concerns and activities.

A handful of the students graduated from Wyandotte County schools:

• Cherika Melinda Marie Boyd, daughter of  Denise DePriest and Reginald Boyd,  Sumner Academy Arts & Science

• Maximilliano Sylvester Ayalla, son of  Monique and Sylvester Ayalla, Sumner Academy Arts & Science

• Amber Lynn Jackson, daughter of  Mack and April Jackson, Piper High School

• Mark Anthony Marquez, son of  Aileen Buchanan, Sumner Academy Arts & Science

• James M McIntosh, son of  Marvin and Deborah McIntosh, Sumner Academy Arts & Science

• Anthony Matthias Johnson, son of  Jeffrey and Antrina Johnson, Sumner Academy Arts & Science Kansas City