Wil Yerger

Associate director of student programming, 2011 orientation leader, Ole Miss ambassador for two years, and philanthropy chair for a fraternity sounds like a large to-do list for any college student.

Wil Yerger, a junior at the University of Mississippi, has been involved in all these extracurricular activities, as well as being a full-time student. He was not required to participate in these programs, but his desire to become more involved has increased drastically.

“Every year there seems to be more interest in campus involvement,” Yerger said. “That could be due to the increase in the number of students on campus or just better publicity for campus involvement.”

His older sister encouraged Yerger to become involved on campus to give back to the university. He feels that he has made life-long friendships and even potential contacts for future employment.

Yerger explained that becoming involved in these types of programs usually requires several processes.

“All of these organizations, except for philanthropy chair, require extensive application and interview processes,” he said. “For example, about 200 people applied for orientation leader and only about 25 were selected.”

Yerger encourages more students to become active in various programs and organizations to feel the same gratitude toward the university that he does, he said.