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Betty Williams-Wiles, Baton Rouge Community College, Louisiana

Betty Williams-Wiles is deeply committed to her community and Baton Rouge Community College. Scheduled to graduate in May 2011 with a degree in Liberal Arts, her ultimate dream is to make an impact on others through simple human connection and how it relates to Art.  She has explored and expanded these connections through work with young people at the Prescott Middle School and with the elderly population at the Williamsburg Assisted Living Community. As she moves forward in her career as an artist, she intends to use her art as a tool to inspire and serve others.

I have always had a drive to serve others and work for the common good. But I never fully realized that I could go beyond volunteerism--that my opinion and hard work could influence policy decisions. My views changed when I sat in the office of one of my legislators in Washington, DC."

-Amanda Coffin, University of Maine at Farmington, Campus Compact student leader