Logan Bell

Logan Bell may not have been the big man on campus, but he was a busy one as a representative on the Nighthawks Entertainment board, a student ambassador on the Dahlonega Campus and an orientation leader on the Dahlonega, Gainesville and Oconee campuses.

That means Bell spent his summer driving to the three campuses introducing UNG to soon-to-be freshman.

"We welcomed them into college and made sure they knew everything they needed to know before they came in the fall," Bell said.

Before graduating in Aug. 2019, he ushered incoming freshman around campus for different informational sessions. But in Dahlonega, he supervised the soon-to-be students overnight stays, including treating them to breakfast the next day. This allowed him to connect with them and create a tie that will bind.

"People from those summers still text me," Bell said. "We are really their contact for UNG and we are the ones they look up to."

The Sugar Hill, Georgia, native said he still remembers his own orientation leaders and recalled how he got to work with them one summer.

After his orientation work ended in the summer, Bell would also serve as a student ambassador role in the fall and spring. He used his knowledge and passion for UNG to recruit students to the university.

"When high school students looked at visiting the college, we were the ones who would give them a tour," he said.

But Bell didn't simply focus on potential students and freshman. He also helped organize events for the student body through his work on the Nighthawk Entertainment board. The board is responsible for planning and executing several events such as the fall and spring jams.

"We had a comic who came, and we had a hypnotist who came," he said, explaining the board helped set up and clean up the events. "We were the behind-the scenes kind of people."

On top of devoting his time to extracurricular as well as maintaining a full-time class load, it's a wonder how Bell found time to work part-time at the Rec Center at UNG. But he enjoyed being involved with several elements of campus life.

However, attending UNG for four years wasn't the original plan. He planned to stay for a year and then transfer.

"The first semester after living in dorms and walking to class and seeing the same faces and meeting someone new every day, I fell in love with the community feel of UNG," he said.