Counselor and staff profile sketches: part one

We all come to Cornhusker Girls State for one reason or another. The Girls State Gazette team will profile different staff and counselors. By: Madeline Kettler

Carol Nienhueser: Senior Counselor, Third Floor (Bush)

·      Attend Girls State as a delegate: No

·      How she became involved: Daughter talked her into a counselor opening

·      Roles as Senior Counselor: Help lead meetings, supervise delegates at sessions, filling in wherever needed

·      Favorite part of Girls State: Going to sessions and watching government put into practice

·      Loves the atmosphere of campaigning

·      Attended University of Nebraska-Lincoln after she graduated from high school

·      Double majored in Elementary Education and Special Education

·      First job: Special Education teacher at Cedar Rapids Public School

·      Morning Person? Yes. Getting up every day for Girls State is no problem for her

Lia Morales: Middle Counselor, Sixth Floor (Adams)

·      Hometown: Harvard

·      Attended Girls State as a delegate in 2008

·      Lived on the ninth floor, city of Harding

·      Roles as Middle Counselor: Making sure everyone is in the right place and everyone is having fun and learning

·      Favorite part of Girls State: Meeting and getting to know the delegates on her floor and watching them come alive over the week

·      Attended University of Nebraska-Lincoln after graduation

·      Majored in Biochemical Engineering

·      Admires Rosalind Franklin, a British biophysicist, for her contribution in helping identify the structure of DNA and making strides in science for women

Bailey Siekman: Junior Counselor, Seventh Floor (Jefferson)

·      Hometown: Bertrand

·      Attended Girls State as a delegate in 2010

·      Lived in the city of Buchanan

·      Roles as Junior Counselor: Dress code patrol, acting as a big sister to the delegates.

·      Favorite part of Girls State: Watching girls come from small towns all over Nebraska and connect with each other on multiple levels

·      Went to Central Community College after graduation

·      Majored in Hospitality

·      Will attend Fort Hays State University in Fort Hays, KS and major in Hospitality and Tourism

·      If she could be any animal, she would be a dog because they get to sleep all the time.

·      HUGE fan of Frozen, especially Olaf

Norma Arlington: Staff Member, ninth floor (Monroe)

·      Member of the Advisory Board for six years

·      Served as a Senior Counselor for 14 years

·      Favorite parts of being a staff member: No cooking, no doing dishes and she has the choice of making her bed

·      Enjoyed working with delegates and attending town meetings as a senior counselor

·      Went to Peru State for two summers and taught school for three years before getting married

·      Enjoys acting and doing something extra in skits and keeping the girls on their toes