Alicia Carter Friday, February 12th, 2021 Kiria Braden, a senior from Nashville who is earning a degree in marketing, a concentration in social media and a certificate in data analytics, said she’s come a long way since her first semester on The Hill. The now president of the Black Student Alliance (BSA) and marketing intern in the Intercultural Student Engagement Center (ISEC) said she went from rarely leaving her residence hall her first semester of college to running for WKU homecoming queen three years later. “WKU really helped me come out of my shell. At the beginning of my freshman year, I was afraid to really go out, but once I started networking and meeting new people, it made my college experience so much better,” Braden said. “Running for homecoming queen last semester was one of the best experiences I’ve had at WKU.”