Shannon Camper

Background

Shannon Christine Camper was born October 20, 1979, in Glencoe, a suburb of Gadsden, in Etowah County, Alabama.

Education

She majored in music education at Wallace State Community College and graduated with associate degree in 2000. She majored in mass communications with a minor in political science at The in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and earned a bachelor"s degree in 2003. She earned a master"s degree in education administration from the University of West Alabama in 2008.

Career

She is now an administrator at Shelton State Community College in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Camper"s parents are Larry Wayne Camper and Sarah Camper. She has two older brothers, Glen and Chris.

She was raised Southern Baptist and baptized at age 7.

Camper is a 1998 graduate of Glencoe High School in Glencoe, Alabama. In her seven years of pageant competition, Camper earned more than $68,000 in scholarship prize money.

Camper was named Mission Lake Martin 1998, Mission Point Mallard 1999, Mission Point Mallard 2001, Mission Colonial Mall-Gadsden 2002, Mission University of Alabama 2003, and Mission West Central Alabama 2004 before her final Mission Alabama competition. She was the first Mission University of Alabama chosen from outside the school"s Greek system.

Her competition talent for Mission Alabama was singing "God Bless America".

Camper"s chosen platform was breast cancer awareness, due in part to a history of the disease in her family. In January 2007, she joined the staff of Shelton State Community College in Tuscaloosa as the Director of Community She is currently the Director of Development for Shelton State Community College.

Achievements

• On April 16, 2003, Camper was recognized by the Points of Light Foundation. They honored her with a Daily Point of Light Award for her years of volunteer work to raise awareness of breast cancer and how to avoid lieutenant

Connections

associate:

Wallace State