Lauren K. Raikes of Speedway, Indiana, is the student trustee appointed to the University of Southern Indiana Board of Trustees by Governor Mitch Daniels. A biology major with an emphasis in optometry, Raikes will serve a two-year term. She holds the James J. and Sally H. Giancola Endowed Presidential Scholarship at USI and carries a 4.0 grade point average. She is a member of the Honors Program and serves as a student ambassador and a member of the Pott College of Science and Engineering Advisory Board. She also is a member of the Pre-Professional Health Club, a student organization at USI, and was a participant in the USI Honors Symposium. She plans to graduate in May 2011. She is active in church youth groups and traveled with them to El Salvador on a medical team and to Costa Rica as part of a community redevelopment team.