Zephyr native Ciera Culpepper crowned Homecoming Queen at Howard Payne University

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Cierra Culpepper, right, was recently named Homecoming Queen at HPU. She is shown with last year’s queen, Jeffri Foster.

BROWNWOOD , TX (10/19/2011)(readMedia)-- Zephyr native Ciera Culpepper was recently crowned Homecoming Queen at Howard Payne University during a ceremony held on campus. She was escorted at the ceremony by her brother, Lacy Culpepper, a freshman at HPU.

Ciera is the daughter of J.D. and Susan Culpepper. She is a senior family studies major and is currently involved in HPU's Baptist Student Ministries, Pi Gamma Mu and Jacket Ambassadors. She is also active with State School Ministry, Big Brothers Big Sisters and Midkids at Midtown Baptist Church.

Founded in 1889, Howard Payne University is a Christ-centered academic community dedicated to excellence by developing and equipping the whole person for intellectual inquiry, personal and professional integrity, and service to God and humanity.

Located in Brownwood, Texas, HPU offers a full array of undergraduate programs and a limited number of graduate programs in a traditional residential academic community. The university also offers selected undergraduate and graduate course work by electronic means and at extended learning centers responsive to the academic needs of the communities served. HPU maintains a low student-to-faculty ratio, which contributes to the university's reputation of being "a place where everybody is somebody."