Tara Allison ‘10 spends plenty of time reading children’s books with her daughter, who is almost three. This led her to make the somewhat spontaneous decision to write her own. “It was a fun thing to do for my daughter,” Tara said. It took her only an hour to actually write her first book, “Microbe Adventures: Rhinovirus,” and a few weeks to illustrate it. After researching self-publishing and finding a company that matched her [...]
“As dental professionals, Katie and I know first-hand how important oral hygiene is. We knew that contacting our local homeless shelters would be a good way to reach people in need of oral care products.” Ally Bihary wanted to help the community. And, with her friend and fellow pre-dental student Katie Fasel, she did just that. Ally and Katie collected and assembled 152 oral hygiene kits with toothbrushes, toothpaste, floss, and mouthwash in each. The [...]
Amanda Brancato, ‘18, maximized every aspect of her time at Mount Aloysius. She served as a student leader as the community service chair and president of the National Society of Leadership and Success (NSLS), as treasurer of the biology club, and on the student-athlete advisory committee. Brancato was also the captain of the Mountie women’s soccer team her senior year. “I feel very fortunate to have gone to a school that has given me so [...]
Saige Perry, a rising senior biology major in the pre-osteopathic medicine track, is looking forward to beginning her studies at Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM) next fall. There, she will be able to focus on medical school and learning more about the human body and its afflictions. But before she transitions, one thing she doesn’t have to worry about is taking the Medical College Admissions Test (MCAT). Because her SAT scores were so [...]
When Brady Wright was growing up, he had “a really cool dentist.” “He was highly interactive, always explaining everything he was doing step-by-step, talked to me about personal life, and just kind of planted the seed that the dental profession was a good one to be in.” Brady, ‘16, followed the seed planted in him by his dentist to Mount Aloysius, and then to Lake Erie College of Medicine (LECOM), where he is studying to [...]
When Noah Strickland, Hannah Kitko, and Lana Maniakhina first dove into an independent research project with Dr. Crystal Goldyn, assoc. professor of science at MAC, they didn’t know what to expect. “I was very nervous and thought, ‘How are we ever going to get conclusive results for something like this?’” said Maniakhina, originally from Sevastopol, Russia. “Dr. Goldyn made it personal and her experience really guided us.” The project involved altering the DNA in yeast [...]
The small class sizes at Mount Aloysius allow students to take trips, like to natural acid mines, to experience what they’ve learned about in the classroom. Students have the opportunity to learn in a living classroom. Harpreet Heer, a student at Mount Aloysius College, came to Mount Aloysius for these types of opportunities. “Exploring outside of my comfort zone (the biology laboratory) was an inspiring opportunity. I was able to explore the effects microorganisms have [...]
Leanne identified the genus and species of forty plants on MAC’s campus! She also created signs for each of these trees and flowers with the information listed. Leanne also included a QR code on each sign so that students could visit her website to see where each plant is located and discover other uses for the tree or flower. Leanne says that MAC has inspired her to go beyond the classroom and complete projects for [...]