“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 [...]
When Dr. Megan Chicoine, ‘15, was a student in the pre-chiropractic 3+1 program at Mount Aloysius, she participated in two service trips, one to Camden, New Jersey, and the other to Guyana, South America. Through these trips, her eyes were opened to the rest of the world, and she was able to help others. This desire to help people continued into her career, as she was recently hired as a chiropractor at North Carolina-based practice, [...]
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 [...]