Rebecca McLaughlin, '14, has wanted to be a novelist since she was a kid. Through hard work, trial and error and a belief in herself, she is on her way. Her young-adult fantasy book The Nameless Queen is set to be published by a major publishing house next year. "It blew me away," she said.
Hannah Schoon, '19, expected to spend this past summer becoming a technician of sorts for a highly specialized piece of research equipment (a mass cytometer) at the Mayo Clinic. That job got interrupted—and as a result, Schoon is co-author of a paper published this month in the prestigious Blood Cancer Journal.
Biology major and Britons volleyball hitter Mackenzie Moore, '19, will graduate in three years and pursue a master's degree in public health. She hopes her academic journey will include medical school. Moore, from Quincy, Mich., was dual-enrolled at Kellogg Community College for her final two years of high school and arrived at Albion with a semester and a half of college credit. "I'm excited for the future and the opportunities I will have," says Moore, a member of the Wilson Institute for Medicine and the Brown Honors Program.
Griselda Iñiguez, '19, figured out early on that hard work and determination were the keys to success. Now, as a senior at Albion College, she has learned those lessons and more, both as a psychology major and as a member of the equestrian team. "I'm a lot more independent," she says.
There are stories in the rocks, and nothing makes Albion College's Carrie Menold happier than figuring out the tale they’re trying to tell. With a grant from the National Science Foundation, the associate professor and chair of geological sciences and resident petrologist (rock expert) hopes to tell some of that story with a colleague and friend from Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.
Through a gift to their alma mater, Dr. James Wilson, ’77, and Lisa Wilson, ’79, have established the Lisa and James Wilson Institute for Medicine at Albion College. An evolution from the former Institute for Healthcare Professions, the Wilson Institute for Medicine will rethink and advance undergraduate teaching and preparation in a fast changing medical-education environment, providing Albion students with a competitive advantage in gaining entrance to top-tier medical schools and in their overall career paths.
