Science Alumni and Student Success

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    Liberian Med Student Honored in Africa

    August 7th, 2013

    Samfee Kamayanoh Doe ’11 has been selected as one of 28 Milead Fellows from among 2,120 candidates from 44 countries. For this highly prestigious award conferred on African women, Doe was chosen as the sole representative of Liberia, her home country. She is the daughter of Felicia Politee and Sam Gbaydee Doe. Her father, employed …More

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    EMU Alum Chosen “School Nurse of the Year” for Michigan

    June 5th, 2013

    Phyllis Yoder wasn’t born in Huron County, but she has been a big hit in this area for the past 25-30 years. Yoder is a registered nurse who works for the Huron Intermediate School District. She was honored with the title of Michigan School Nurse of the Year this past week. The nurse is originally …More

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    This Nurse Hopes to Work Herself Out of a Job in Guatemala

    March 5th, 2013

    Even though Jeanette Nisly fell in love with Guatemala on a cross-cultural with Eastern Mennonite University (EMU), she never would have dreamed that she would return four months after she graduated, marry a Guatemalan, have two children, and remain for 17 years. Nisly, who majored in nursing at EMU, is the in-country coordinator for the …More

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    2012 Grad Pursuing Medical-Mission Dream at Med School for International Health

    January 23rd, 2013

    Enrolled in the Medical School for International Health (MSIH) in Beer-Sheva, Israel, Bethany Johnson  is exactly where she wanted to be after graduating from Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) in 2012 with a degree in biology: well on her way to a career in medical missions. Johnson traces her interest in practicing medicine overseas all the …More

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    Dr. Chris Taylor Explores Advances in Treating Aneurysms

    November 14th, 2012

    The science of treating brain aneurysms, a key component of neurosurgery, has developed in the last 70 years, says Chris Taylor ’91, a neurosurgeon on the medical school faculty of the University of New Mexico. Attempts to treat aneurysms before 1937 often led to the patient’s death, Taylor explained in a lecture at the Suter …More

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