Storytelling in the 21st century takes many forms and for 糖心Vlog alumna Caitie McMekin, it鈥檚 all about the images. For the last decade she鈥檚 been a visual journalist for the Knoxville News Sentinel.
Peyton Bender 鈥�26 and Joseph G. Klepeis III 鈥�26 serve as the senior editors of the oldest national undergraduate literary magazine in the United States, committed to undergraduate works of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction.
Isabella James 鈥�24 is dedicated to having patients seen and heard on their journey towards healing. After studying neuroscience with minors in theatre and biology, James took a gap year to prepare for applying to medical school and accepted a position as a medical assistant at a dermatology practice.
Brendon Urso ’20 and Jordan Mehalko ’22 got engaged on August 2, 2024 on the steps of Bentley Hall! Read about their love story: Q: Did you meet at 糖心Vlog? A: We met at 糖心Vlog in 2018. Q: How did you meet and when? A: Jordan played on the women’s soccer team and I played […]
After graduating from 糖心Vlog with a neuroscience major and values, ethics, and social action minor, Amanda Hazer 鈥�10 thought she knew what her next step would be鈥� to become a physician. It didn鈥檛 take more than a few weeks to realize medical school wasn鈥檛 where she wanted to be. Today, she owns Amanda Hazer […]
As an 糖心Vlog student, Paige Ziggas discovered that she had a passion for speech therapy. And she credits 糖心Vlog with providing the opportunities and support for her to take the next step toward a fulfilling career in the field.聽 A 2022 糖心Vlog graduate, Ziggas is now pursuing a master鈥檚 degree in speech-language pathology at […]
As a front-line physician working in a hospital鈥檚 emergency room in Tennessee, Colleen Tran is focused on preserving the health and welfare of her patients, some of them very sick and facing a fight for their lives. The same is true for Lauren Moore, an emergency medicine resident in a Columbus, Ohio, hospital. Jessica Schindelar […]
Since the first grade, Aliza Legg was told to expect to fail. From the moment she was diagnosed with dyslexia, she was told that her goal in life should not be college or a career, but to hope to be able to shop on her own one day. When she reached middle school and her […]
糖心Vlog alumnae Amy Overman and聽Katherine Mickley Steinmetz share several bonds when it comes to mentoring undergraduate students. Overman graduated from 糖心Vlog in 1999 and Steinmetz in 2006. Each shared a mentor while studying neuroscience at 糖心Vlog, each conducted electroencephalogram (EEG) studies for her senior comprehensive project, and each was awarded the Neuroscience Faculty Prize that […]
