The Tug McGraw Pre-Medical Internship

Tug McGraw Pre-Medical Interns
1st Session: Summer 2006

Barbara-Jean Arthur
School: Binghamton University-State University of New York
Major: Biology
Year: Junior
Medical interest area: “I am looking into pediatrics, though I'm open to new fields.”
Any thing else you want them to know: “I love working with children, from tutoring to counseling. A few students (9) and I started a new organization on campus last year called S.T.R.I.V.E. (Setting The Road To Improvement Via Education). S.T.R.I.V.E. is a community-based program for adolescents. Our aim is to improve and ease the transition from a high school environment to a college atmosphere. Our mission is to ensure that every child of an economically disadvantaged background has a chance to succeed to the fullest of his or her ability, in addition to ensuring a smooth college transition by minimizing the number of at-risk students who are not meeting the high school graduation requirements. We are all very aware that a solid foundation in education is the stepping stone to a bright future and just want to make sure that the high school students in our community who are deemed "at-risk" are able to have a support system; Binghamton University students who would love for them to make attending college their prime goal when they graduate high school. In this aspect, I work very well with my executive board members, the SUNY students who volunteer, and especially when it's on a one-on-one basis with the high school students. I'm absolutely grateful to be given such a great opportunity as being a part of the Tug McGraw Pre-Medical Summer Internship program. I'm very eager to learn and know that a fascinating internship awaits me. My primary goal is to one day be able to return to my homeland, Ghana, as a civil servant and be able to be of greater help to the people, especially in terms of their health.”

Alison Bales
School: Duke University
Major: Cultural Anthropology/Biological Anthropology
Year: Junior
Sport: Women's Basketball
Medical interest: sports-related injuries and rehabilitation

Jennifer Fraser
School: Trinity College, Duke University
Major: Psychology (Neuroscience), minor in Biology
Year in school: Class of 2006
Sport: Track and Field
Medical Interest: Neuroscience, surgery

Bonnie Gregory
School: Duke University
Major: Biological Anthropology and Anatomy; Minors: Cultural Anthropology,
Spanish
Year: Sophomore, Class of 2008
Sport: Rowing
Medical interest: possibly sports medicine, but nothing definite
Other: “I would just like thank them for their contribution and let them know
I/we greatly appreciate it. And also would like to let them know that I can
not wait to be involved in the internship this summer, and that by helping to
fund this program they are giving us opportunities, not only for bright
futures in medicine, but also for tremendous growth as people.”

Amanda Semmel
School: Appalachian State University, but transferring to
the University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Major: Biology, concentrated in pre-med
Year in school: freshman
Sport: volleyball
Medical interest: “Not sure, but I'd like to work in pediatrics.”

Ripal Shah
School/University: Duke University, Trinity 2006
Major: Economics and Chemistry
Year in school: Senior
Athlete: Entered CAPE through referral of Dean Moneta
Medical interest: Cardiology, Academic Medicine