Think = big

Think=20 big. Think possibilities. These grads = did.

Our graduates=20 have been accepted to a wide variety of health-related medical=20 schools

Medicine

=B7 =20 University of Arkansas

=B7 =20 University of Mississippi

=B7 =20 University of=20 Tennessee=20 Health Science Center

=B7 =20 University of=20 Health=20 Sciences College of Osteopathic=20 Medicine

=B7 =20 Vanderbilt University

=B7 =20 Loma Linda=20 University

=B7 =20 New=20 York = University

=B7 =20 Louisiana State=20 University =96 = Shreveport

Louisiana State=20 University =96 = Baton = Rouge=20

Drs. Julie Jackson and Kim Howerton earned = their M.D.=92s=20 from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, and Dr. = Vikki=20 Murphree earned her M.D. at the Quillen School of East Tennessee = State=20 University. (This = photo=20 appeared in the Bell Tower.)

Drs. Scott Kloek and Anita Durham work = together in a=20 group practice in Memphis. Both graduated from CBU = and earned=20 their M.D.=92s at the University of Tennessee Health Science = Center.

Dr. Raul Cardenas, pictured on the right, = thumbs up,=20 graduated from Meharry=20 Medical College in Nashville, TN. Meharry = Medical College is dedicated to = providing=20 opportunities to people of color and individuals from = disadvantaged=20 backgrounds, regardless of race or ethnicity.

You = may want to=20 include a photo of Rusty Rodriguez, who was featured in a recent=20 Bell Tower article because of his work in = New = Orleans during=20 the weeks following Hurricane Katrina. I have one photo of him = when he=20 was an undergraduate in my parasitology = class.

Dentistry

=B7 =20 Louisiana State=20 University =96 = Shreveport

=B7 =20 University of Mississippi

University of Tennessee = Health Science Center =

Jerad Braddy has=20 given lectures on his experience in Dr. Ogilvie=92s Biological = Seminar and=20 Dr. Fitzgerald=92s Biological Careers courses. I think he would be a = suitable=20 person to feature it.

Whitney Appling=20 or Cynthia Caceres, more recent graduates, would also be=20 suitable.

Nursing

=B7 =20 University of=20 Memphis=20 Lowenberg = School of=20 Nursing

=B7 =20 University of=20 Tennessee=20 Health Science Center

Baptist College of Health Sciences =

Carrie McIvor is=20 now at the University of Memphis=20 Lowenburg School of=20 Nursing.

Pharmacy

=B7 =20 University of=20 Tennessee=20 Health Science Center

Samford University =96 Birmingham =

I = would make it=20 a point to include a photo of Nicole Walker, now a P-4 at the = University = of=20 Tennessee Health=20 Center. =20 She is VERY photogenic.

Physical therapy

=B7 =20 University of=20 Central = Arkansas

University of Tennessee = Health Science Center =

Susan Appling earned her degree in Physical = Therapy at=20 the University of Central=20 Arkansas. She is now a professor = in the=20 Physical Therapy program at the University of Tennessee Health = Science=20 Center.

Podiatry

=B7 =20 Barry University

Robert Appling, shown here when he was a = freshman on a=20 field trip to Coon = Creek State = Park, is now a P-2 (2^nd-year Podiatry = student=20 at Barry University in Florida.

Veterinary Medicine

=B7 =20 Auburn University

University of Tennessee - Knoxville =

=20 Jenny Bernard is a member of the intercollegiate softball=20 team. As a rising = senior, she=20 participated in the MHIRT (Minority Health Institutional Research=20 Training) Program, conducting research on jaguar ecology in the = Pantanal=20 region of Brazil.