Life After Stetson

A Bachelor's Degree in biology is good preparation for medical or medicine-related schools or for graduate work. Many biology majors choose employment immediately after graduation, building careers as laboratory technologists, naturalists, teachers, museum and zoo curators, governmental agricultural experts, environmental consultants, science writers or editors, science photographers, science librarians, and sales people in pharmaceutical, biomedical supplies or laboratory equipment. Other fields open to biology majors include bio- and genetic engineering, alternative energy resource development, and computer software development.

You will find Stetson biology alumni in a wide range of professions:

Some of the 2004 graduates:

• Kathryn Berg '04, is working in landscape architecture in Orlando.

• Rebecca Biddinger, '04, is in Medical School at the University of Florida.

• Heather Brown, '04, is in the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in the Biomedical Sciences at Vanderbilt University.

• Kunal Junai, '04, is in Medical School at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine.

• Alyssa Moody, '04, is teaching science at DeLand High School

• Kara Moore, '04, is in Veterinary School at the University of Florida.

• Brynna Ross, '04, is in Law School at Florida State University

• Mary K. Shields, '04, is in Dental School at the University of Louisville.

Some of our alumni (the hyperlinked page is a former student highlight):

• Everette Bannister, '03, is in Veterinary School at Ross University

• Suzi Duwaik, '03, is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Molecular Genetics, Biochemistry and Microbiology at The University of Cincinnati.

• Katie Galvin, '03, is a doctoral candidate in Neuroscience at the Mayo Graduate School.

• Allison Martin, '03, is in Veterinary School at the University of Florida

• Ashley Boyd, '02, is in Veterinary School at the University of Florida.

• Jessica Pease, '02, is in Medical School at the University of South Florida.

• Jamie Rickmyre, '02 is working on a graduate degree in Microbiology at Vanderbilt University.

• Rebecca Carbley, '01, is working on Master's in epidemiology at Johns Hopkins.

• Lief Deyrup, '01, is working on a graduate degree in entomology at the University of Georgia

• Steve Deyrup, '01, is working on a graduate degree in chemistry at the University of Iowa

• Kristin Jones, '01, is working on a graduate degree in Molecular Biology at University of Wyoming

• Mike O'Donnell, '00, is in Dental School at the University of Florida

• Leslie Thomas, '00, is in Veterinary School at the University of Florida

• Kristin Wildeboer, '00, is a Ph.D. candidate in Neuroscience at the University of Florida

• Wendy Bullington (neé Moore), '99, is in her third year of Pharmacy school at the Medical University of South Carolina

• Pauls Reinfelds, '99, is a Ph.D. candidate in Crystallography at the Illinois Institute of Technology

• Joseph Cheatwood, '98, is a Ph.D. candidate in Physiological Sciences (Neuroscience) at the University of Florida

• Rani Cunard, '98, is a Senior Chemist for Orange County

• Lori Ann Francis, '98, will receive an O.D. in Optometry from the Illinois College of Optometry in May, 2002

• Amanda Marder, '98, is in her fourth year of Medical school at the University of Miami

• Claudia Stites, '98, is teaching 7th grade science in Deltona (Volusia County School District)

• Dana Sullivan, '98, is working on a M.S. degree in Physical Therapy at the University of Central Florida

• Amy Pazzalia Cheatwood, '97, received a Master of PA Studies from the University of Florida in 1999

• Zane Fingor, '97, is a Chiropractor and the owner of a Chiropractic Practice in Jacksonville Beach

• Meredith Preuss, '97, is a Ph.D. candidate in Radiation Biology at the University of Iowa.

• Bryan Hains, '95, received a Ph.D. in Neurobiology, University of Texas, currently a postdoctoral fellow at Yale University

• Melissa Pilgrim, '93, is a Ph.D. candidate in Herpetology at the University of Arkansas

• Yasmin Sahinoglu, '93, is a physician assistant, Emory University

• Steve Heulett, '92, received a M.Sc. from Duke University, Biological Anthropology

• Rob Moore, '91, is a Pediatrician, Tacoma, Washington

• Anita Mathur, '88, is a physical therapist in Toledo, OH

• Eward J. Kertis, Jr., '84, is currently with the Supreme
  HQ, Allied Powers Europe (part of NATO)

• Mary Jo Penick, '84, is a field scientist with the Environmental Protection Agency in Atlanta

• Harold "Ed" Patricoff, '83 and J.D. from Stetson College of Law, now an attorney at Law in Miami

• Steve Jenovai, '82, is a NASA computer science engineer

• Angel DiCosala, '81, is a scientific illustrator in New York City

The resources of Stetson's Career Services Office are available to assist you in setting specific career goals, and to help you develop the skills needed to implement those goals.

Photo by Kirsten Work