Alumni
The Biology Department welcomes updates from our 2007 graduates. If you are an alum and would like to share news with classmates, please email fiba@westmont.edu, Biology Secretary.
Dannielle Favela writes:
I moved to San Diego and currently work as an Environmental Biologist at Nautilus Environmental which is a consulting firm focused on providing high quality environmental toxicology services and properly interpreted scientific data. It is more then I could want because I am constantly learning and enjoying all the challenges that I come across. I get to work with many aquatic organisms and have become very familiar with the problems facing our oceans, rivers, and streams due to all the toxicology training and the many water quality tests I monitor. I couldn’t be happier and I hope that everyone in my graduating class is striving for what makes them happy too.
Karli Johnson writes:
Well I guess I win for staying the closest. I am back living in Santa Barbara working as the Biology Lab Coordinator at Westmont (I’m the new Paige). It’s kinda weird to be here without all of you. It’s great to hear what some people are doing now. Hope everyone is doing well.
Kirsten Holshausen writes:
A great opportunity came up to work at Duke with the Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy, and so I am now a part of the molecular biology working world. I started a couple of weeks ago and I’m delighted with the way it is working out. I work in the microarray facility which basically runs and analyzes spotted arrays and RT-PCR as a service to various labs around Duke and from other universities…so I have the opportunity to learn about lots of different research going on in the area, from cancer studies and developmental research to immunological investigations. It’s really interesting and great exposure to the academic research world without being entirely immersed in it. Also, because the lab I work for is a part of the Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy, I am sure that I will get to dabble a little in the ethics side of biology. I can’t wait.
Christen Sather writes:
I am in my first year of dental school at Creighton. I’m going through an in-state Idaho program, so this first year, I am in Southern Idaho, completing it at Idaho State University. This May, I will be moving out to Omaha to finish the last three years at Creighton. So far, so good! I really like everything we are studying, its actually been a lot of fun. I do miss Westmont, and Santa Barbara though! Take care, hope all is well there.
Taisa Skovorodko writes:
I’m in the Master’s of Physical Therapy program at Cal State Fresno in what will be my first of three years. I have another Westmont alum in my class and someone from APU so I still have some connections to being at a small Christian school. Classes have been going well and I’ve gotten to dissect a cadaver in my anatomy lab so it’s been a great learning experience so far. I miss the biology department and the beach and life in Santa Barbara, but I’m only four hours away so I still get to visit home pretty often!