Munroe Scholar Amanda Perez ’17 is earning her biology degree and plans to attend medical school to become a physician. She credits undergraduate research opportunities at Wesleyan for teaching her the skills necessary for the internship she held at Georgia Cancer Specialists in Macon.

Ruthy will be graduating in December 2016 as a political science major, pre-law track. During the summer she worked as a business developer/recruiter with a firm that employs more than 500 people. Ruthy will work toward her law degree and a master's degree in international studies.

Jessica ’17 is a double major in accounting and business administration with a double minor in finance and economics who is currently working as an accountant in Macon, Georgia. In the future she plans to take the CPA exam and work as a forensic accountant.

Nursing Program Director Fritz and nursing faculty annually take a group of senior nursing students to Jamaica for a week-long medical mission trip. The group visits and assists patients at hospitals and at children’s homes. Students describe the experience as “life changing.”

Wesleyan biology professors Dr. Holly Boettger-Tong and Dr. Jim Ferrari led a study abroad trip to Belize where the group visited Mayan ruins, spotted birds, and spent three days at Tobacco Caye exploring reef ecosystems at Glover’s Reef and Mangrove ecology at Southwater Caye Marine Reserve.

Assistant Professor of Economics Dr. Zhen was a guest speaker at Georgia Immigration Conference, as an expert on how English-language proficiency affects foreign-born immigrants' labor market performance and earnings in the U.S., especially female immigrants.

Hanna is a PhD student in the Virtual Heritage Informatics program at Indiana University. She works in the lab digitizing the Uffizi's sculpture collection.

Munroe Scholar Anjola Uprety double majored in chemistry and applied mathematical science. During the summer of 2017, Anjola worked on a collaborative project with two professors at Purdue University’s School of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Purdue has one of the most reputable materials science and engineering programs in the U.S.

Wanda worked at Navicent Health while she was a BSN student at Wesleyan. Today she serves as a nurse at Navicent assisting with labor and cesarean deliveries in the maternity ward. Her goals include earning a master’s degree to become a nurse practitioner.