The university is adding to a growing list of prestigious collaborations with Mayo Clinic and other major medical institutions. Two new undergraduate science majors have been approved, and an agreement has been signed with Mayo School of Health Sciences to offer Radiography and Echocardiography. Both programs are designed so that students spend two years at Saint Mary’s taking required courses, and then finish with two years at Mayo Clinic in Rochester. It’s possible that students with the proper prerequisites could begin in the two new programs next fall.
These are exciting additions to our collaboration with Mayo for in-demand healthcare fields. Saint Mary’s is the only private college in Minnesota to partner with Mayo in these programs. Other existing affiliated programs with Mayo include Nuclear Medicine Technology, Cytotechnology, and Medical Laboratory Science.
LIVING LEARNING COMMUNITIES EXPAND AT SMU
After piloting a Living Learning Community (LLC) for first-year students in LaSalle Hall, the university is offering four new LLCs for the 2013-14 academic year. The LLC program is a collaboration between academics and student life to help students connect and grow during their first year at college. This year’s program of study and activities in and out of the residence hall combined the themes of wellness, sustainability and spirituality.
Each of the four separate new Living Learning Communities is designed around a course that fulfills the first-year Lasallian Core Tradition course requirement. LLCs next fall will focus on the arts, wellness, interfaith dialogue, and sports in a global context. Students will live in the Saint Edward’s Living Learning Center, with learning and social activities directed by residence life staff and faculty.
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STUDENTS GAIN SUMMER RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES
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Joe Sweeney, senior development director, and Brother Ed Siderewicz, assistant to the president for First Generation and Lasallian Initiatives, met with Greg Melsen, Interim CEO of R&D Systems, and distinguished alum, Roger Lucas '65. |
A distinctive aspect of our science programs is the ability for our undergraduate students to do field research, which leads to success in securing graduate research opportunities and employment. We are pleased to announce that the R&D Systems Summer Internship Program will be renewed for summer 2013. Four SMU students will be selected to participate in these research internships. We are grateful to Dr. Roger Lucas ’65 and R&D Systems (a subsidiary of TECHNE Corporation, one of the world’s largest suppliers of biotechnology products) for their continued support of science excellence at Saint Mary’s.
In addition, Dr. Phil Cochran, chair of the Biology Department, has been awarded a contract from a Trout Unlimited chapter in northern Indiana to consult on a lamprey monitoring program in the Little Elkhart River. This opportunity allows one student to engage in significant field research in support of his/her senior thesis.
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