Summary of the Post-graduate Activities of

VWC Graduates in the Natural Sciences

Classes of 1999 through 2005

Graduating Class BIO Graduates CHEM Graduates EES Graduates* # in Medical School # in Graduate School # in Veterinary School # in Dental School
1999 5 0 0 0 2 0 0
2000 5 1 3 0 1 0 0
2001 6 3 1 2 1 0 0
2002 6 0 0 1 1 0 0
2003 11 1 6 3 0 1 1
2004 6 1 2 0 2 0 0
2005 13 0 0 1 2 0 0

*The General Science major was replaced by the Earth and Environmental Science (EES) major in 2000.  Graduates from 2000 and 2001 listed under EES completed the General Science majors, with most of these students completing the Environmental Science Track. 

 

Class of 1999: Regina Lynch completed the MS degree at ODU and is presently enrolled in the PhD program at Florida International University, Genet Tulgetske is in the Ph.D. program at the University of California Riverside

Class of 2001: Jessica Battistella Mauri graduated magna cum laude in 2001 and was accepted during the Summer 2002 into medical school at EVMS; Lisa Fusco-Taylor was accepted during the Summer 2004 into medical school at Ross University, Dominica, West Indies.

Class of 2002: Troy Shell graduated magna cum laude has been accepted (May 2004) into medical school at EVMS; Neil Addesso, Jr. graduated cum laude and is actively applying to Pharmacy programs; Sara Simms graduated cum laude and is working as a laboratory technician at Vanderbilt University

Class of 2003: John Tomasheski graduated summa cum laude and is enrolled at the dental school UNC; Stephanie Dodgers is enrolled in the veterinary sciences program at the University of Missouri; Craig O=Neill has enrolled in Medical School at EVMS (July 2004); Kevin Cartwright has enrolled in Medical School at EVMS; Catie Thorson is teaching middle school in Norfolk; Sarah Wakefield (Psychology) has been accepted into medical school at the University of Texas at Galveston

Class of 2004: Natasha Safaee (Chemistry) has enrolled in the Ph.D. program at Virginia Tech; Kristen Schwenk has been accepted into a Ph.D. program in Physical Therapy; Paul Capulong is enrolling in a chiropractic medicine school in southern California; Dawn Bodinski is working as a lab assistant at EVMS; Jenna Kempista is working as a lab tech at an environmental firm on the Peninsula

Class of 2005: Kimberly Mulholland (Biology) has been accepted into the Ph.D. program in Physical Therapy at ODU; Melissa Vindigni (Biology) has been accepted into the Master’s program at UNC Greensboro. Katie Parent has been accepted into Medical school at EVMS.