Critical care at heart for School of Nursing graduate Makenzie Byrd Caring for others and an interest in the body’s cardiovascular system are pointing School of Nursing graduate Makenzie Byrd toward a career in critical care nursing. After graduation, she will be working in the Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit at the University of Mississippi Medical […]
Quest for Excellence
UMMC biostatistics graduate Quest Whalen committed to using math as a force for good Quest Whalen has always been on a journey. “When my mom was pregnant with me, she decided my name would be Quest because she was on a journey to her destiny,” Whalen said. So far, Whalen’s quest to learn and to […]
The Path of Justis
Law school graduate Justis Gibbs plan to follow in family legal tradition and serve his community Justis Gibbs always knew he wanted to become a lawyer. Growing up in Jackson as the son of two attorneys, the dinner table conversations at the Gibbs household often surrounded the legal system and all its policies, practices and […]
Providing a Fresh Chance on Life
UMMC School of Dentistry graduate John Sinclair has new assignment: Treating patients in the Navy When John Sinclair looks back at his four years of study at the University of Mississippi Medical Center School of Dentistry, he doesn’t just think of how hard or easy his classes were. “One of the surprises was the sheer […]
Attention to Asthma
UMMC pharmacy graduate C.J. Lowe looks ahead to asthma, COPD research in AstraZeneca fellowship C.J. Lowe knows the subject he will be researching well. Lowe, who will graduate this spring from the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy with a Pharm.D., grew up with asthma. After graduation, he’ll research treatments for asthma and COPD, short […]
A Whole New Kind of Fight Song
Singer Haley Tyrrell puts music to work for healing and encouragement Sometimes, the most rewarding journeys can’t be planned; instead, they take direction from opportunities and experiences that come up along the way. So it has been for senior Haley Tyrrell, whose journey began in Ridgewood, New Jersey, where she grew up, and took her […]