CLS Program Celebrates Outstanding Seniors
This May is particularly special for the CLS Program, as two graduating seniors, Brenda Baca and Lorena Alberto Romero, will leave UTEP with the honor of being named among the College of Health Sciences’ first cohort of Outstanding Seniors. Romero will also serve in Saturday’s graduation ceremony as the Undergraduate College Banner Bearer for the College of Health Sciences.
On May 15th, the seniors were recognized at a ceremony held in the Health Sciences and Nursing Building’s Curlin Plaza. The event, which will become an annual occurrence, is designed to celebrate both academic and service accomplishments of graduating students who are nominated by faculty within their home departments.
Both students were particularly active in research and volunteerism. Baca’s most memorable experience at UTEP was her participation in the MHIRT (Minority Health International Training) Program, where she spent eight weeks in Panama conducting research. Alberto served as the Blood Bank Teaching Assistant for the UTEP CLS Program, preparing student samples for testing and assisting other CLS students during their Blood Bank labs. Both plan to stay in El Paso for the short term and as for the future, both plan to apply to medical school – Baca hopes to complete a residency in hematology/oncology and Alberto hopes to become a pathologist.
Go Miners!