Hi everyone! My name is Mary. I was born and raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma. This is my senior year at OU, but I'll graduate in May 2016 because I changed my major a few times. I finally decided on studying accounting and biology. So officially I am a Duel Accounting and Biology student, which means that when I graduate, I will receive both a Bachelor of Business Administration and a Bachelor of Science. With these degrees I plan on going to graduate school for Health Administration. I enjoy my course work from semester to semester because the business courses are evened out by my awesome biology courses. My favorite class I have taken thus far is Medical Entomology with Dr. Heather Ketchum.
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| Here's a picture of a secondary screwworm, Cochliomyia macellaria, I took while looking at it under a dissecting microscope last semester. Look at that sponging mouthpart!! |
This semester I am starting Big Brothers Big Sisters and I will be a Big Sister. I'm pretty excited about it. Speaking of siblings, I have two older brothers. Richie, who is six years older than me, went to Ithaca College in Ithaca, NY and is now the Master Brewer at Bacchus Brewery. My other brother, Andy, is four years older than me and went to Suffolk University in Boston, MA. He works in California for a start-up company. My dad has been a medical malpractice attorney for over 30 years and my mom just started a realtor staging business.
I took Italian 2 and Veterinary Entomology over the summer at OU. Veterinary entomology is the study of arthropods in veterinary medicine, so we learned about the transmission of vector borne disease and various arthropods who positively or negatively affect the quality of life of livestock, domestic animals, etc. Toward the end of the summer I cut off 11 inches of hair and donated it to locks of love. I also worked for my dads office, going to the courthouse, filing in the office, answering phones.. Anything I could do to help.
Looking forward to a great semester!
