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Southwest Virginia Community College

Math & Science Learning Community

Advisors: Georgia Householder, Office T-328 & Jason Osborne, Office T-222

	Review Course Requirements for Associate of Arts & Sciences- Science Major
	Library Resources for General Science Program;
	Graduates

	Jonathan Brown completed an Associate of Arts and Sciences Degree with a major in Science in spring 2010. Brown will be attending the Appalachian College of Pharmacy in the fall semester. He is the son of Wayne and Kathy Brown of North Tazewell, VA.

	Derek Wayne White completed science pre-requisite courses for pharmacy school at SWCC this past December. He graduated from Virginia Tech in 1992 with a Bachelor of Science in Biology and a minor in Chemistry. White will be attending the Appalachian College of Pharmacy in the fall semester. He resides in Richlands, VA with his wife Maria. He is the son of Jerry and Jannis White of Richlands, VA. Ethan Hodges completed an Associate of Arts and Sciences Degree with a major in Science at SWCC this past May. Hodges was accepted to both the East Tennessee State University Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy, Johnson City, Tennessee, and the Appalachian College of Pharmacy, Grundy, Va. He will be attending the Appalachian College of Pharmacy in the fall semester. He is the son of Shannon and Kim Hodges of Cedar Bluff, VA.

The Math & Science Learning Community

is composed of students and faculty working collaboratively to expand the college experience of science majors.

May 2010 Science Learning Community Graduates

The SLC had 20 students graduate with an Associate of Arts and Sciences Degree with a major in Science in May 2010. All were accepted into four year colleges or universities.

Pictured are front row (left to right):

Carrie White, Emory and Henry College, Mathematics; Amanda Horn, Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science, Mortuary Science; Katherine Wallace, Virginia Tech, Mathematics; Yatrik P. Patel, Virginia Tech, Biology.

Second row (left to right): Dax Bostic, Emory and Henry College, Biology; Patrick Boyd, Radford University, Biology; Nick McGlothlin, Virginia Tech, Biochemistry.

Graduates Accepted into Pharmacy School

2010 Pharmacy Group
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Congratulations to these students recently accepted into the region’s pharmacy schools.

All of the pictured individuals, except Skyler Musick (row two, far right) will be attending the University of Appalachia College of Pharmacy Grundy, VA. Musick will be attending East Tennessee State University Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy, Johnson City, TN.

Pictured row one, left to right: Priya Patel, Amanda Hess, Megan Smith, Kristen Meade, Victoria Horne, Kayla Spears, Ashton Griffith. Second row left to right: Derek White, Ethan Hodges, Jonathan Brown, Bill Hibbitts, Gregory Barton, Yancey Lockhart, Skyler Musick (not pictured Michael Broyles).

For more information on the SWCC pre-pharmacy program, contact Georgia Householder at 276.964.7397 or email georgia.householder@sw.edu .

Advisors

Jason Osborne

jason.osborne@sw.edu

964.7309

T-222

Georgia Householder

georgia.householder@sw.edu

964.7397

T-328

Susie Mullins

susie.mullins@sw.edu

964.7231

B-158

Yancey Lockhart completed an Associate of Arts and Sciences Degree with a major in Science this past May.

He will be attending the Appalachian College of Pharmacy in the fall semester. He resides in Tazewell, VA.

He is the son of Fairley Lockhart and the late Deborah B. Lockhart.

	How to Enroll
	All math and science majors enroll in SDV 101 (Orientation for Science majors) in the first fall semester. SDV 295 in the following spring semester is optional.
	SDV Class
	The SDV 101 is a two credit course taught by Dr. Susie Mullins on M-W from 12-1:00. The SDV 295 is a one credit course taught by Dr. Susie Mullins on Mondays from 12-1:00 p.m.
	Graduates

	Erik Roberts, lab assistant to Georgia Householder, professor of anatomy at Southwest, has been accepted into Virginia Commonwealth University's School of Dentistry. Erik is a 2003 graduate of SWCC, where he earned an Associate of Science degree, and a 2005 graduate of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, where he graduated Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelor’s of Science degree in biology. Roberts, who is the son of Denny and Angela Roberts of Claypool Hill, has been employed as a laboratory instructor at SWCC since 2006 Kristen Lauren Meade (pictured) completed an Associate of Arts and Sciences Degree with a major in Science in May of 2009. She will be attending the Appalachian College of Pharmacy in the fall semester. She is the daughter of Bill and Keela Meade of Richlands, VA.