Valparaiso University

Date: Mar 06 2008
Major: Biology (This Major's Salary over time)
I came from a small town to Valpo and I made great friends and learned about myself and what I wanted to do with my life. The professors were helpful and pushed us to do our best. I really started to understand how many options I had if I worked hard. Students often had study groups and helped each other, especially in the more difficult classes.

Valpo also prepared me extremely well for professional school. I found it much easier than many of my friends. College inspired me to travel, and I worked in a refugee camp in Thailand after I graduated from professional school.

Now that I am one of the partners of a large practice, I find that giving back to the community by teaching interns and residents is increasingly important to me. I feel that I developed some selflessness at Valpo, and that had a big influence on who I became and what I did in life.