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Sanjay Ramdon (Saint
graduate and engineering and
mathematics major, was a member
of the first VA-NC Alliance
Summer Research Program (2011
chemistry track). He is currently pursuing his Ph.D.
in mechanical engineering at Ohio State University,
researching the degradation of Li-ion batteries using
nanotechnology. While at Saint Augustine's, Sanjay
received a full Presidential Scholarship, and tutored
in mathematics and biology.
Darren Ramsey (Johnson C.
Smith University) graduated cum
laude in 2008. Darren participated
in the University of Connecticut
Summer Research Program for
Minority Undergraduates, and is
currently in graduate school at Ohio State University.
Pedro Rodriguez (Virginia
Polytechnic Institute and State
University), a junior
biochemistry major, Pedro also
participates in the Residence
Hall Federation at Virginia
Tech. He attended the Center for
Chemistry in the Universe track at the
2011 Summer Research Program, hosted at the
University of Virginia.
Raedeen Russell
College) graduated in 2010 with a
biology degree. She went on to
George State University, where she
is currently working on her master's
degree in microbiology. While at
Saint Augustine's, Raedeen also
attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill's Health Careers Access Science Enrichment
Program and Medical Education Development
Program. In addition, she conducted research at
Stony Brook University's Center for Infectious
Disease, Department of Molecular Genetics.
Nitrecus Simmons (Bennett College
for Women) received an
undergraduate degree in biology in
2009, was a Kaiser Family
Foundation 2010 Barbara Jordan
Health Policy Scholar, and was a fellow in the
entrepreneurial management program at CSU-San
Bernardino, in partnership with the Integrated
Technology Transfer Network. Recently, she was a
legislative intern in the office of Congressman Jesse
Jackson, Jr., where she focused on issues related to
health policy implementation.
Prestina Smith (Bennett College
for Women) graduated summa
cum laude from Bennett College in
May 2010. In the summer 0f 2008,
she participated in the CARE
Program at Duke University
working on prostate cancer research. During the
summers of 2009 and 2010, Prestina worked at the
University of Florida on research titled
Mitochondrial cell death signaling. She was a
recipient of the Pre .
Prestina is currently in her second year of the Bridge
to Doctorate program at the University of California-
Santa Cruz.
Oyita Uduana
College) received his BS in
engineering and mathematics
before attending graduate school at
Ohio State University, where he is
a teaching assistant. In 2009, he
presented his research,
Functionalization and Chaining of FeCo Magnetic
Nanoparticles for Applicationa in Regenerative
Medicine at Carnegie Mellon University. In 2010,
Oyita and other Saint Augustine's colleagues
presented at the Atlantic Assessment Conference.
Tiwana Walton (Elizabeth City
State University) received her
from ECSU and is currently a
graduate student at Old
Dominion University. She works
in the Aeronautics Systems
Analysis Branch (aviation safety) of the NASA
Langley Graduate Co-op. Her current research is on
the portfolio assessment of aviation safety
technologies, using statistics, probability, systems
analysis methods and computer programs to predict
number of airplane accidents in the future.
Jaleesa Winley (George Mason
University) is working on her BS
in computer engineering. She
was the secretary for the George
Mason chapter of the National