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Society of Black Engineers and has been a member
since she was a freshman. Jaleesa plans to join the
Army upon graduation.
Hiwot Woldesemayat (University
of Virginia), a biology major who
graduated from U.Va. in 2010,
attended an REU at U.Va.'s Center
for Diversity in Engineering. She
also participated in a Post-
Baccalaureate Research and
Education Program at another Alliance institution,
Virginia Tech, after graduation. Hiwot is currently
working on her graduate degree in microbiology at
San Francisco State University.
Kendra Woodberry (University of
Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth
University) completed her Bachelor
of Science at U.Va., where she was a
president of the U.Va. chapter of the
National Society of Black Engineers
and a Bridge program counselor. She
is currently a Ph.D. student in chemical and life
science engineering at VCU. In 2009, she coauthored
the paper Impact of ATRP Initiator Spacer
Length on Grafting Poly(Methyl Methacrylate) from
Silica Nanoparticles, which appeared in Langmuir
The ACS Journal of Surfaces and Colloids. Kendra
worked in the Gupton Research Group at VCU.
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